Can't disagree with those comments. But the Toynami version was originally released at a mere $50. IIRC. The rarity of a quality collector's Voltron pushed up the porice. Then they re-released it with electonic eyes and jacked up the price somewhat ridiculously.
So essentially, at the most the original is just a ~$60-70 figure as opposed to this one, which is designed to be much sexier.
Still, I am mighty tempted by this beasty.