Bigger than Godzilla! The Giant Iron Giant

I needed another relatively quick post today, so I'm back with a mini feature that might not get any further. I previously introduce the Lanard Alien Queen, a Walmart-exclusive toy almost as big as my Dormei generic Godzilla. This time, I have another Walmart buy that's the real deal, based on the most awesome giant robot ever, The Iron Giant! Here's a pic of the big guy with my "new" Genericzilla.

This find was one of a pair of bots that hit Walmart early this year, the other being Robby the robot. Both were marked as from a company called Goldlok Holdings and sold as 14". Certainly the Iron Giant is somewhat taller than either of my Dormei Godzillas. Both bots came with lights, voice and sound effects and a walking action feature. Here's some unboxing pics, including both bots on the store shelves.

While I can't say much first-hand about Robby, the Iron Giant clearly shows that the manufacturer was focused on the electronic features over articulation. The chest and pelvis are a solid piece, and even the head is immobile. The legs have no motion apart from the walking mechanism, which works well enough. The arms are entirely strange. The hands, elbows and upper arms are all reasonably articulated, but the motion of the shoulders is limited to back and forth and drastically reduced by the shoulder pad things (which admittedly didn't make a lot of sense in the movie either). Trying to put him in a fighting stance mostly just makes it look like he's trying to negotiate, though this certainly fits the character well enough.

"Have you considered, humans might not like being used as incubators?"

Fortunately, the sound and light features are the best part. The eyes can glow red or green, and as shown above, the chest plates open to reveal the laser whatsit. He makes various sounds and says "I am Superman!"; for some reason, they left out, "I not gun." Here's another pic. If it seems like there's a little glare, it's because I left a TV on while I was working on this.

All in all, this is definitely not great, but it's not bad either. It's also just about the first Iron Giant collectible to be on regular store shelves since the guy that came with the VHS tape (which I of course still have). Here's a few more pics to round this out.

"Let me guess, you signed a contract with Roger Corman, too..."

"SUPERMAN! And say, I can actually raise my arms."

That's all for now, more to come!