Propeller spins, hook raises and lowers, motorized wheels roll.īend the legs down and you get a half-assed gerwalk mode. Power is activated with the switch on the front, and then the direction is controlled by the switch on the back.Īll the actions go on at once. The main gimmick is the motorized action which controls the winch, the propeller, and the wheels.
In this mode you can see the armaments on the nose and under the wings. The toy is blocky and simple but has a distinct PLEX feel to it. The simple art really makes it seem as if it was squarely targeted at the younger set, possibly due to its simple transformation.įirst up we have helicopter mode. The box is big and bright, and much unlike either Transformers or Gobots.
Those not familiar with Gobot lore may have glossed over some of that. That toy later on WAS imported as part of the Gobots line as Twister, one of the Secret Riders. Bandai took Jet Heli and re-tooled it as Battle Gyror. There's a separate but similar toy using the same technology and construction. Instead, Mattel picked up the two entries in the Winch Robo line and released them as PowerBots. In the US, however, this version was omitted from Tonka's GoBots line. In Europe it was included in the Robo Machine line, Bandai's Machine Robo line repackaged for a western audience. This blue jet helicopter robot was a larger scale and relied on its electronic winch gimmick, enough to separate it from the main line. In Japan, Flybot began its life as Jet Heli (ジェットヘリ) as part of the Winch Robo (ウインチロボ) line, an unoffical offshoot of the Machine Robo line. Was it a real release or a cheap knockoff? Flybot is one of those robots that people had but couldn't really tell where it fit in.
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