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!
IczerRyuga
R. JeTan – GoBots Wiki Back in 2017. More like pay through the nose like most collector toys.
betsuni
So jealous of all your new robo stuff!
chuckdawg1999
How recent? Like easy to get for retail or pay through the nose?
HunterGreen2005
-Finally picked up Vamp and Scorp to finish my Gobots Insecticon trio!
-Also Warpath, or in my head canon, Super Gobots Wrong Way!
“You’re going the wrong way, Wrong Way!”
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IczerRyuga
Tho that EX Gokin of R-Jettan is a recent figure but he's like a transforming Robot Damashii or a Revoltech fig, just without the Revoltech name on him. He's pretty good though a transforming R-Jettan in the style of Hirotoshi Sano would be amazing. It'd be just like the original DX, just with that jet canopy on his back needs to be folded in and hidden somewhere.
Speaking of R-Jettan, here's that same victory shot of him, Baikanfu, the Winner Robos and Omega Gaiden(?) in a group shot but the illustration has been found. Again, I don't own it. I found the images online.
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Wh33l JcK
I wonder if there will be a tease for a new figure soon?
chuckdawg1999
Got an email from Amazon Japan, the new Tank Robo figure got pushed up to the end of the month.
chuckdawg1999
Man these vintage figures really outclass stuff from today.
IczerRyuga
Ah, you beat me to it! Still, a pretty good figure but the pricing now is frightening. Costs a pretty penny.
RobertSNOKE2
betsuni
Man, some kid went bonkers with the stickers on that Leader 1. Hahaha.
Love the laser gun and learning something new as well.
HunterGreen2005
My recent haul!
-Picked up a Space Hawk (no stickers, boo) vehicle and Convertible Laser Gun (with working electronics)! Both of which appears to have been never played with, and I don’t think the gun has ever had a 9 volt battery put in until me!
I guess Convertible Laser Gun is cut from the same Korean toy company that did Shockwave! Pretty neat tidbit! And he has tattoos of his two favorite warlords, Cy-Kill and Leader-1 on his arm as well as his own name “Laser Gun” because why not, lol.
-Also snagged a 600 series Spay-C! Took a while to track down one that hasn’t yellowed or dinged up!
-And finally, Super Gobots Zeemon and Leader-1 to round out the three known designated “High Protectors” of Gobotron before everything went to hell!
Zeemon and Leader-1, which tattoos do you want? “All of them”
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IczerRyuga
No prob. It's also great to know that something that could have been only in Japan is officially licensed outside of it like Metalder, Spielban and Shaider. Crazy world we live in but skies the limit.
betsuni
Interesting, I never knew he was used there. Thanks for sharing the video.
IczerRyuga
Well at least Mach Blaster will have a triple-changing friend so anyone with the 2 can dual-wield:
Speaking of which, sadly the VR Bluehawk does NOT have his robot mode in VR Troopers from what I recalled:
(Check out 4:49)
betsuni
Ooh, hey I know that bot. I had him as a kid. Wonder if I still have it somewhere. The gun mode was hilarious!
IczerRyuga
VR BLUEHAWK COMMAND. Or Vavilos from Shaider a.k.a another Gobot from the Netherlands space out there. Somebody get Ryan Steele on the line.
Predakwon
Thruster is new, within the past month at least
HunterGreen2005
If anyone needs a sticker sheet for their Thruster, it appears ToyHax finally started offering it?
I did not see it a couple months ago, or even two weeks ago (Only a sheet for the Guardian Command Center: Labels for Gobots Command Center).
Did they offer Thruster sheet before, but had been sold out? Or is it new? I don’t know, but they have it now!
I immediately ordered one (as I wanted to keep the original sticker sheet that came with my Thruster intact/unapplied), and the interior is extremely boring without any decals. I will however keep the exterior plain/cartoon accurate, lol.
I used promo code from YouTuber Patriot Prime: “Lucky” to get 15% off!
Thruster:
Labels and Stickers for Go-Bots Renegade Thruster – Toyhax – Reprolabels
They also have a generic Guardian and Renegade faction sheet:
Go-Bots Faction Symbols
fschuler
I don't know where you live, but I just checked eBay, and am surprised that there aren't all that many listings for the Action Toys version…and the ones I did see are expensive as fuck. The vintage figure is readily available, though…but the conditions and prices vary pretty widely. I did see a few decent ones for not a lot of money, though.