Godmars is a story about a teenager who was sent from another planet to observe and to destroy planet earth. Of course, the teenager was sent when he was a baby, so he doesn't know much about his pass until his older twin brother transfer/unlock the memory to him. In fact, much like Superman, the teenager was from a race that possesses phsychic power. Then it evolves around the teenager on how he discovered that he's not an earthling, being rejected by the people that he's being protecting, discouraged, overcoming these obstacle and save the earth, being cursed by the main villain of the show, and finally defeating the main villain and finally, the time has come for him to embark on a journey to save the universe alone(together with his first and only lover of the show as shown in the final scene). Frankly, I only dwell into the story after I got the DVD set like 5 months ago. When I was a kid, I could understand none of these.
Godmars is the giant robot that created by the father of this teenager(whose name is Mars) to protected Mars from harm. When Mars is in trouble, his protector Gaia will appear to get him out from the situation. And, when Mars itself can't handle the enemy, Mars will be able to summon the other 5 robots - Shin, Ra, Sphinx, Uranus and Titan, to come and rescue him. Together with these 5 robots, they are able to combine into the ultimate and unstoppable, unscratchable, and heavy-duty giant robot Godmars. It is unstoppable because once Godmars is here, its opponent will only suffer defeat, and it's 100% guarantee.
Design wise, Godmars is very boxy. Yet, despite of this boxiness, it looks cool and it suits well because it gives the unstoppable impression. I used to have the old format toy that produce by some company in the 80's, and I love it. With this new release, it's even better because it resembles more closely to the anime and at least the legs and amrs can be moved. That's a job well done for Bandai.
This toy costs me RM798. I regretted for not buying it from XL-Shop because if I do, I'll be able to get a lot of points for this because it costs the same. I bought this one from Fantasy in Low Yat Plaza, KL. The price shown is after charged with 3% credit card transaction fee.
The following picture shows the content of the box when it's opened.
The picture above shows all the robots that serve as parts for Godmars. The following picture shows the extra goodies for this toy, of which it has a replica of the Cosmo Squad, or whatever squad that is(goole it) fighter craft that can be divided into 3 smaller craft. In the anime it is shown that this fighter craft can penetrate the atmosphere and travel in space with ease. Of course, it shows the sword of Godmars - God Flash, which is a big improvement from the previous toy.
Due to the limitation of picture size, I can't really post much pictures over here, so I'll just concentrate on uploading the picture of the necessary one instead. First off, the 6 robots with the pose that it can do.
Next up, the combined Godmars from the back side. The reason to show the backside is because in the old toy, the back of Godmars is not as smooth as this one because the arms of Sphinx, Uranus, and Titans are exposed due to the combination gimmick limitation at that time. Unlike this one, where all the hands are hidden within the body.
And finally, here's something from the front with what it could do.
Unless you're 80's anime lover, otherwise you would not appreciate this toy. This is more like a collector item instead of a toy to let your children to play with. Best of all, this toy is contructed with nearly 80% die-cast metal, so it's quite heavy. The only complain that I have is that Gaia supposed to be as tall as Uranus and Titans, of which they have to ommit it in order to allow the combination of Gaiai with Sphinx to work.
