or "Soul of Super-alloy", is a popular line of adult collector's toys produced by the Japanese company
Bandai.
The line, which began in 1997, focuses almost exclusively on
mecha (
robots) taken from various 1970s and 1980s
anime series, although the line has diverged from this on a number of occasions, most notably the release of several mecha from the mid-1990s anime ''
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...
''. More recently, the line has expanded further to include 1970s mecha from
Super Sentai and other
tokusatsu series, such as the Battle Fever Robo from ''
Battle Fever J'', Leopardon from the Japanese TV adaptation of ''
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...
'' and Gipsy Danger from ''
Pacific Rim
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List of co ...
''.
Also Bandai initiated the "F.A. (Full Action)" sub-line beginning with
Voltes V; the F.A. sub-line sacrifices transformation and combination gimmicks in favor of anime-accurate proportions and dynamic articulation.
Lines
Soul of Chogokin
Accessories
Special items released to complement or complete the previous Soul of Chogokin Figures.
Black versions, recolors and renewal versions
Bandai released many variants of the original releases. Most are just repaints, while some of them have a totally different sculpt or add more features to the original SoC.
Limited items
Even though they were never too difficult to find, the following versions were never released in shops. Most of them required the use of coupons found in manga/magazines/CDs. Some were released in fairs/exhibitions.
Special items
The following special items were released in predetermined limited numbers. They have all reached incredibly high prices in secondary market.
Soul of Chogokin SPEC
The SPEC series started in 2007 as an expansion series to the original SoC line, it is designed to showcase robot characters from the 1980s onward. This line is replaced by the Hi-Metal R line.
See also
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Mazinger Toy Lines
Go Nagai's Mazinger related mechas and characters have many different toy lines, developed since Mazinger first appeared in the 1970s. Some of the most well known ones are described here.
Popy Jumbo Machinder
Popy was a classic Japanese toy mak ...
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Super Imaginative Chogokin
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Super Robot Chogokin
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Chogokin
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Godaikin
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Shogun Warriors
Notes
References
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External links
Official Soul of Chogokin website(in Japanese. some wrong information exists)
Official Soul of Chogokin website(in English. Not updated as often)
japan-robot.com Soul of Chogokin forum
Action figures
Bandai brands
Japanese die-cast toys
Transforming toy robots
1990s toys
2000s toys
2010s toys
Toy mecha
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