Non-Transformers: Gokin Machine Robo / Masterpiece Gobots!

Progress!

I have no interest in Tough Trailer, but can't wait for Blue Jet!

On a random note, I'm looking to buy some Rock Lords and holy crap, why are they so expensive complete!? I didn't even know they came with weapons when I was young.

Hoping this means that we'll be seeing a DX Eagle Robo sometime in the next couple of years now.  

IczerRyuga

Time for a little update thanks to my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MachineRoG…1630164675768/212128500292600/?type=3&theater

Apparently,a twitter account has found Tough Trailer in retailers: https://twitter.com/not_on_twitta/status/1331849521454694400/photo/1

Fantastic!

IczerRyuga

Time for a little update thanks to my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MachineRoG…1630164675768/212128500292600/?type=3&theater

Apparently,a twitter account has found Tough Trailer in retailers: https://twitter.com/not_on_twitta/status/1331849521454694400/photo/1

About damn time. Blue Jet better be released at the same time.

Predakwon

Heck, I'm at the point where I wanted to check out the Space Cobra episodes for the Psychoroid appearance.

Some more random Gobots I bought.

Staks (smokestacks from the non trailer version), Vamp, Pathfinder and Psycho.

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Speaking of Psychoroid,thankfully this info exists: Psychoroid

As well as a sneak preview:

Check out 2:20.

Norita man

Yeah I see your point. Unfortunately I think the reason it stayed in design stage was just the overall lack of sale or interest in the franchise except the 2 main characters (from and her sister).

Same could be said for that Tamashii Nations 2019 Machine Robo with those re-designs of Bike Robo/Cy-Kill and Supercar Robo/Turbo.

Talk about a tough sell. Hopefully,the Action Toys with their Blue Jet and Tough Trailer have something to say about it if they sell pretty uber well.

IczerRyuga

Thanks for the tip. Looks like it's always up for re-designing since SOC Baikanfu's design seems…outdated. SOC I mean. They can always re-design Monsterous/DS6 into something more high-end.

The Pose + Baikanfu shows us that anything can be possible:

Not to mention. Super Minipla Baikanfu is killing it!

Yeah I see your point. Unfortunately I think the reason it stayed in design stage was just the overall lack of sale or interest in the franchise except the 2 main characters (from and her sister).

IczerRyuga

Ok,didn't mean to double post but holy shit,remember that Devil Satan 6 prototype I showed you guys? That was an actual Bandai news thing when Baikanfu's SOC was first released 10 over years ago:

Got it from this website: 我得bandai gx-39 machine robo(杀猫) – 模玩坊( 动漫 科幻 现实) – A9VG电玩部落论坛 – Powered by Discuz! (Might wanna translate it with google or DeepL)

So the description said 'It is rumored that bandai is going to release the Satanic Six superalloy, the sketches are out, but there has been no further news.'

This was back in 2007 so man…crap. 0_o Imagine an SOC Devil Satan 6 or Galdy Stol or even the Power Risers at work.

Well on the pictures it says in green that that was the designer (i think it is said his name is kato) sketch. They say none of these was made into a product but it still shows the designer passion about designing product. So even at the time of these pages it was pretty clear that they didnt make the cut

Predakwon

Thanks. Watching Dragon Ball now. Not sure if I'm going to jump to Z or this after, but knowing what to expect helps a lot!

No prob. Though I'm quite sad considering no one ever knows what other Machine Robo is other than the first glance of it all.

Still,any help is commendable. View attachment 28853551 I'll leave the timeline here in case anyone would like to make some suggestions. I've read up on even the Japanese wikipedias of it all and Hideki Sonoda's other works that are loosely based on this.

Even Leina and Laika Lightning Trap had a novel which revealed that Laika was Leina's long lost sister and that she was an android which would explain her actions in the OVA. I got this info from the Facebook group I'm an admin of at 'Go-bots & Machine Robo gallery' from some ppl. Like,wow…so much info,so little time. View attachment 28853552

Oh,trivia here. Akira Amachi and Patricia Longfellow in Battlehackers Machine Robo was originally going to be Rom and Leina Stol in a new body but due to toys not doing well on the Battlehackers side of things,they had to scrap that and retcon it in Leina Stol Wolf Sword Legend ep. 2. Though the ratings for Battlehackers were double digit which was good for the TV anime ironically. That means that R.Jettan was gonna be Blue Jet hence his voice,Mach Blaster was gonna be Triple Jim and Drill Crusher was gonna be Rod Drill but in new bodies and new attitudes hence the line from a spoiler I wouldn't say at the end of Revenge of Cronos.

It gets confusing more than a toilet seat. >_<

Predakwon

Machine Robot help.

There's 47 eps of the anime right?

Then 3 OVAs?

Well,there was another anime after Revenge of Cronos which was called Machine Robo Battlehackers. That had 31 episodes. Machine Robo Battle Hackers : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Before Revenge of Cronos which had 47 episodes,there were animated commercials by Studio Pierrot to advertise for the toys including Battle Armor 5 and Land Commander 5: Machine Robo – Battle Armor 5 Animated Full Toy Commercial

Then there was the CGI commercials for CG Robo in the 90's:

There was even 2003's Machine Robo Rescue which had 52 episodes including a special episode to debut Mugenbine,the only animated media that featured Mugenbine as a whole.

Special which featured Mugen Leo:

There were also mangas of Machine Robo during 1982 – 1985 before Revenge of Cronos and I think there were a little bit of mangas for Mugenbine but other than that,you wouldn't believe the stuff I find of Robo Machine which placed in different toylines by Bandai and made them into Machine Robo/Gobots for different countries,even going ahead to mixing Godaikin into Gobots/Machine Robo: Machine Robo/Gobots Fandom Page

There were 3 episode OVAs feat. Leina Stol and the Wolf Sword but then there was also Leina and Laika: Lightning Trap which was originally gonna have Anise Firm from Borgman (another Ashi Productions' anime) to star with Leina but Ryo's younger self ended up in the OVA to show when Borgman took place in this alternate timeline.

I kinda made a little bit of a timeline to somewhat understand what was going on since Hideki Sonoda wrote majority of Machine Robo related media: Machine Robo/Gobots Fandom Page (This may be subject to change if anyone has a better understanding of what these MR medias are)

Machine Robot help.

There's 47 eps of the anime right?

Then 3 OVAs?