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Came across these transformers and would appreciate some help identifying them.
The grey one is marked "Bandai" ~ can't find a mark on the others.
Can anyone provide a name and vintage on them? Thanks
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These are most likely Gobots, manufactured by Bandai, licensed to Tonka Toys from 1983-1987. They competed with Hasbro's Transformers, which were developed by Takara Toys. They were never as popular as Transformers, and had a fairly short run.
I have since learned that these are, in fact, GoBot 'Combiners' which came in a set of 6 that went together to form one ginormous robot (I'm missing the two arm 'bots. Thanks, stefdesign.