From the Gaiking series:
This is the giant Space Dragon Kargosaur (Daiku-Maryu in Japan) that transports Gaiking and the rest of the team.
The mechanical bird from the Gaiking series.This one is actually a Japanese Popy release rather than a Mattel release.
Nessar, the dino-robot from Gaiking. Again in the Japanese box.
The final Gaiking series robot is Bazoler, the triceratops robot. This one actually has a peg broken off of the back, where one of the "mini-Bazolers" mount. Seems to be a common break point on these, as I've seen a couple this way. I'll get around to repairing it one of these days...
From the Dangard Ace series:
This is the fighter jet used by the Dangard team. The front cockpit shoots off and the rear one swings forward to take it's place. This version has the later release "safety missiles". The Sky Arrow is one of the most common of the Action Vehicles.
When Dangard Ace transforms into flight mode, the head ejects and becomes a little fighter jet. The Dangard Launcher is a small model of that fighter jet.
From the Go Ranger series:
Not having seen the show, I assume that this is one of the, of not the, main battle vehicles from an ealy Go Ranger series. Another rather common one of the Action Vehicles.
This is a neat winged transport for the Veritank. This one is the Japanese release and has different colors in the rainbow of wings than the Mattel release. The little blue piece on the nose it actually a mini-Varitank (I do not beleive this was included in the US version.
Other Action Vehicles:
One of the more unusual designs, this large missile on top of this car launches.
This bug-ship from the Raydeen series has retracting legs on the sides and launches a silver missile from the front.
Here are two versions of the Shigcon Tank. The only difference is in missiles that cam with the toy. The later version included "X"-shaped yellow safety missiles in place of the earlier red "eye-poker-outers".
This is the jet from the same series as the Shigcon Tank. I do not have the box or the correct missiles for this one.
This one reminds me of the Transformer Skyhammer toy. A large V-tol that carries a small armored car underneath. One of my favorites.
This is the saucer transport for the giant robot Grandizer. The robot acts as spring loaded missile.
One of the hardest sets to find is the Combattra U-Combine Set. The 5 vehicles combine into a rather impressive, deluxe size Combattra robot. This is basicly the same toy that came out as the Godaikins Combattra release in the early 80's. They had been previously released as 5 individually boxed vehicles and as a gift set.
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