Machine Men Camera:
The Machine Men Hanimex Camera was one of many Machine Men prizes given away via the Nabisco cereal competition. It was the same camera issued by Playtime in the US with the GoBots branding changed to Machine Men.
Original Release: 1985
Bugsie:
Enemy Robot
Bugsie's Australian release was identical to his European Robo Machine release, sharing it's brown and gold colour scheme.
Original Release: 1985
Released Under Series: 3
ID Number: 50
Cy-Kill:
Enemy Robot
The Machine Men release of the Super GoBots Cy-Kill was bizarrely identical to his European release, likely since they were both distributed by Bandai.
Original Release: 1985
Released Under Super Machine Men Series: 2
Leader-1:
Friendly Robot
The Super GoBots version of Leader-1 was imported to Australia unchanged from his other releases, using his American name and bio as the line had switched to using them at that point.
Original Release: 1985
Released Under Super Machine Men Series: 1
Major Mo:
Friendly Robot
Major Mo's Australian release was the same as his European release, using a darker red for his colour scheme. His packaging also used his prototype white colour scheme.
Original Release: 1985
Released Under Series: 2, 3
ID Number: 48
Command Centre:
The Command Centre was released in Australia by Bandai largely unchanged from it's other releases.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Series: 2
Accessories: Floor Panels, Fuel Hoses, Railing, Elevator Panel, Rear Hatch, Leg Pin
Police Man (Hans-Cuff):
Friendly Robot
Police Man was an unchanged repackage of Police Car Robo, imported to Australia by Bandai. He later switched to his GoBots name.
Original Release: 1983
Released Under Series: 1, 2
ID Number: 10
Her arms are okay on the super version from what I've seen 🤔
Vamp:
Enemy Robot
The Australian release of the Super GoBots Vamp was identical to her US release, retaining her name and faction.
Original Release: 1986
Released Under Super Machine Men Series: 3
Pincher:
Enemy Robot
Pincher was released under the Machine Men line with no changes from his original release. Unlike his European release, also distributed by Bandai, he used his GoBots name.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Series: 2, 3
ID Number: 48
Gunnyr:
Enemy Robot
Gunnyr released under the Machine Men line using his green Robo Machine colour scheme, likely due to also being distributed by Bandai and not Tonka.
Original Release: 1985
Released Under Series: 3
ID Number: 40
Apache Copter Man (Wrong Way):
Friendly Robot
Wrong Way was initially released in Australia using his Machine Robo prototype colour scheme, before later switching to his final colours.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Series: 2, 3
ID Number: 23
Accessories: Rotors
Train Man (Loco):
Enemy Robot
Loco was one of the first six Machine Men figures imported to the Australian market by Bandai, and was released unchanged from his Japanese.
Original Release: 1983
Released Under Series: 1, 2
ID Number: 04
Scorp:
Enemy Robot
Scorp was released unchanged from his Japanese release, but unlike his Robo Machine release it used his GoBots name by default.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Series: 2, 3
ID Number: 30
Zod:
Enemy Robot Monster
Zod released unchanged from his Tonka release under the Machine Men line. His packaging and instructions are very clearly rough edits of the Robo Machine versions.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Series: 2
Accessories: Laser Lance
Harrier Man (Royal-T):
Friendly Robot
Harrier Man was the Australian release of Royal-T, later adopting his GoBots name. He was identical to his Japanese release.
Original Release: 1983
Released Under Series: 1, 2
ID Number: 15
Hans-Cuff (Staks Transport):
Friendly Robot
A silver repaint of Hans-Cuff was released alongside three other recolours of Turbo, Buggyman and Rest-Q in the Staks Transport Collector Pack. Later releases swapped him for Fitor.
Original Release: 1985
Released Under Series: 3
Aero Man (Fitor):
Enemy Robot
Fitor was initially released in the Australian market as Aero Man, one of the original 6 to be imported. He features little changes from his Japanese counterpart.
Original Release: 1983
Released Under Series: 1, 2, 3
ID Number: 03
ITS SO ASSSSS
Knight Rider:
The fourth release in the Pow-R-Trons line and possibly only released in the UK, Knight Rider was (unsurprisingly) licensed from the show of the same name by Ertl for the line. He is a simple recolour of the Fy-Ton and Turboid mold.
Original Release: 1985
FR-13S:
FR-13S is the third release of the new McDonalds Changeables. He is an update of the original Large Fries/Fry Force toy from 1985, though now featuring a more prominent and less terrifying face design.
Original Release: 2026
Argus (Cartoon):
Argus is the leader of the Protectons, partnered with Exeter. He hates killing, and would rather lay down his own life than take others, but still puts a up a fight against the evil Terrakor leader Nemesis.
First Appearance: Part 1
Voice Actor: Arthur Burghardt
Protagatron:
Protagatron fights against the evil Antagatron, automatically switching from tracker to attacker, to decide the emperor of planet Robotron. Coincidentally, Buddy L's other transforming robot series Robotron uses the same backstory...
Original Release: 1984
Pro-Ton:
Pro-Ton was the eighth and final Robot Racer released by Esso. His top half is identical to Liftor, Dromo and Command Van, also featuring a friction motor that sparks. His package art is also similarly miscoloured to the others.
Original Release: 1985
ID Number: 8
Wheels:
Wheels was one of the Defenders released by Select under their Convertors line. He was originally released in Japan as Mugen Calibur, and famously was released as Roadbuster in Transformers.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Convertors Series: 1
Accessories: Gun
Earthbreaker:
Earthbreaker was the third figure in the first wave of Zybots, with some later releases swapping the red and yellow parts around. His prototype was heavily based on GoBots Dozer.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Zybots Series: 1
ID Number: 03
Accessories: Roof
It's down to distributors of certain areas I suppose, I guess they decide what would and wouldn't sell well enough to warrant I porting 🤔
Battle Copter Man (Twin Spin):
Enemy Robot
Battle Copter Man was the Australian release of Twin Spin, initially using his green Robo Machine colour scheme rather than his GoBots one, though he later switched to it.
Original Release: 1984
Released Under Series: 2
ID Number: 24
Sky-Jack:
Enemy Robot
Released much later than his other variants, the Australian release of Sky-Jack for some reason features a noticeably darker colour scheme than his other releases.
Original Release: 1986
Released Under Series: 3
