The toy that almost sank Gundam... Clover's Gundam DX from 1979

This is Clover's "Gundam DX" toy set from 1979. One of the very first Gundam toys ever created, and potentially a major factor in the original Mobile Suit Gundam series being cut short. There's very little English coverage of this toy online, so I'm excited to be able to share it. Feel free to turn captions on if you find me difficult to understand. 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - Super Robot Anime 01:37 - The emergence of Yoshiyuki Tomino 02:26 - Freedom Fighters/Gunboy 03:30 - Why does the toy look so different to the show? 04:52 - Parallels with Transformers G1 05:36 - Why did this toy almost kill Gundam? 08:08 - Bandai to the rescue 09:22 - Finally... we get to the actual toy 09:45 - The box! The box! 12:31 - What's in the box? 13:15 - The instruction booklet 13:30 - The Core Fighter 14:45 - Assembling the Gundam 17:36 - Rocket Punch, weapons and accessories 18:36 - Powerslide mode! 19:09 - The G-Fighter 21:00 - The G-Sky 21:54 - The G-Buul 23:12 - The G-Armour 24:45 - Conclusion There's also a video of just the product shots that I uploaded here -    • Clover Gundam DX (1979) - Bonus Footage   As mentioned in the video, here's some of the great websites and resources that I used in my research: https://robot-japan.com/gallery/item/... https://www.zimmerit.moe/unlucky-clov... https://robotoydays.com/toystorage/go... https://www.ultimatemark.com/gundam/p... https://www.collectiondx.com/toy_revi... https://toyboxdx.com/datafiles/data/c... https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebar... https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebar...