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Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:45 am
by Jelze Bunnycat
Burn wrote:huh ... he's squat and fat.

What was his English name? Burn?


He was never released outside of Japan, much like the figure he was based on: Flash Titan from Choushinsei Flashman, a Super Sentai series.

DX Flash Titan on ToyBoxDX.

Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos had several other toys "borrowed" from other Bandai lines, much like how Microman "borrows" from Transformers :lol: Examples include:

DX Baikanfu from DX Gordian (Toshi Gordian)
Variagle-X from Big Scale Jaguar Vulcan (Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan)
The Dash Robo from the Winch Robo line (aka Gobots Secret Riders)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:54 am
by Burn
Wow, snared two who didn't get the joke. Way to ruin the fun kids! ;)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:55 am
by Sabrblade
Burn wrote:Wow, snared two who didn't get the joke. Way to ruin the fun kids! ;)
It's almost 2am here right now. Sue me. I-)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:21 am
by Hellscream9999
Burn wrote:Wow, snared two who didn't get the joke. Way to ruin the fun kids! ;)


I laughed, but really, so many transforming figures back then had the derpiest proportions, if one was made to look like you, I'm sure it'd look much better than most of the figs back then :lol:

I mean, you couldn't get any worse than 'Tiny-Head-McTorso-Elbows' over here:

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Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 5:54 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:Wow, snared two who didn't get the joke. Way to ruin the fun kids! ;)
It's almost 2am here right now. Sue me. I-)


Blame the fact there's one language that does not translate well on the internet: Jokinese.

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:34 pm
by Burn
I think it was fairly obvious I was taking the piss out of myself. >:oP

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:49 pm
by Agamemnon
Burn wrote:I think it was fairly obvious I was taking the piss out of myself. >:oP

That's the only person we can make fun of, right?

I mean ourselves, not Burn... :-s

But, part of me wants to create a Wiki article of a bot named Burn now...

(P.S. I wonder how many of us that would actually describe, eh Burn? I'm taller than average, but the rest was pretty much spot on...)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:59 pm
by -Kanrabat-
All right, kids, back on topic. Miscreants will get a waring. [-(

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 11:16 pm
by Burn
-Kanrabat- wrote:All right, kids, back on topic. Miscreants will get a waring. [-(

Like you will if you keep psuedo-modding even though you've been told a couple of times in the past not to? >:oP

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:37 am
by Cobotron
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: much like how Microman "borrows" from Transformers :lol:

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:-P

These guys look GREAT! Especially Turbo. (or whatever his Machine Robo name is.)
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Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:39 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: much like how Microman "borrows" from Transformers :lol:

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:-P


It's true tho. In 2000 or so, Microman borrowed the G1 Rocket Base, AM Prime's Armored Convoy and both G2 Laser Cycles ;)

Cobotron wrote:These guys look GREAT! Especially Turbo. (or whatever his Machine Robo name is.)
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Super Car Robo. Most Machine Robo had rather generic names, especially the smaller 600 series. Only the Devil Invaders, the Battle Hackers and the "borrowed" toys had more unique names.

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:53 pm
by Cobotron
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It's true tho. In 2000 or so, Microman borrowed the G1 Rocket Base, AM Prime's Armored Convoy and both G2 Laser Cycles ;)
:lol: I know. It occured to me as soon as I posted. TFs owed them one though. :-P


Super Car Robo.
I-)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:42 pm
by Sabrblade
Cobotron wrote:
Super Car Robo.
I-)
An alternate parsing could be "Supercar Robo", emphasizing that he's a "Robo" that turns into a "Supercar" rather than him been the "Super" version of a "Car Robo". ;)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:56 pm
by bvzxa
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:huh ... he's squat and fat.

What was his English name? Burn?
He might be chunky, but he sure is a biggun'.

As for his English name, he wasn't in the GoBots line, so he has no English name.

He was originally a mold from Bandai's Choushinsei Flashman series (the 10th Super Sentai series), and was added to the Machine Robo line when MR got relaunched in Japan in 1986 for the Revenge of Chronos anime, which came about after the GoBots cartoon and toyline were dying down in the West. By this point, Bandai was fully heading the MR line, while Tonka's GoBots line was on its last leg, so Pro Truck Racer remains one of the many Japanese-only figures that came about after GoBots ended.


Finally I get to meet a person who knows about Machine Robo RoC. Most of the episodes had beautiful animation. I have the entire series fansubbed years ago. I also have the rare series Machine Robo Battle Hackers as well. It's a semi-decent sequel and many of the cast return though the animation quality and story dwindles as it progresses. However Blue Jet and rod Drill are not the main stars as well as both Rom and Leina being absent completely accept for flashbacks

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:01 pm
by bvzxa

rare series and toys as well

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:51 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Thanks for the pics, Sabrblade. Not gonna lie, still cheesed there's no updated Pathfinder. :-x :-x :-x :evil: :evil: But the rest of these, really awesome-looking. :)

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:59 am
by fenrir72
I inquired at amiami, they are non committal/ not confirming if they will carry this line. :(

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:28 am
by NuclearConvoy
bvzxa wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:huh ... he's squat and fat.

