I watched a whole lot of TV growing up and loved just about anything that involved guns or lasers. But Voltron to me looked like some sort of Transformers rip-off. I never gave the lion robots a chance. It wasn't because the toy looked cool - it did - but probably more because my circle of friends was into G.I. Joe and Transformers and all of our parents knew this. My guess is Santa thought I'd be excited to have a Transformer-looking thing that fit my G.I. Joe figures. It was the best of both worlds in their logical minds. And that's the way it sometimes was behind closed doors. But, sorry Santa, I was a kid who loved the brands and Voltron just was no comparison for my shallow thinking.
Fast forward a couple of decades and now I see what I was missing out on. I'm no Voltron expert by any means, but now that I catch clips here and there, I'm wishing I at least gave it a chance. Lions, robots and lasers - oh, my!
Next month 5finity is releasing a series of Voltron sketch cards. And good luck finding them. The 999 packs 5finity had for dealers sold out in less than 12 hours. Another 300 packs will become available on the World Event Productions website on February 15 and sell for $22.95 each.
With more than 60 artists on board, there's bound to be a variety of styles and limited editions.
Amber Stone Andy Carreon
Angel Gabriele
Anthony Hochrein
Ben Dunn
Ben Glendenning
Ben Hansen
Brian Shearer
Bruce Gerlach
Bryan Turner
Chad Cicconi
Chad LaForce
Chris Henderson
Dan Schoening
Daniel Campos
Danny Kuang
David Namisato
Drew Moss
EJ Su
Eric Merced
Fraim Brothers
Frankie B Washington
Gerard Conte
Hanie Mohd
Hayden Davis
Howard Bender
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Jamie Snell
Jason Worthington
Jayson Kretzer
Jerry Gaylord
Jeremy Treece
Jess Hickman
Jim Kyle
Joe Rubinstein
Josh Lyman
Juan Fontanez
Justin Chung
Kelly Everaert
Kevin Graham
Lak Lim
Lorenzo Lizana
Luis Diaz
Manny Mederos
Mark McHaley
Matt Minor
Melissa Uran
Michael Duron
Nathan Ohlendorf
Nicole Goff
Paul Ballard
Paul Gutierrez
Ryan Odagawa
Ryan Orosco
Ryan Wilton
Scott Rorie
Sean Moore
Sherry Leak
Ted Dastick
Terry Tibke
Thomas Tuomey
Tim Baron
Uko Smith
Although I couldn't find any record of pack-issued cards, Voltron isn't totally new to the hobby. Topps and O-Pee-Chee each produced tattoo sets back in the mid-80s. Panini also made a sticker album and set in 1986. A quick check of eBay also turned up a couple of video cards, presumably distributed with tapes or DVDs.
3 comments:
Ryan we've got to be the same age. I remember all that stuff. i really liked the lion volton not like that poser voltron with the cars. I was also into G.I. Joe, Transformers, and of course He-man. I wish I still had all that stuff as it's all kitch now. the sketch cards look cool. i see Justin Chung is on the artists list. His stuff is pretty kick ass. I just got a 1/1 sketch card from series one by Justin chung. He's got a great web site too.
I watched Eric Merced coloring a few of his Voltron cards on his artcast recently. Very cool, and very good too. Got me very geeked up for these. Hope I can score one somewhere down the line.
I have a box of the Topps tattoos and all of the packs are still sealed. The hardcore fan might want to Google "Reebok Voltron". I own several pairs of these kick butt kicks. Thanks for the great article, Ryan! Steve
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