mold, for example) – three of the Double Machine Robo were issued as Combinators, while the Deluxe vehicles from Bandai’s Zenmai Kahen Winch Robo line were also issued. Both of these ranges came without individual names, thought the Toyota New Hi-Lux is often referred to as "The Winch" or "Winch Robo". Several colour schemes were different from the American releases – figures such as Slicks, Herr Fiend and Night Ranger were issued in their Japanese schemes, while several others, such as Gunnyr and Carry-All were given brand new schemes. MR-45, the Blackbird Robo, was originally scheduled to be part of the Gobot line as the Renegade Snoop, but failed to appear in the toyline despite the character featuring in the cartoon series. Initially the toy was released in Europe as Sky-Spy. Bandai used the Robo Machine brand for many robot toys with minimal connection to Gobots - a motorized remote control non-transforming robot was issued under the banner as the Robot Arm Machine and a non-motorized one was referred to as Robot Kong. Toys from the Godaikin and Dancougar lines were issued with the branding too. Several figures were given different names from their American counterparts: However, later in the line these would fall in line with the American standard. Similarly, several assortments were renamed – the Powersuits were known as Battle Suits, while the names Puzzler and Zod were used as subset names for combining robots and more traditional action figures, respectively. References: Revival In 1993, Bandai attempted to relaunch the line as Robo Machines, using toys from the Machine Robo CG Robo line, as well as some from the 1980s series. Due to all the Gobot trademarks being owned by Hasbro, the figures were largely issued with designations once again, rather than names. It was not a financial success, and was cancelled after one year. It was meant as an attempt to revive the European Robo Machine toyline 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 previously had only been 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 (presumably) the Netherlands. Giochi Preziosi, Bandai's agent in Italy,