SHOGUN | The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Goldorak is; a Japanese super robot, UFO Robot Grendizer (ＵＦＯロボグレンダイザー, Yūfō Robo Gurendaizā), a Shogun, a Shogun Warrior, mecha, a Japanese animation… Goldorak is Grandizer, Goldrake… Goldorak is toys, records, comics… Goldorak is huge in France! Goldorak is… super cool robot!

Goldorak prize competition. Pif Gadget 529. 1979. France.

Goldorak 12″ vinyl record. Saban Records & Music. 1982. France.

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Shogun action figures came in various scales made from both plastic and die-cast metal. Licensed by Mattel in the late 1970s the figures were based on the Japanese anime show of the same period.