I just got the Sakamoto Showten Standing Turtle figure and it is really fantastic:



Every VOTOMS vinyl this one-man operation produces keeps raising the bar. He truly is an inspiration. Now we have to wait six months for the next batch...

Nice vinyl. I like your pachinko machine also.

These are very nice! Are they both by the same company? Which figure is which?

Yep, same company. You can see their web site here:

http://sakashow.fc2web.com/

The Fatty is on the left, and the Standing Turtle is on the right. I also have the blue Snapping Turtle coming to me.

I need you to give me robot lessons sometime

Damn those are sweet Roger. I had no idea there were Votoms vinyls. Is it still possible to get the Scope Dog or Red Shoulder?

I love Votoms, I have a metal and plastic Scope Dog model that opens up and folds up into the kneeling pose. It has like a million attatchments, weapons, accessories. That thing was my favorite toy growing up.

I also have a manga that has super detailed schematics of all the equipment from the series, from space ships all the way down to side arms. I couldn't read it, so I have no idea what the story was about, but the artwork was amazing, and the mechs are the best ever, way better than stupid Gundam.

I'll trade those for badly-needed photography lessons. My pictures stink. ;pHe did a couple of runs of the Scopedog variants, and you can find them on Yahoo Japan occasionally, but they do tend to cost a lot when you get them that way. Also, the early releases of the Scopedog don't stand up well. I have what I believe is the first release and, well, read the review and discussion here:

http://toyboxst.inwards.com/rumblizer/v ... le_key=543
http://toyboxst.inwards.com/phorum/read ... 139,129139

The quality of the Fatty and Turtle is a much much better than the Scopedogs. A high-fat review and subsequent discussion is here:

http://toyboxst.inwards.com/rumblizer/v ... le_key=584
http://toyboxst.inwards.com/phorum/read ... 734,142734

I love VOTOMS (that's probably obvious by now). The recent DVD release from CPM was really good. The box set comes with a tremendous amount of background material in English that covers all of that stuff in your manga and then some.

you're asking the wrong guy, my pictures suck too

Those are killer! Thye look really great, please post more pics! I'd love to see the scopedog!

I liked your pic and would like to see the Scopedog too. I had one of the red shoulder Yamamatos on order, but then cancelled it right before they were released.

By the way, I have the guy that fits in the Yamamato version brand new in the box with all the accesories if anybody is interested (I ordered that ahead from another store).

Guys, click on the links for my reviews, there are pics of the Scopedog there. It looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

I think the Yamato Scopedog is the best VOTOMS toy that has ever been done and I strongly recommend it if you're into robots.

I have never wanted to win the lottery so bad in my life.




Off the hizzle fo rizzle.

I have an extra blue Snapping Turtle. It's up for grabs, $80 shipped via USPS Priority Mail. Please send me a private message if interested.

Those pics are killing me, gwad they really rock! So how many vinyl Votoms are out there?

They are all pictured on Sakamoto's web site.