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The flyer pic contains: DVD specificiations, advertising for Box-Set, and Toei video points club sheet. The booklet contains historical data about Voltes, interviews with the creator and illustrations taken from the manga comic. Most impressively it shows a collection of Voltes V propanganda (posters, promotions) and the toys. But there is no mention of GX-31. Well worth the money to import, despite no subtitles japanese or english. It's way better than the dubbed filipino VCDs in terms of picture quality.
Voltes V Laserdiscs Box Set are in Japanese with no subtitle and sold in Japan only. The set contains the whole 40 episodes. It consists of 10 discs (4 episodes each) and includes a character sheet as bonus. The tag price for the box set is 61.000 Yen. If the item is out of print, the only way to get it seems to hunt for it on auction sites.
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There's also a Philippine CD version, released in 1999 by Infiniti Music / BMG Records, "Voltes V The Original Soundtrack". It contains 4 songs but each songs has 2 version: the original version and the "Minus-One" version. So in all, there're 8 tracks. The songs are:
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Downloading Voltes V episodes from the Internet
The complete Voltes V Original Japanese episodes and some of the Filipino English-dubbed ones are distributed on the internet using P2P services such as WinMX, Gnutella, Limewire and e-Donkey networks.
If you have no idea what Bittorrent is : to download files using BitTorrent, you need to open the torrent file using a BitTorrent client software. I personally recommend µTorrent. For more info on BitTorrent, visit Wikipedia. If you have problems viewing DivX or Xvid AVI files, I suggest you install K-Lite Mega Codec.
Voltes V Robot Toy
The 30 cm (12 inch) high Voltes V Robot Toy is manufactured by Popy (Popinika) and released in 3 versions: the Chogokin 1978 edition, the Chogokin 1982 edition, and the Bandai America/Godaikin 1984 edition. These three are basically identical and only differ a bit. The Chogokin 1978 edition has yellow arm joints while the 1982 edition has them red. The differences between Chogokin and Godaikin are in packaging and bonus: the Chogokin version has Voltes' mechanical blueprint, a pen, and some enemy monster figurines; the Godaikin version has no bonus.
Voltes V "Volt-in Box" Popy Chogokin version. Left: the box cover. Middle: the 1978 Edition - notice the yellow arm joints on Volt Bomber. Right: the 1982 Edition - notice the red arm joints.
Voltes V Bandai America/Godaikin version. Left: the box cover. Middle: the content, notice the missing bonus found in Chogokin version. Right: the inner cover which is not aligned well with the position of the content.
These toys are now collector items, so they're available only at hobby shops or toy shops that deal with classic Japanese robot toys. Of course, most are used items and the one in mint condition is super rare. Searching for it at auction sites such as eBay would be a good idea, too. One of the sellers in eBay who deals with robot stuff is Kim Castro. His eBay ID is www-kimcastro-com, his website is www.kimcastro.com. You can e-mail him here. Disclaimer: I'm not related to these sellers in any way so I'm not responsible for any matter resulted from the transaction you made with these sellers.
There is also a smaller version of Voltes V Robot Toy with just about 10 cm high. This miniature version was made also by Popy and released in 1977 with code number "Chogokin GA-80". Unlike its 30-cm brother, this mini Voltes cannot completely "volt-out" into 5 Volt Machines, only the head part can be separated to become Volt Crewzer. This toy was reissued by Bandai China in February 2004 with code number "Chogokin GT-10".
Voltes V Miniature Chogokin. Left: the 1977 Popy GA-80 version. Right: the 2004 Bandai GT-10 version.
Voltes V The Movie
Voltes V was made only in 40 episodes. There has been no official sequel, prequel, nor theatrical / feature movie ever made. In 80s there was a Voltes V movie shown in theatres in Philippines, but this movie was made locally in the Philippines (this movie is unknown in Japan) by editing the 40 episodes of Voltes to fit into one movie, so it doesn't introduce a new or different story.
The long wait is finally over! On Monday, 22. May 2006, the highly anticipated Voltes V Soul of Chogokin GX-31 model is released in Japan and worldwide. Fans in Japan and Singapore have reported that on that day, GX-31 is available on stores. In Japan, Amazon Japan sell it with the price of 16,590 Yen. Some stores sell it for 14,900 Yen.
Voltes V New Chogokin Robot Toy GX-31
The item code number of GX-31 is formerly known with the code GX-30. Here are the documentation of its development from scratch to prototypes to final product. Click the thumbnails below to view the pictures in their full size:
Blueprint of Volt Machines |
Blueprint of Voltes V |
Crewzer |
Bomber and Panzer |
Frigate and Lander |
Partially Volted-in |
5 Volt Machines |
Voltes V GX-30 |
Voltes Bazooka |
The Sword |
Voltes Pose |
Gray GX-31 |
Colored GX-31 |
GX-31 V-Formation |
GX-31 |
GX-31 Front |
GX-31 Back |
GX-31 Various Poses |
GX-31 comes with Mechanical Eagle included |
GX-31 Weapons and Items |
GX-31 E-Brochure |
GX-31 Package |
GX-31 Box |
GX-31 Tenkuuken |
GX-31 V Formation |
GX-31 Choudenji Goma |
Unofficial Metal Sky-Sword |
GX-31 Key Chain |
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GX-31 package and contents:
This is the new Big Falcon model for Voltes V GX-31. It can house the vehicles and can be opened to double its function as a display stand for GX-31. It is not an official Toei product but it's licensed. It's released in Hong Kong on 07. January 2007 with the price tag around USD 70 or around SGD 89 in Singapore. (Thanks to : Ocean Juck and Louie Vincent Aya-ay for the info and pics).
New Big Falcon for GX-31
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Thanks to Francis Ibanez, Ran Ran Villanueva, Michael Tju, CF-18, Kenneth Santos, Reg Santo Tomas, Tony, T-Dog, and Gary Yaneza for contributing to this page.
If you have any correction, update or addition, please kindly tell me
Last updated on 11. Mar 2007
