Voltron Sadness.... :(

Things from your childhood

from Elemental Forums

We moved to the place we're at a little over two years ago right after my wife and I got married. During the move I found out one of my favorite childhood toys had gotten broken. It was a old school Voltron toy. The Original 5 Lion Voltron, the old school Die Cast one. This one wasn't even released in the U.S. that I know of. Black Lion's legs got broke off inside of the Yellow and Blue Lions as I had it assembled. Apparently something heavy fell on the box it was in and it was on the top of the box.

I looked it up online tonight as I was thinking of finding a new one to help hold on to the memory. I found out the one I have was called GoLion in Japan. This also explains to me why it was when I showed it to my friends when I was little they all had this crappy plastic one that paled in comparison. The die cast metal one like the one I have/had didn't come over to the U.S. until the next year after I got mine. I never knew it was this special when I was a kid. Mine wasn't even in all that good condition before it was broke as one of the wings broke off a long time ago. All the springs still work though and all the joints are still tight and can be posed.

Well, when I looked it up tonight I found out which one it was and what it was called in Japan. I also found out I can't afford to replace it....at least not right now or anytime soon. It was worth 300 bucks....

Worst part is, it could be worth ten times that much and I wouldn't sell mine if it was fixed. I don't even want to sell the broken pieces of it. It has a lot of sentimental value to me because my mother and grandmother got it for me when I was a kid. Even if I did have the money to replace it I don't know how much the replacement would "count" in my eyes. It wouldn't be the same one they got me.

We didn't always have much money when I was a kid, but at Christmas time that one thing, that one Special thing I always wanted, Mom and Gran always came through somehow and kept the magic of Christmas alive for me for many years as a child.

I've known it was broke for over a year now and I don't know why I've been thinking about it most of the evening. The more I think about it though the sadder I get *sigh*. It almost feels as if part of my childhood memories broke with it.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

That sucks bro... I had the metal one when I was a kid too, although it was destroyed from 15 years of play between my older brother and I (he's quite a bit older than me, toys got recycled lol). So I can feel your pain and nostalgia. I had something similar happen to me with some vintage Transformer toys from when the animated movie was released (R.I.P. Galvatron).

My advice to feel better, is that if you have any kids - buy them something really awesome, so that they will have a killer memory to hold onto and be nostalgic over when they are older :).

If not? Find a hobby where you put a lot of work into something... I would reccomend Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000. It's a miniature based wargame, and assembling/modeling/painting the miniatures takes a lot of work, you get really attached to them. Before you know it they'll be sitting proudly in a display case and you will be boasting about them for years to come!

-Itharus

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Indeed, Itharus, that is good advice. I'm sorry to hear about your Transformers. I have a bunch of them buried somewhere. My prized one though, an original series 1 Optimus Prime, I gave to one of my best friends for his birthday about 7 or 8 years ago now. I didn't get around to looking it up until after I had given it away and apparently it's worth a butt load of cash too...lol.

Hobbies can help and it's funny you should mention Warhammer painting as I've done that for some friends. I don't play Warhammer but I have friends who do who have seen some of my older artwork and asked me to paint figures for them. One of my buddies named James is a big tournament winner in the Warhammer circuits down here in Florida and I've painted some of his figures. One of his competitors asked him to ask me to paint some of his figures and he even offered to pay me but I never got around to doing it.

I've got a bunch of other old toys buried. G.I. Joes, Thundercats, a bunch of others. It's really funny when I sit down and watch Robot Chicken because I sit there and go "Hey, I got that......and that....and that" , you get the idea. I should dig them out and sort them, keep the best of the best, and maybe sell the rest. I've got a lot of old school Joe and Cobra vehicles too. I even have the old 3 stage mobile command center. Remember that? The only "Joe" toy that came out that I wanted and never got was the Air Craft Carrier and that was because the year it came out it cost $400 and my family just couldn't afford it.

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