Pinball - Robot Changers
The New Spies were distributed to the West by Japanese company MARK via Select. This saw the pinball machine figure released for the Convertors distribution as, 'Tilt'.
At this time the origins of the New Spies models is unclear. It's not known whether they were designed by MARK or acquired then on-sold; as was common practice for MARK.
MARK released this figure for their 'Game Man' line in Japan as Pinball Man, while in Europe they renamed it to simply Pinball for Robot Changers.
The same toys, often with minor variation (eye colour, etc.) have been heavily bootlegged and released worldwide. All genuine figures show a Select or MARK stamp.
See main Convertors & Robot Changers index page for more details.
Region Codes Used: JP Japan / US United States / CA Canada / EU Europe / AU Australia
NOTE: Location codes only shown where items were known to be released. This list is accurate yet likely to be incomplete.
Convertors NEW Spies US/CA/AU Select [round, opaque red eyes] (matte grey chest) 1985
Robot Changers EU MARK [round, opaque red eyes] (matte grey chest) 1985
Game Man JP MARK [round, opaque red eyes] (matte grey chest) 1985
Gamebots US/EU [round, translucent green eyes] (sparkled grey chest)
Play Robots US/EU [variant leg transformation, red, green or yellow slit eyes]
Casinobots Emson Inc US/EU [round, translucent green eyes] (matte grey chest)
Game Robot (Micro Giochi) GIGI IT [green eyes]
