F-1 Robo MR-32 / Renault Man / Renaut F-1 / Fôrmula 1
This model was originally designed in Japan by Bandai and released for their Machine Robo Series line as F-1 Robo. By this time Tonka's successful rebranding to 'Gobots' and US distribution saw the now more established name 'Slicks' applied and adopted for Robo Machine in Europe and the Australian Machine Men release; predominantly to benefit from the Challenge of the Gobots cartoon. Multilingual Robo Machine cardbacks display both Slicks and Renault F-1 in the name section. Machine Men originally released as Renault Man were reissued as Slicks.
Further details are below, on the Series 1 Index and for more in-depth reading see the Toy Line History page.
Region Codes Used: JP Japan / US United States / CA Canada / AU Australia / EU Europe / BRA Brazil / TWN Taiwan
NOTE: Region codes only shown where items were known to be released. This list is accurate yet likely incomplete.
Gobots 16 Series 2 US/CA Tonka [Black] 1984
Robo Machine RM-32 EU Bandai [Yellow] 1984* **
Robo Machine RM-32 EU Bandai [Black] 1984* ** (limited release)
Machine Men [Renault Man] AU Bandai [Yellow] 1983* **
Machine Men [Slicks] AU Bandai [Black] 1984* **
Machine Robo Series MR-32 JP Bandai [Yellow] 1983* **
Convert BRA MIMO [Orange] 1986
Convertables TWN Imperial Toy Corporation [White Chest/Off Yellow] 1985 (PEPSI sticker) (off-road rubber tyres)
Robot Car TWN ('36 Tissot' front sticker) (off-road plastic tyres)
Robots Trasformabili ('66 Tissot' front sticker) (all black off-road plastic tyres) (no eye paint)
Convertible Robots ('36 Tissot' front sticker) (off-road plastic tyres) (no eye paint)
Machine Robot [Blue/White] ('16' chest sticker) Sold in a window front box.
* Machine Robo Series extra sticker sheet issued with this release.
** Generally the yellow plastic of the Machine Robo Series and Machine Men releases match the yellow metal sections closer than then Robo Machine versions where the plastic is a lighter.
Compare the individual figure image yellows VS the Machine Robo Series boxed version; image 10.