Arthur Tanseco, who works in Hong Kong, said he wanted to own a Lego set based on the popular anime and that his three sons loved the idea of being able to build and play with the "grandfather of MegaZords."
He added: "I specifically made this model to fit mini-figures as I wanted to maximize playability. The only challenge is that this will be a very big set, but well worth the investment."
Tanesco submitted his "Voltes V" tribute to the Lego Cuusoo Project or now known as "Lego Ideas," where fans submit and vote on ideas to be considered as future Lego products.
His design currently has about 290 out of 10,000 votes of support that it needs to get reviewed by the Denmark-based company, where it could become a legitimate set.
You can vote for his set by clicking here.
Through this crowd-sourcing method, Lego has already produced a host of unique products based on several television shows and iconic franchises such as the "Ghostbusters," "Minecraft," and "Back to the Future."
Last month, Lego made headlines when it revealed the set titled "Research Institute" -- a product of the Ideas project, which became the company's first offering to feature women in a professional setting.
"I sincerely hope that this can be considered for production," pleaded Tanesco.
Voltes V, which tells the story of humanity's battle against alien invaders from the planet Boazan, was first aired in the Philippines in the 1970s.
During the martial law years, it was banned, along with other robot-based anime, by then President Ferdinand Marcos supposedly for its excessive violence. The ban came in 1979 before the last five episodes of the anime could be shown.
In an interview last April, Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. explained why his father decided to ban the anime.
"It was actually the parents that worried about the violence that they were afraid might influence their children in a negative way," he said.
"There was a lot of private lobbying by all kinds of groups, parents-groups, and so I guess my father saw it prudent to acquiesce to their demands on an issue that was and still is not well understood," he added.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
