Hot Rod Robo MR-43
This model was originally designed in Japan by Bandai and released for their Machine Robo Series line as Hot Rod Robo. By this time Tonka's successful rebranding to 'Gobots' and US distribution saw the now more established name 'Street Heat' applied and adopted for the Robo Machine release in Europe; predominantly to benefit from the Challenge of the Gobots cartoon. Multilingual Robo Machine cardbacks display both Camaro and Street Heat in the name section. Street Heat was released released very late in the Robo Machine run vs. the Gobots distribution.
It is suspected that Street Heat was not released as part of the Australian Machine Men selection. An example has not been sighted and the figure does not appear on cardbacks.
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 / EU Europe
NOTE: Region codes only shown where items were known to be released. This list is accurate yet likely incomplete.
Gobots 36 Season 2 US/CA Tonka [Red] 1984 (reduced & change stickers)
Gobots 36 Season 2 US/CA Tonka [Red] with 3-D Sticker 1984 (reduced & changed stickers)
Robo Machine RM-69 EU Bandai [Blue] 1987*
Machine Robo Series MR-43 JP Bandai [Blue] 1984*
* Machine Robo Series extra sticker sheet issued with this release.
Street Heat was released very late in the Robo Machine line compared to other global distribution.
