Robocon

Does anybody remember Robocon? I used to like this guy when I was a kid for some reason. I can't remember why.

I had this cool toy that looked almost just like the one shown here. He had all these neat gadgets. You could turn his eyes into different expressions, his antennae could be turned around, you could pull his arms and legs out accordian style, he had wheels on his feet, and you can open his chest hood thing to reveal his "engine" parts.

Really strange character when you think about it. Just another one of those weird Japanese creations. I had nearly forgotten all about him until one day about 10 years back I was walking around downtown and I walked into this collectibles store. I saw the exact same Robocon toy sitting in a glass shelf and the guy was selling it for something like $70!!

I was tempted to buy it. Just for the nostalgia. I would kill to see a Robocon show or something to remind me where I must have seen him before. Kind of the same feeling I got watching Kikaida again years later. These are shows I used to watch when I was no older then 4 or 5.

I'm old.