Voltron Lion Die-Cast Masterpiece Action Figure
by Toynami
Our Price: $449.99
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $320.00 (click here)
Category: Toy
See more product details
Product Summary
Manufacturer: ToynamiBrand: Voltron
Model: 7300
Product features:
- Mega thrusters are go! Let's go Voltron Force!
- This high-quality, ultra-detailed transformable figure offers the ultimate re-creation of the legendary Voltron force.
- Constructed from die-cast metal and sturdy plastic, each of the five robot lions can transform and unite with the others to create Voltron, Defender of the Universe!
- The assembled Voltron stands 11-inches tall and includes all five lions: Princess Allura's Blue Lion, Pidge's Green Lion, Keith's Black Lion, Lance's Red Lion, and Hunk's Yellow Lion.
- He comes packaged in a 'book-style' box with slide-out tray, allowing for safe storage and forever mint-in-box packaging.
Toys and Games Reviews of Voltron Lion Die-Cast Masterpiece Action Figure
Customer Review: "...And I'll form the head."
Summary: 2 Stars
If you could shrink yourself down and get inside this Voltron toy to fight evil, I would think again. Not because of evil or the problems associated with trying to get back to normal size once you're done fighting said evil, but because this toy Voltron collapses under it's own weight. It's terribly disappointing. Also, there are no real controls inside the lions, so it would be kind of a pointless exercise.
The lions by themselves are pretty great. Fun, posable, and a good likeness of their cartoon counterparts. Their metal bodies are well made, but their plastic legs are cheap and fragile. Especially their feet. Still, they look cool (except the black lion, he looks a little goofy. Not chunky like the original toy, but awkward.)
Once assembled into Voltron (only as a last resort of course), the mighty robot tends to fall over at the hip joints. There just isn't enough resistance there to keep him rigid. <cough> His shoulder joints where the red and green lions attach are almost too stiff, and tend to instead rotate part of the chest plate. Defender of the Universe? Maybe in a Universe that can be defended by collapsing into the fetal position.
"What?! A giant monster is attacking?! No problem, I will curl up in a ball."
Voltron is not a toy durable enough to play with. He certainly is durable enough to stay 'mint-in-box', as it were. But that's like buying cases of DVD's to not watch or candy to not eat. I want enjoy fun, not keep it hermetically sealed. But understand, my problem isn't with the idea of collectables. It's with the fact that the manufacturer gave me no choice in the matter. They produced an inferior toy knowing that most wouldn't open the box to see their poor hinge design.
I showed my children the cartoon I loved as a child, and they loved it too. When I was a kid, we couldn't afford a toy like Voltron. And even now, this was a much more expensive toy than they'd normally ever get. But I bought this for them so they could enjoy it, and play with it like I dreamed I could have. But a Voltron that crumples up and falls down kind of shatters the imagination, like some kind of imagination hammer. Not that the hammer is imaginary, but that it smashes things that are. You already got that though, right?
So to sum up the 'Voltron Lion Die-Cast Masterpiece Action Figure':
Voltron: Check. Shaped and styled to look just like Voltron.
Die-cast: Check -ish. Maybe 15% plastic...low grade stuff too.
Masterpiece: It's a master piece of something, that's for sure.
Action Figure: Figure, yes. Action, no.
So thank you for putting out all the effort to reproduce Voltron then failing on the last mile. It's like putting together a cruise ship to Alaska, all the supplies, getting everyone on board, setting sail...only to get right off the coast and announce, "Oh yeah, sorry to inform you Alaska is closed. And also, the Voltron toys in your cabin are garbage."
And finally, thank you for taking some of the shine off of both, Christmas, and the dreams of my children while harvesting $140 from my wallet. May your hip joints fail you as well.
Description of Voltron Lion Die-Cast Masterpiece Action Figure
Voltron Lion Masterpiece EditionAction Figures Toys
Toys and Games
Bestsellers in Action Figures Toys
Anakin Skywalker Episode I 6" Action FigureToy Rocket; Star Wars; Toy
Best price: $2.99
Star Wars Episode 1 Naboo Royal Security Guard Action FigureHasbro; Hasbro; Toy
Best price: $1.00
Star Wars Episode 1 Nute Gunray Action FigureHasbro, Inc.; Hasbro; Toy
Best price: $4.49
Star Wars Epsiode 1 Tatooine Darth Maul FigureToy Rocket; Star Wars; Toy
Best price: $5.98
FUNKO Wacky Wobbler ROCK'EM SOCK'EM ROBOT Bobble HeadFunko; Toy
Best price: $9.48
Arcane Legions: Han Legion BundleWells Expeditions; Toy
Best price: $65.00
![Monsterpocalypse - Series 5: Big In Japan - Unit Booster Pack - Miniatures [Toy] Image](/images/Monsterpocalypse-Series-5-Big-In-Japan-Unit-Booster-Pack-Miniatures-Toy-1933362529-X.jpg){kind=small}
Monsterpocalypse - Series 5: Big In Japan - Unit Booster Pack - Miniatures [Toy]Privateer Press; Privateer Press; Toy
Best price: $5.99
Arkham Horror: Investigators: Mark HarriganFantasy Flight Games; Fantasy Flight Games; Toy
Best price: $4.99
Arkham Horror: Investigators: Jim CulverFantasy Flight Games; Fantasy Flight Games; Toy
Best price: $4.99
Check Your 6! - Guadalcanal - The Cactus Air ForceSKM; Toy
Best price: $22.50
Similar Toys and Games
Jetfire - Transformers Voyager ClassicHasbro; Hasbro; Release date: 2006-09-12; Toy
Best price: $89.99
Transformers Masterpiece Megatron Mp-05Takara; Transformers; Release date: 2008-09-26; Toy
Best price: $211.00
Voltron - Defender of the Universe - Collection ThreeMedia Blasters; Release date: 2007-05-08; DVD
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops: