Gatchaman Goodies

From the collection of Gus Lopez. Gatchaman. Battle of the Planets. G-Force. And now "Eagle Riders?" This series has had more names than the Gabor sisters combined.

Some toys from Korea

In Korea, Gatchaman is known as "Eagle Five Brothers." (And, no, I don't know what this makes Jun!) There are a lot of cool new toys, as well as bootlegs, currently on the market there.

Korean "Eagle Five Brothers" store display

This store display was used for some nifty swords, but I think in this case, the packaging is way cooler than the toys. Here's the back of the display.

Ken Mask

A carded version of the sword shown above, this includes a ken mask, and little Ken figure. (So you could pretend you're Ken playing with your own action figures? Shades of Space Balls....).

Korean "Eagle Five Brothers" Phoenix Ship

This plastic ship includes one of them thar Power Rangers Ken figures. Here's a peek at the artwork on the back. Ken wants you!

Sonokong God Phoenix Model

Another day, another Phoenix model.... Made of that miracle substance, plastic!

Sonokong G5 Model

This is another of those little bitty models. So far, Gus has about half a dozen of these, all with different arwork, and the same damn model inside.

Five Figure Set

The box art on this puppy is fabulous. Image courtesy of Mike Noce'.

Ken figure

Ken looks like he's a lost Power Ranger

Phoenix ship (plastic)

As always, great artwork. Here's a look at the back.

Gun with Figure

Don't know what exactly to call this, but it's about the coolest Gatchaman toy in the Universe. It's basically a gun with a Power Ranger-looking figure of Ken. Real nice artwork on the box.

Phoenix Ship

OK, so it's not die-cast. D'oh! But it's damn pretty anyway.

Tiny's transport model

A small, plastic model.

Princess's motorcycle model

This is actually two model's in one: it also contains Tiny's transport.

Phoenix model

I can't find a manufacturer name on the box, although it's listed as Model # 2000.

Phoenix model

Made by a company called Sonokong, and probably even licensed!

Phoenix model

Yet another model of the Phoenix, this one by Academy. This is the most elaborate Korean model I have.

Art set

Even though this set is Korean, it obviously says, "Gatchaman," and not "Eagle Five Brothers."

Oil Pastel set

Wouldn't wanna go to art class without Ken's pretty kisser on your box o' crayons, now would you?

Yet more Gatcha-toys

Mysterious Ken

A Japanese Ken figure. We can decipher the "Mini Size Series" from the box, but that's about all we know about him. (Image provided by Ray Miller--thanks, Ray!)

Twirling Ken toy

Kind of like a Skydancer, only cool.

Twirling Joe toy

They made Joe Skydancer, too. Will those boys ever stop their rivalry?

Battle of the Planets lunchbox

This is one of the nicest metal lunchboxes I've ever seen.

God Phenix

Battle of the Planets/G-Force figure set

This figure set and the individual carded figures shown below were issued in Europe.

Kiap action figure

Princess action figure

Erasers

Another Eraser

At least, I think it's supposed to be an eraser.

Gatchaman Oil Pastels

You wouldn't dream of an art class without Gatchaman, would you?

Gatchaman plushies

A day without Gatchaman is like.....a day without Battle of the Planets! This is a new Eagle Ken UFO catcher doll (center) that came in a set with plushies form assorted other shows. Which shows, you ask? Who the hell cares, I just want my Gatchaman!!!

Ken Keyring

This item is probably Japanese. You can also use it for a Ken Xmas ornament, if you want to have a gatcha-Xmas.

Ryu and Katse keychains

Gatchaman! It's not just for breakfast any more. Here's some cute Tatsunoko SD keychains of Ryu and that evil Berg Katse.

Swan Jun keyring

A really bad image of the Tatsunoko keyring.

Gatchaman keyring set

Whoa! How many of these goldurned Tatsunoko keyrings did they make anyway? (Rhetorical question kids: they've made 7 so far.) There's even a teensy little Phoenix ship! By the way, these keyrings are from Terry and Carmen, two very very nice people who sell a lot of anime stuff on ebay. Thanks again!

Pins

No idea if these are BOTP, Gatchaman, official, or fan-made. But they're damn purty!