my boss today asked me if I could find out any info on this figure. Said he had it for about 30 years now. Saw the Japanese writing and thought maybe somebody on sb can help. Doubt it's Japanese but any info would be great. Thank you in advance.
Absolutely Mattel Mazinger! Later release, looks complete but missing the red chest,crotch and knee stickers and his leg missile holders look broke
^This. Mattel released, but they were very much Japanese. I had a Dragun, which would have probably been about 37 years ago, and it was easily the most "Japanese" thing that made it into my life as a kid (this was a time when canned La Choy "chow mein" was the extent of my exposure to Asian culture.). Of course, I didn't know that at the time, I just knew it was massive and awesome and a a huge massive robot! If you do an image search, you'll see he's missing a big red sticker on his chest, which changes his look considerably. You can find repro stickers online, I found the ones this guy needs for about $15 on ebay, which includes the smaller ones he's missing on his waist and shins, as well. It would improve this guy 100%, imo. EDIT: @scobot Posted that before I saw it!
The same one I have! Fyi, you can get reissued stickers for this guy, tho I can't remember where I got mine. I'd like to find some original swords too ~
