Garada K-7 Uni-five Previews Exclusive Jumbo Machinder Shogun Warriors Popy Mint

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This auction is for a Garada K-7 Previews Exclusive Jumbo Machinder made by Uni-five of Japan in 2000 for the United States only.Garada K-7 is new and mint as the day I bought it. It has been stored away in it’s box and never even displayed.Original Advertising Description: Diamond Comic Distributors is proud to offer an exclusive Jumbo Machinder from Japanese manufacturer Uni-Five. Jumbo Machinders were 24" tall super robots imported in the late 70s by Mattel and christened "Shogun Warriors". Uni-Five (a Bandai subsidiary) has resurrected the line as The Jumbo Machines and produced four characters: Great Mazinger, Gaiking, Mazinger Z and now Garada K-7 (Mazinger Z foe). In the 1970s, these toys became all the rage in Japan, but they only produced Hero Robots. Villains were made only as store displays to be featured on end caps in dioramas. Fans wanted the villains, so Popy cranked out a limited number of each just to satisfy immediate demand. Now days, Jumbo villains are one of the rarest toys for Japanese collectors. The rarest of all is Garada K-7, as Garada was considered a "lost" toy, with no proof that the store display versions were ever even sold at retail. No one could even produce a photograph of one, let alone show the real thing. Uni-Five's toy was the first time collectors had a chance to own a Garada K-7. Lo and behold, read more