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Welcome to my Cyborg pages. As with the Beast Wars,
Cyborg collecting if fairly new to me. I just recently acquired a King Walder 2
Magma figure from Paul Lorphanpaibul of Microforever.com which made him my first Cyborg99
figure. But let's start from the beginning.
When I first saw photos of the Henshin Cyborgs I really
didn't think they were appealing ... clear plastic, GI Joe-like,
alien-human/human-machine, etc. I can't say that I wasn't curious to actually see
one in person which is why I made a little effort to find one while on my toy runs.
Well I did find one, then owned one, two, three!! I was so impressed with the entire
figure for its many features; movement & poseability, 5mm ports (yeaaahhhh!!),
attachments, and overall uniqueness. And this was just the Neo Henshin Cyborgs
(NHC).
Once I had the NHC I knew I had to add more to my Takara
collection. I asked other collectors about them, had contacts keep an eye out for
cheaper prices, then worked on trading other figures for them. This is how I finally
got my hands on a Cyborg Double Nine (Cyborg99). I received Magma, a King Walder 2
(Cyborg arch nemesis), from Paul L. through a trade along with other items
which are displayed below. The biggest improvement in the Cyborg99 is
the increased movement.
When & who created the Cyborg figures?
Now that's a good question. Back in the 70's Takara
produced the licensed version of the GI Joe body from Hasbro. From that point on a
newly clear-figured 12" toy was created and released in Japan called
"Henshin" or "Transforming" Cyborg. Many figures, various
attachments including suits and merchandise followed. Even a spin-off of Takara's
line was created in England with an 8" figure named Cyborg with limited suits &
attachments.
As
JimBob stated in his page, Takara created
the "Combat Joe" in the 80's and released the name "New Combat Joe" to Medicom where a new figure and various suits were created. And finally in the 90's,
the "Neo Henshin Cyborg" was re-created based on the original version and has
received yet another upgrade called the "Cyborg99".
Okay that's about all I have thus far and I'm sure I've
made a few mistakes somewhere but hopefully I'll receive some feedback with corrections.
I'm still learning as I collect and I know it'll be a never-ending quest but I'm up
to the challenge.
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A special thanks to Paul Lorphanpaibul &
Randall Barker for providing
valuable information on their websites related to Henshin
Cyborgs! |
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