Robo Machines

Robo Machines is a short-lived European transforming robot toy-line released by Bandai from late 1992 to 1993. It was meant as an attempt to revive the European Robo Machine toy-line that ran from 1982 to approximately 1988. It incorporated several toys previously released in the Machine Robo and Robo Machine toy-lines, and five new toys that had only been previously released in Japan as part of the CG Robo toy-line.

About Robo Machines

The Robo Machines toy line featured a total of 27 transforming robot figures, and was released by Bandai in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Spain, and presumedly, the Netherlands. Giochi Preziosi, Bandai's agent in Italy, handled the release in that country. 22 of the figures were reissues of figures that were previously released as part of the Robo Machine toy-line. 16 were 'regular'-sized figures (simply referred to as "Robo Machines"), and 6 "De Luxe" figures. Furthermore, 5 figures previously unreleased outside of Japan were sold as "Light & Sound" Robo Machines.

The 'Regular'-sized Robo Machines

'Regular'-sized Robo Machines

The De Luxe Robo Machines

De Luxe Robo Machines

The Light & Sound Robo Machines

Light & Sound Robo Machines

Changes from previous releases

Changes from previous releases

Many of the figures released as part of the Robo Machines toy-line had some changes made to them in comparison to previous releases of the molds. All of the toys that were reissues from the Robo Machine toy-line had their molds modified, meaning that parts from Robo Machines toys are likely not interchangeable with those of the 1980s toys.