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Skeeterkub's
Albegas Page
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| Matchbox
Voltron II
The infamous Matchbox
line of toys brought Albegas into the Voltron world. Albegas
was marketed as "Voltron II" with each individual component named "gladiators".
Each gladiator was sold individually as a "mini" Voltron (there were mini's
for both the assembled Lion and Vehicle robots). The "Deluxe Gladitor
Set" (click here to see
picture) contained all three gladiators. Fully assembled, Voltron
II measures 10 3/4 inches. The toys were originally made and sold
in Japan by Bandai (click
here to see picture), and contained firing mechanisms for the fists.
The Matchbox version eliminated the firing mechanisms, as the fists are
not removable. It's been noted that this makes it impossible to stow
the extra four arms when assembling the full robot, so you wind up with
a six-armed Voltron.
Bandai Albegas Figure There was a 4 3/4 figure from Bandai, marketed as "Albegas". Little is known about this figure, but a photo is available from David Mark Din's original site.
Sega Video Game There was a laserdisc video
game for Sega game systems released in 1984 by Sega/Bally/Midway.
The game was also known as "Cybernaut". The game featured aninimated
backgrounds and suround sound. There are a handful of websites
with information on the video game.
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