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Category Archives: MACHINE MEN

GoBots, Robo Machines and Machine Men – Bandai’s family of transforming robots

Posted on December 16, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser
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Robo Machines. UK. 1983.

GoBots. Model kits by Monogram. US. 1985.

I name thee…

GoBots, Machine Men and Robo Machine(s) are some of the international names given to Japanese toy company Bandai’s transforming vehicle/robot toy line first sold in 1982.

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