Non-Transformers, but this will excite all of you who have been fans of transforming robots in the 1980s. Via Taghobby / Cybergundam on Facebook, we have a look at a whole line of Gokin (high-end release) versions of several Machine Robos, who many of you may remember from the 1980s as the GoBots! The selection of characters in the line definitely seems to have been inspired by GoBots as well as Machine Robo, the original Japanese version of the series. The lineup shown thus far includes:
- Cy-Kill
- Jet Robo / Fitor
- Drill Robo / Screwhead
- Turbo
- Leader-1
- Tank Robo / Tank
- Shuttle Robo / Spay-C
Plus there are one or two others.
It looks like Bandai & Action Toys is serious about bringing back the Gobots / Machine Robos as a whole line of high-end collector releases, to compete with the Masterpiece Transformers.
Discuss this revelation in the discussion thread linked below, and for more non-Transformers toy news, be sure to visit our sister site, The Toyark!
Toolala
Tough Trailer never got a Gobots release.
Megasquared
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world Action Toys still exists.
Skyguy
Okay cool. I’ll have too remember too keep an eye out for him. I got him as a present from some weird import shop as a kid. I don’t remember a Gobots version but I only really had the Cessna and Orange dump truck dude. Loved Tough Trailer though.
wheeljack01
Nope, it never came out. Never even seen a preorder for it.
Optimus Prime23
Nope. We’re still waiting on him and Super Car Robo, Blue Jet and a few others we’ve seen prototypes of over a year ago.
Skyguy
Did Tough Trailer ever come out. I remember seeing Thew’s review of it ages ago. Just wondering if I missed it as I’ve not really been keeping up too date.
IczerRyuga
Ah,reminds me of Scourge from Transformers Generations where his shotgun is stored in his wing. Nice.
wwoptimusprime
IczerRyuga
That'll be interesting to see.
HunterGreen2005
Do you have a picture?
Lodril
That one had me stumped for a bit! The spot where it goes seemed obvious to me, but I was so committed to putting the gun in upside down, that for the first several times I transformed it, I couldn't figure out why there was no place to store the gun when he was a train.
Toolala
I believe there was a post about it when he released. its quite clever, if you figured it out on your own I tip my hat to you.
wwoptimusprime
Question, anyone that owns loco ever figure out where to put the gun in train mode? If not, I did.
IczerRyuga
Might I say…THEY'RE KILLING US AT THIS POINT WITH THESE PRICES! T_T
MasterScale
I get that toy prices are going up, and I'm mostly fine with it, but I have to say the Super Mini-Pla series' pricing is getting a tad crazy.
IczerRyuga
Then again,these classic super robots are what the origins of Machine Robo is all about since Popy created the toys of Combattler V and the Robot Romance trilogy along with Raideen,Mazinger Z and what not.
Still the idea of them pushing Machine Robo away is already irritating at this point.
I've checked the Tamashii Nations 2019 video:
to see if the news of Bandai's 2019 Machine Robo is under effect. Alas…no news as we speak. -_-
Still,look forward to something even better for your Machine Robo craziness:![[IMG]](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0115/3938/2330/products/1910smpBaikanfu05_grande.jpg?v=1572095237)
![[IMG]](https://p-bandai.com/img/sg/p/m/N2468377001001_016.jpg)
![[IMG]](https://p-bandai.com/img/sg/p/m/N2468377001001_013.jpg)
![[IMG]](https://p-bandai.com/img/sg/p/m/N2468377001001_001.jpg)
![[IMG]](https://p-bandai.com/img/sg/p/m/N2468377001001_015.jpg)
![[IMG]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGCY8wMUEAEOSKB.jpg)
That's right. If you don't have Baikanfu from the previous releases,Super Minipla has finally given us photos of this bad boy.
IceConvoy
The R with a circle and the tm are both trademarks, but one is registered with the government while one is not.
WishfulThinking
You're right. I saw the encircled R and was thinking if it was trademarked it would have TM by the name instead.
Still my point stands.