Garada K7 (ZIP!)

Garada K7 (ガラダK7) is the first Mechanical Beast created in Mazinger ZIP!.

Appearance
Garada K7 shares its appearance with its original counterparts having a mostly humanoid purple body with a red chest. It featured a skull-like face and had a pair of sickles attached to the sides of its head.

Abilities and Equipment
The sickles on the head can be detached for close combat weapons or be used as boomerangs. Missiles are also launched from the eyes.

History
Garada K7 was used in several plots by Baron Ashura including an attack on Tokyo's Bōsō Peninsula (and comically doing the moonwalk). Later it went to attack the Photon Power Laboratory, encountering the bickering pilots of Aphrodite A and Mazinger ZIP! on the way. Garada was struck by a Koshiryoku Beam and later struck by a Rocket Punch by accident. It was used in plans such as Soccer Cup in Bulgaria and the Lone Ranger cast kidnapping only to be defeated by a Breast Fire and Koshiryoku Beam respectively. In the raid on Tokyo Bay Garada was distracted by Aphrodite's bikini-like paintjob, was struck down by a kancho, and buried in the beach. When the paint on the multi-colored Mazinger adhered to the Garada it reactivated, but only its head could move so Mazinger destroyed Garada with a Breast Fire.