Last night, Slash performed on “The Tonight Show” while wearing an “I’m with Coco” pin. So I went over to Hulu to look for the video, where I discovered OH MY GOD FORTY-FIVE EPISODES OF VOLTRON! And that, my friends, is way more interesting than another post where I reference all those orphanages that Jay Leno burned down (still: those poor, poor children).
Now, I understand that most people reading this probably weren’t in the six- to nine-year-old age range when “Voltron” aired, meaning you weren’t in the sweet spot for absolutely NEEDING “Voltron” toys, but let’s put it this way: it was giant metal space cats that combined to make one giant-er robot. And that robot had a sword. Needless to say, “Voltron” was a key component of my childhood. And yeah, maybe the first two years of college, too.
Trivia question! Who freed the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln, right? WRONG. Voltron:
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I hear Gabby Sidibe is gonna be a Robeast in the live action movie
Douche Cat passed out naked after that epic party, bro.
I was too white trash for Voltron. I settled on GoBots.
That is the best picture to appear on Warming Glow since you last posted a picture of either Christina Hendricks or Alison Brie.
Although, it kind of irks me that they didn’t use Yellow Lion, and angle the legs more like the cats, but I’ll get over it.
Had all the cats. The single greatest part of my childhood was forming voltron. They were all made out of what seems like now to be cast-iron and it weighed about 80 pounds. Fuck Power Rangers. Kids now are pussies.
I remember I tried connecting all the cats together to make the giant voltran and after 10 minutes I was like “Fuck this! Im going to go beat the shit out of a ‘My Buddy’ doll with a baseball bat.”
Voltron was my favorite cartoon when i was a kid. I even watched the chitty version that came after the lions.
@Strange Botwin,
I have to disagree with you about the choice of the Green Lion, since I could really relate to Pidge when I was five years old.
the voltron cats were the best toys to bring into the tub because they floated. I havent’ had that much fun in the bath since my trip to Turkey