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 Galtan - A Backstory? 
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So I was wondering if there's any backstory or history to Galtan. I haven't been able to find anything, which makes me think that it's just a character created by Exohead. But the similarity of the torso/arms (and of course the similarity in the name) to Baltan made me wonder if there's a known backstory to Galtan?


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Its an old menko card monster from way back. Thats what I read somewhere anyway. :mrgreen:

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someone posted pics of the original packaging and hologram sticker thing -

I cant find it now but Im sure a search will turn it up.

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Baikin wrote:
Its an old menko card monster from way back. Thats what I read somewhere anyway. :mrgreen:

I was led to believe the Galtan was a bit of Post-Modern Toy Smart-Assery.

But I thought that about the Zag too, and I was wrong.

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Ohhh, I do recall reading that a while back. So it was probably just a generic monster done by in-house menko card artists. Anyone know if it was named Galtan at the time the cards were made, or did Exohead assign that name to the character?


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tavaro wrote:
someone posted pics of the original packaging and hologram sticker thing -

I cant find it now but Im sure a search will turn it up.

I did a "galtan" search this morning and re-read through a bunch of the old threads. I didn't stumble across that thread, but I do recall seeing it when it was active.


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tavaro wrote:
someone posted pics of the original packaging and hologram sticker thing -

I cant find it now but Im sure a search will turn it up.

I did a "galtan" search this morning and re-read through a bunch of the old threads. I didn't stumble across that thread, but I do recall seeing it when it was active.

I couldn't find it either...

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Chapter 14 of Space Adventure Cobra is titled "The Diabolic Galtan". I have no idea if this is the same Galtan or not...


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No---wait, I found this link:

http://maruwo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/pachi3.htm

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Galtan=
Skull Head
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Baltan ( http://members9.tsukaeru.net/suga/2/ult ... bultun.jpg )
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Antler ( http://noda-ya.com/goods/025/large/00022.jpg )


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