Last modified 01/28/99

Popy Getter Robots

Yes, I know, I am still missing Getta 3, but hopefully I will be able to add it into my collection in the near future.  Getter Robot is my third or fourth favorite super robot show, and I am sure it is also ranked atop of many collectors' list.   The show originally aired in Japan in the early 70s in direct competition with Go Nagai's other creation: Mazinger Z and especially Great Mazinger.  (It's kind interesting that two of Go Nagai's creations competed against each other for air time, but this also demonstrates how influential Go Nagai was at that time and how the various TV stations respected his works.)   Getta Robot G was shown in USA as Starvengers in the early 80s as part of the Force Five series imported by Jim Terry.  The story line was slightly altered as expected but at least most of the plot in the battle against Pandamonium Empire was relatively true to the original; unlike Snady Frank's adaptation of Gatchaman.

I always love the Getta ships and I remember I used to own a Dragun ship model as a child and it was one of my priced possession.  That model is no where to be found today, but I still like the Getta ships just the same.  Many of you probably have already seen the photos of Half Eye's fully transformable Getta Robot.  It looks O.K. in Getta 1 and Getta 2, but Getta 3 is really a stretch. They also don't look authentic in ship mode.  As you can see from the photos, Popy did make an effort to show some kind of transformation, but of course this is not feasible even by today's technology.  But then again, who knows, maybe the transformation mechanism is already under development and Bandai would surprise everyone with a transformable SOC Getta robot...Nah, never going to happen.   too much wishful thinking...