LEGO Voltron

When I saw the LEGO Voltron for sale, I just had to get it. Voltron was one of the big toys of my childhood, but I have a special connection with it. You see, one year for Christmas or my birthday, I was… well, let’s just say less than obedient and was snooping around looking for my presents. I ended up finding one under my mom’s bed, and I really wanted to peek at it… so I took it into the back yard and opened it. You know, just a little tiny peek. But of course that little tiny peek ended up becoming obvious after the fact and I don’t remember what kind of trouble I got into.

Any rate, the present was the black lion from Voltron. So yeah, special history there.

Now, back to today. The LEGO rendition of this is actually quite good; you can build them as lions or as the robot and, while the mobility of each is not fantastic, the fact that it’s doable at all is very impressive.

Looks great just like this, right?

The end result is quite tall and is surprisingly stable (update from 2025: it hasn’t fallen over once). It’s a bit of a slog to transform everything, but really it’s a kick right in the nostalgia and I love it!

Defender of the universe

Now, I seem to recall there was a second, less popular Voltron made up of like a dozen vehicles; I wonder if that is actually a thing which existed, if it’s called Voltron, what’s going on with that… and if they’ll do a LEGO of it!