GAKKEN TREAD

In the early 80's Gakken decided to enter collectors toy market. One of the items they decided to create was a Tread Toy to match up with it's small line of Legioss fighters. Unfortunately the company closed down their toy division and the Tread line was never released(They were a childrens book publisher before, and still are). A few Treads did get produced(test-shots) though before the doors closed, and here is one!

The Treads were briefly made in two locations-Japan and Singapore. The one pictured below was made in Japan. It is one of the very few produced that ever had decals, and was scheduled to be in a photo shoot for the Gakken marketing team. Color variations confirmed so far are Blue and Red. I'm sure a Green variation was produced but one has not been located by us yet. Matt Alt said during his Tread investigation days that estimates were around a dozen or so of these exist in the world. For information on the Lansay Singapore version please click here.

If you are interested we do know where another Blue one exists, although it has no decals. It is a version. It is very, very expensive(many thousands of dollars) but if you are seriously interested let us know.

My warmest thanks to Carl Hoff for offering up these pics for display on MW, and to Matt Alt(from ToyboxDx) for translating the text for transformation. I've always had a warm spot in my heart for Mospeada and am proud to share these pics with fans everywhere. If you have any questions for Carl please send him an email at cnh@ti.com or write him on the Macross World Discussion board-he checks it out frequently.

Transformation Instructions

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Back of the Legioss box(showing a Tread-coming soon!)