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Welcome to my Cyborg pages. As with the Beast Wars, Cyborg collecting if fairly new to me. I just recently acquired a King Walder 2 Magma figure from Paul Lorphanpaibul of Microforever.com which made him my first Cyborg99 figure. But let's start from the beginning. When I first saw photos of the Henshin Cyborgs I really didn't think they were appealing ... clear plastic, GI Joe-like, alien-human/human-machine, etc. I can't say that I wasn't curious to actually see one in person which is why I made a little effort to find one while on my toy runs. Well I did find one, then owned one, two, three!! I was so impressed with the entire figure for its many features; movement & poseability, 5mm ports (yeaaahhhh!!), attachments, and overall uniqueness. And this was just the Neo Henshin Cyborgs (NHC). Once I had the NHC I knew I had to add more to my Takara collection. I asked other collectors about them, had contacts keep an eye out for cheaper prices, then worked on trading other figures for them. This is how I finally got my hands on a Cyborg Double Nine (Cyborg99). I received Magma, a King Walder 2 (Cyborg arch nemesis), from Paul L. through a trade along with other items which are displayed below. The biggest improvement in the Cyborg99 is the increased movement. When & who created the Cyborgs figures? Now that's a good question. Back in the 70's Takara produced the licensed version of the GI Joe body from Hasbro. From that point on a newly clear-figured 12" toy was created and released in Japan called "Henshin" or "Transforming" Cyborg. Many figures, various attachments including suits and merchandise followed. Even a spin-off of Takara's line was created in England with an 8" figure named Cyborg with limited suits & attachments. As JimBob stated in his page, Takara created the "Combat Joe" in the 80's and released the name "New Combat Joe" to Medicom where a new figure and various suits were created. And finally in the 90's, the "Neo Henshin Cyborg" was re-created based on the original version and has received yet another upgrade called the "Cyborg99". Okay that's about all I have thus far and I'm sure I've made a few mistakes somewhere but hopefully I'll receive some feedback with corrections. I'm still learning as I collect and I know it'll be a never-ending quest but I'm up to the challenge. A Special Thanks to Paul Lorphanpaibul & Randall Barker for providing valuable information on their websites related to Henshin Cyborgs! |
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