Considering that $10.00 back in 1963 was worth about $101.00 in today's economy, these puppies were not cheap. And that's before you added in the cost of the batteries, which were never included back then.
Still, Garloo at Sears is a heck of a lot cheaper than advertised on TV:
I originally featured this $20usd Banpresto gem in the early days of the page. It's been a mainstay in my collection display ever since.
I even managed to fix the leaning issue (with repeated heat treatments, some finesse, and a little glue)
It's such a handsome piece. Beautiful little sculpt for a toy that's intended to be a claw game prize in Japan.
And a particularly vital artifact for me, because early US broadcasts of Mazinger Z (as Tranzor Z here) are why I'm so fascinated by internal mechanical shots and cutaways of robots.
A beautifully simple little figure of a classic Transformers/Diaclone design.
I wish Super7 was able to do more with this license, because these classic boxy robot designs lend themselves to all kinds of wild colorways. But I get it, Hasbro is very strict with this property.
But that's okay, because this is a wonderful toy. Classic and sleek with great colors.