CYBER METAMORPHOSIS

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I established this website in order to let you know about an absolutely cool Japanese toy soldier made more then 30 years ago. Can you believe that the 12 inch-figure that you see below became popular among young boys in the early '70s? TAKARA (one of the biggest Japanese toy companies) converted a U.S. military figure, GI-Joe into a transparent plastic dall. The transparent "sci-fi GI-Joe" was on the market from 1972 to 1974.

Cyborg as Ultraman Taro

The name of the sci-fi toy-soldier was "Henshin Cyborg No.1". "Henshin" is a Japanese phrase, which means "to metamorphose". "Hen" means "change" and "shin" means "body", respectively. The first Japanese "tokusatsu" hero who used the catch-phrase was Masked Rider No.1. Henshin Cyborg really changed into not only Masked Riders and Ultramen but also a number of other TV heroes. Even such a popular animation robot as Majinger Z was in his repertoire.

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