'Moteur Retro-Friction'
This is not a final page. Due to the quantity of work required, this is a placeholder to at least provide some reference.
Transfo-Robot released in France was one of many distributions of MC Toy's prolific, mode changing robot toy line.
This is largely a parallel release of the United States Moto-Bot / Dynabot distributions with a few exceptions.
Wave 1 Cards appear to have the model type included as part of the toy title. The example below is the only example so far sighted and it shows, 'Transfo-Robot Jeep'. Presumably there are cards displaying Transfo-Robot Loco, Transfo-Robot Jeep Militaire, etc.
Smarties Sticker shown below is an example that includes a sticker with the regional and of that year Smarties chocolates logo. So far (2025) its origin is unclear. There were a number of Smarties related competitions run in France around that time and it's likely a version modified for promotion or prize. It's also not currently know if there were other figures from the same line that also included this sticker.
All include both die cast metal and plastic components as well as the synonymous pull-back motors
See toy line main index and history for further details and toy heights.
Region Codes Used: US United States - Location codes only shown where items were known to be released.
This list is accurate yet likely to be incomplete. If you are able to confirm release in other regions please get in contact.
Wave 1
Dump Truck MC Toy FR (colour unconfirmed) 1983
Jeep MC Toy FR (red) 1983
Jeep MC Toy FR (army green) 1983
Pick Up MC Toy FR (colour unconfirmed) 1983
Train MC Toy FR 1983
Wave 2
ATV Trike MC Toy FR 1983/84
Dump Truck MC Toy FR (orange) 1983/84
Jeep MC Toy FR (army green) 1983/84
Jet MC Toy FR 1983/84
Pick Up MC Toy FR (yellow) 1983/84
Pick Up MC Toy FR (yellow with Smarties sticker) 1983/84
Pick Up Camper MC Toy FR 1983/84
Train MC Toy FR 1983/84
Note the selection above is likely incomplete. There is very probably a red Jeep for Wave 2 and possibly a red Pick Up in both Waves 1 and 2; to be confirmed.
Motors -See Motor Guide page for details vs. codes below
Wave 1 Jeep (red) DD26 / others in Wave 1 unsighted
Wave 2 ATV Trike DD27 / Pick Up Camper DD28 / Dump Truck DD29 / Jeep (green) DD30 / Jet DD31 / Jeep (yellow) DD32 / Pick Up DD33 / Pick Up "Smarties" DD34 / Train (unsighted)
Stamping - see bottom of page for logo guide
Wave 1
Jeep (red) - Main toy stamped Logo 1 (very small and minus the MC Toy text), Macau in an oval stamp area and the motor has a Made in China gold sticker
Wave 2
ATV Trike - Main toy stamped Logo 3, Macau and the motor stamped Made in Macau
Dump Truck (orange) - Main toy stamped Logo 2, Reg.No.1018899, Made in Macau and motor has a Made in Macau gold sticker
Jeep (green) - Main toy only stamped Macau and the motor has a Made in Macau gold sticker*
Jet - Main toy only stamped Macau and the motor has a Made in Macau gold sticker*
Pick Up (yellow & yellow with Smarties sticker) & Pick Up Camper - Main toy stamped Logo 2, Reg.No.1018900, Made in Macau and the motor has a Made in Macau gold sticker
Train - unconfirmed
* uncharacteristically, the toy does not have a company of manufacture stamp.
Below are examples of MC Toy manufacturing stamps reference above
(this will likely be removed once individual figure images are included)
