These are two homemade Gatchaspartans (from Gatchaman Fighter) made by a friend of Kena's. For those who haven't seen the series, the Gatchaspartan is made up for 5 individual pieces/G-Machines. When the five pieces combine, they form the Gatchaspartan, and the insides shift around, reforming the ship. The multi-color Gatchaspartan is the individual units, while the blue/purple one is supposed to represent the united Gatchaspartan. Enjoy!

Wow, Kena's friend must have spent a lot of time on this! It looks great. I wonder what both versions are made out of -is that balsa wood? But in the final photo, why is Joe so small?

Hi all! Those are very nice! The person who made those has a lot of talent! It's all the little details that really make it so impressive, like the separate blades on the Gatcha 3's propellors and the transparent pieces for the windshields. Lord knows that it's something that I don't have the skills or patience to do! I am sort of surprised that they used purple to color the Gatcha Spartan, since the vehicle trim turned red when it was formed, not purple. Regardless, I noticed that the Gatcha 1 was a separate piece from the rest of the vehicle, so you could have it fly off on its own, like Ken did often enough in Gatchaman Fighter.

When the five pieces combine, they form the Gatchaspartan, and the insides shift around, reforming the ship.

While the exteriors on some of the vehicles repositioned somewhat when the Gatcha Spartan was formed (The wings on the Gatcha 3 swinging to face forward, the back half of the Gatcha 4 swinging around to the sides, things like that), the interiors of the vehicles remained as they were. I'll freely admit that there is no practical way for Ken, Joe, Jun, and Jinpei to travel through each others vehicles to reach the Gatcha Spartan Control Room in the Gatcha 5, a problem I blame on the vehicle being designed as a toy first, with no consideration for how this would work in the real world. Annoying, yes, but that's the lot we're stuck with. James

Originally posted by tatsunokofan While the exteriors on some of the vehicles repositioned somewhat when the Gatcha Spartan was formed (The wings on the Gatcha 3 swinging to face forward, the back half of the Gatcha 4 swinging around to the sides, things like that), the interiors of the vehicles remained as they were.

Really? I thought for sure the Bridge was created as part of the joining. So it was always a part of the G-5? The G-5 didn't look that big... plus how can it see the front view on the main viewscreen from all the way at the back of the ship? I guess they used cameras...

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Really? I thought for sure the Bridge was created as part of the joining. So it was always a part of the G-5? The G-5 didn't look that big...

Again, designed as a toy first, not something that works in the real world.

plus how can it see the front view on the main viewscreen from all the way at the back of the ship? I guess they used cameras...

How do they see the front view on the original God Phoenix when the Control Room is in the middle of the ship? The same with the New God Phoenix? Those are monitor screens, not windows. James

Wow, TJ, that's an awesome job and talent! I too wonder from what material it was made of and I agree with James re the purple color instead of the red one ... but all in all it's just great! Regarding the Control Room, I too found it quite difficult for me to figure out how it was formed once the vehicles were united. I always thought of some sort of tunnels forming after the vehicles joined into the Gatchaspartan and seats running automatically through them up to the Control Room in order for the Team to enter it via a main door, on foot maybe, but that was impossible!

Hi all!

I always thought of some sort of tunnels forming after the vehicles joined into the Gatchaspartan and seats running automatically through them up to the Control Room in order for the Team to enter it via a main door, on foot maybe, but that was impossible!

There were some sort of passageways through the ship that they traveled through, but they always went through them while still in the seats from their individual G-Mecha. Ken and Joe popped up through the floor of the Control Room, while Jun and Jinpei slid in through the back wall. Ryu apparently just lowered down from the upper left corner of the Gatcha 5 (Probably in a manner similar to what he did on the original God Phoenix), but this was never dealt with. Here's the model sheet for the Control Room, showing how the hatches in the floor and on the wall open to allow the seats to move into position. I've changed the labels indicating who sat where into English to make things easier. The problem, of course, is that this makes no sense. Joe comes from a vehicle positioned above the Gatcha 5, yet he is raised up from below? Jun and Jinpei come from vehicles in front of the Gatcha 5, yet they come in from the back? How does Ken's seat move through the back of the Gatcha 1 when the nose of the Gatcha 3 is in the way? Ditto for Jun's seat in the Gatcha 3 when the Gatcha 4 is in the way? So, as I said, in all practical ways, is doesn't make sense. I blame Popy -- they got the toy they wanted, and Tatsunoko had to work around or ignore the problems that came with it. James

Kena said there are more pictures here: More Gatchaspartan pics Enjoy!

Wow, those items are very impressive. I love the Gatchaspartan on here.

Very nice piece of work there. I presume they're papercraft?

Originally posted by Cain Highwind Very nice piece of work there. I presume they're papercraft?

I'm not sure... might be balsa wood.

Wow now thats dedication! Its very well done and thought over. Thanks for sharing TJ.

Thanks for the illustration, James and TJ for the additional pictures!

Geez, the visor on the Ken figure is clear here too? Why do all the Ken figures have a clear visor? It's blue! Not clear! Grrrrrrr. EDIT:Never mind, I missed the part where they were home made. I guess the person who made them didn't have a choice. Oh well, I forgive them.

Those little figures aren't home made, they're tiny models that were available from vending machines, or something. There've been lots of different sets of these figures which is probably why Joe is so small compared to the others.