Volkswagen 1303S Beetle

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Volkswagen 1303S Beetle is a toy from the Machine Robo Machine Robo DX series of figures.

Toys[edit | edit source]

Red version.

Machine Robo[edit | edit source]

Machine Robo DX[edit | edit source]

  • Volkswagen 1303S Beetle (1983)
  • ID number: MR-DX05
  • Accessories: gun
The fifth figure in Bandai's Machine Robo DX series, Volkswagen 1303S Beetle converts from a Volkswagen Beetle passenger car to robot. The car mode features rubber tyres and clear windows, with a figurine of a driver at the wheel, and a sticker sheet with some optional decals that can turn it into a real mess. The figure's gun can be mounted on the windscreen in either mode; it can also nominally fit between the claws of the robot mode, though this can be a loose fit. Sadly, the diecast waist and arms are fragile and the chrome claws can break. Two different colour schemes were released: - one yellow; the other red.
  • The yellow version was issued as the Super GoBots figure Bug Bite as part of GoBots. The red version was not released outside of Japan.


Robo Machine[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • The individual Machine Robo figures lacked the "Robo" suffix of other Machine Robo figures and did not feature in any of the line's fiction. This combined with their more adult-orientated packaging suggests they were intended simply as Machine Robo puzzle toys or models as opposed to part of the early Romulos/Devil Invader mythos.