Popy Toys Zero Tester Base, PLA-DX Japanese Toy *SOLD*

Popy Toys Zero Tester Base, PLA-DX Japanese toy for sale

For most US toy buyers, this toy is all Greek, i.e. it is incredibly difficult to understand and appreciate.  -So we will break things down– Thunderbirds by Jerry Andersen was a giant hit in the 1960’s and so the Japanese live action/puppet thirst was there.  This Space toy came from the series “Zero Tester” and similarly used space, bases, spaceships, and characters.

Our base toy is near new old stock and it has two hidden missile launchers.  One comes by pulling a lever to the side and opening the volcano.  The other firing missile comes from flipping up the rocky landscape.

The base comes on a stand and can be connected to other Deluxe Plastic toys from the same series.  Inside the box are space tubes/flexible tubes to connect the toys together.

The box is well worn and has two splits, but is still in very good condition.  The toy comes with inserts and appears to be unplayed with.  There are small scuffs on the base and colors are still very bright.

Note that Popy Toys of Japan started as a subsidiary of Bandai in about 1972, so this represents one of the earliest toys in a deluxe form with a potential to transform (although this is a crude change).  It has a similar feel to a Gatchaman base as well as a speed racer base. -Familiar Japanese base themes to come.

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Zero Tester
ゼロテスター
(Zerotesutā)
Genre Mecha
Anime television series
Directed by Ryosuke Takahashi
Music by Nayazumi Yamamoto
Studio Crystal Art Studio
Sunrise
Original network Fuji Television
Original run October 1, 1973 – December 30, 1974
Episodes 66
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Zero Tester (ゼロテスター Zerotesutā) is a mecha produced anime series by Sunrise and Crystal Art Studio.

It consists of 66 episodes and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV. The first 39 episodes tells the attempted invasion of the earth by Armanoid aliens, while the remaining 27 episodes, with the series retitled Zero Tester: Save the Earth! (Chikyu o Mamotte!), are about an attack by Gallos aliens.

According to Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy’s The Anime Encyclopedia, it was “an early gathering of many of anime’s future greats, particularly for the Gundam series”.”