What was his English name? Burn?
He might be chunky, but he sure is a biggun'.

As for his English name, he wasn't in the GoBots line, so he has no English name.

He was originally a mold from Bandai's Choushinsei Flashman series (the 10th Super Sentai series), and was added to the Machine Robo line when MR got relaunched in Japan in 1986 for the Revenge of Chronos anime, which came about after the GoBots cartoon and toyline were dying down in the West. By this point, Bandai was fully heading the MR line, while Tonka's GoBots line was on its last leg, so Pro Truck Racer remains one of the many Japanese-only figures that came about after GoBots ended.


Finally I get to meet a person who knows about Machine Robo RoC. Most of the episodes had beautiful animation. I have the entire series fansubbed years ago. I also have the rare series Machine Robo Battle Hackers as well. It's a semi-decent sequel and many of the cast return though the animation quality and story dwindles as it progresses. However Blue Jet and rod Drill are not the main stars as well as both Rom and Leina being absent completely accept for flashbacks


I've been looking to get Battle Hackers for a long time. Never found it subbed. Where did you get it?

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:28 am
by NuclearConvoy
fenrir72 wrote:I inquired at amiami, they are non committal/ not confirming if they will carry this line. :(


Do we even have a known release date?

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:34 am
by Jelze Bunnycat
NuclearConvoy wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:I inquired at amiami, they are non committal/ not confirming if they will carry this line. :(


Do we even have a known release date?


We sure do, on the previous page: February 2016.

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:56 am
by NuclearConvoy
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
NuclearConvoy wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:I inquired at amiami, they are non committal/ not confirming if they will carry this line. :(


Do we even have a known release date?


We sure do, on the previous page: February 2016.


Ouch my aching wallet...

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:54 am
by bvzxa
NuclearConvoy wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:huh ... he's squat and fat.

What was his English name? Burn?
He might be chunky, but he sure is a biggun'.

As for his English name, he wasn't in the GoBots line, so he has no English name.

He was originally a mold from Bandai's Choushinsei Flashman series (the 10th Super Sentai series), and was added to the Machine Robo line when MR got relaunched in Japan in 1986 for the Revenge of Chronos anime, which came about after the GoBots cartoon and toyline were dying down in the West. By this point, Bandai was fully heading the MR line, while Tonka's GoBots line was on its last leg, so Pro Truck Racer remains one of the many Japanese-only figures that came about after GoBots ended.


Finally I get to meet a person who knows about Machine Robo RoC. Most of the episodes had beautiful animation. I have the entire series fansubbed years ago. I also have the rare series Machine Robo Battle Hackers as well. It's a semi-decent sequel and many of the cast return though the animation quality and story dwindles as it progresses. However Blue Jet and rod Drill are not the main stars as well as both Rom and Leina being absent completely accept for flashbacks


I've been looking to get Battle Hackers for a long time. Never found it subbed. Where did you get it?


I only have 5 episodes of Battle Hackers fan subbed from a guy from NYC who used to advertise fansubs for Dragon Ball GT back in the late '90s. I bought the first 18 episodes of Machine Robo and he sent Battle Hackers as a bonus on VHS. I now have the whole series of Revenge of Chronos fan subbed, and Battle Hackers is raw

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:04 pm
by Mr Skram
william-james88 wrote:
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Just creeping around the forums, don't mind me.

I feel like some of these molds would have fit pretty darn well in the CW/UW lines if fitted with the combiner ratchet deal and a 5mm port for the HFGs. Looking at Spay C in particular since the announcement of Takara's Blast Off.

Did anything ever come of these guys or is it yet to be seen? Because they're pretty rad. I don't get too much into Gobots, but I do have a complete Puzzler on my shelves.

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:06 pm
by Sabrblade
Mr Skram wrote:Did anything ever come of these guys or is it yet to be seen? Because they're pretty rad. I don't get too much into Gobots, but I do have a complete Puzzler on my shelves.
They're not out yet. Not till February.

Re: Action Toys New Machine Robo figures aka GOBOTS revealed

PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:10 pm
by Mr Skram
Sabrblade wrote:
Mr Skram wrote:Did anything ever come of these guys or is it yet to be seen? Because they're pretty rad. I don't get too much into Gobots, but I do have a complete Puzzler on my shelves.
They're not out yet. Not till February.



Cool. I'll have to keep an eye out for them. I really dig the jets.