First released in Japan by Bandai as part of the Machine Robo Series range these larger scale, mostly highly detailed models were quickly added to the US Gobots, EU Robo Machine and AU Machine Men lines.
The Machine Robo Scale Robo, Machine Robo DX and Big Machine Robo lines, loosely became Super Gobots Series 1 and 2 while Series 3 also having been designed in Japan were not released for the Japanese market. Series 3 Super Gobots see the most US / EU variants and as more than half of the series were produced in limited numbers, some very limited they have become very collector desirable.
Additional Details on the Super Gobots Index Page
Region Codes Used: JP Japan / US United States / CA Canada / AU Australia / EU Europe
NOTE: Location codes only shown where items were known to be released. This list is accurate yet likely to be incomplete.
Super Gobots Series 1 026 US/CA Tonka (brighter red paint with red roof) 1984
Robo Machine Super Gobots EU Bandai (darker red paint with black roof) 1985
Super Machine Men AU Bandai (darker red paint with black roof) 1985
Machine Robo DX MRDX-02 JP Bandai (darker red paint with black roof) 1983
Machine Robo DX MRDX-02 JP Bandai (darker red paint with red roof) 1983
Machine Robo DX MRDX-02 JP Bandai (darker red paint with light roof and not tinted) 1983
Robo Machine DX EU Bandai (darker read paint with black roof) [vertical box dark] 1983
DX Robo Machines EU Bandai (darker read paint with black roof) [vertical box colourful] 1993
Stamping: (list accurate however likely incomplete)
Machine Robo DX stamped 'Popy Japan 1983 (c) GK Fairlady 208Z (Japanese Machine Robo Logo) DX'
Super Gobots stamped '(c) Bandai 1983 Japan Fairlady 208Z (Japanese Machine Robo Logo) DX'
DX Robo Machine and Robo Machine Super Gobots stamped 'Popy 1983 (c) GK S'Pore'
DX Robo Machine and Machine Men stamping unconfirmed.
Zeemon is listed as 'Zeeman' in some catalogues showing Super Machine Men.
While the Super Machine Men figure guides showing Zeemon with a black roof, these guides are often inaccurate and until a boxed example is available the roof colour remains unconfirmed.
