Robo Formers
New article name is Robo Formers
Robo Formers was the title of a series of VHS videos distributed in the 1980s and 1990s. The episodes revolve around the Evil Empire of the Pandamoniums and their attempts to take over the Earth to which the Robo Formers team stands in their way as defenders of the planet.
The episodes themselves were taken from the cartoon series Starvengers which itself was the English title for the Japanese animated series Getter Robo G. Starvengers was produced by Jim Terry under his Force Five anime series line-up.
The Robo Formers VHS videos have no distributor information on the box. Only the packaging designer is given, this being Can-Vision. Each title has the word "star" in it in some fashion.
Tape titles include:
Starfire
Star of Fear
Starbeams
Star Battle
Star Attack
Star Defense
Star Warrior
Star Birds
Running time for each video is listed at approximately 50 minutes but typically they are a little over 40 minutes. Recording is usually in SP mode but EP mode may sometimes appear and in some cases, the tapes are used, the Robo Former label being applied right over the original tape label. In one case, a copy of the Starfire episode was a former National Geographic video that was taped over.
At the close of each video are the production credits. As listed:
Filmography: Richard Allan
Art Director: Gary Sanders
Director: Randy Green
Scriptwriter: John Gray
Voices: Michele Green, Allan Sanders, Joyce Gillies, Henry Alice
Recently, EastWest DVD, a company producing low cost DVD movies for distribution to variety stores such as Dollar Tree, includes Star Warrior in their line-up but not under the Robo Formers title.