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) - Just Toy Shots  

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...