Space Fighting Tank - Robot Changers
Originally designed by Takatoku in Japan for their Battle Armored Battalion Dorvack line and sold as 'Bonaparte Tulcas', the model was licensed to MARK who made smaller, plastic versions for Select to be released as Tanker.
MARK also released Tanker for their Robot Changers line sold in Europe renamed to, 'Space Fighting Tank'.
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 Defenders Release 1 US/CA/AU Select (grey, blue and orange) [long barrels*] 1984
Convertors Defenders Release 2 US/CA/AU Select (grey, blue and orange) 1984
Convertors Defenders Release 2 US/CA/AU Select (grey, blue and orange) [chest sticker**] 1984
Convertors Defenders Release 2 US/CA/AU Select (army green) 1984
Robot Changers EU MARK (grey, blue and orange) 1984
Battle Armored Battalion Dorvack JP Takatoku (thin barrel ends) 1983
Unconfirmed release - Official Takatoku Stamping
Convertors*** TWN (darker blue, dark metallic grey) No Stamping
* the original, more cartoon accurate, long barrels version for Japanese release was initially sold for Convertors. Due to the very low number of examples seen today, it's most probably they were quickly replaced with the rounded barrels due to child safety concerns. See Japanese, Variable Machine Collection image below.
** The release 2 version featured a new, foil sticker on the chest, likely to further separate it from its Battle Armored Battalion Dorvack origins.
*** Confusingly there was a Taiwanese bootleg titled 'Convertors' that released the Bonaparte Tulcas (Tanker), Mugen Calibur (Wheels) and Ovelon Gazzette (Chopper) models. They were sold individually and as a three pack.
CREDIT: Bonaparte Tulcas thin barrel, chest sticker variant and darker bootleg kindly provided by RoboBeck.
Japanese Long Barrel Release
