Dancougar

Dancougar is a Guardian combiner, made up of Mammouth, Eagle Fighter, Land Ligar and Black Cougar.

Fiction

Robo Machine catalogues

After Mammouth drove off the Renegade Traitor he combined with his team-mates Eagle Fighter, Land Ligar and Black Cougar to form Dancougar. Which was good timing, as the evil Bismarck was lying in the street in front of them. The Renegade transformed before the pair began exchanging blows and insults.Challenge of the GoBots - A Robo Machine Product

Toys

Robo Machine

• Dancougar (1986)
  • Accessories: gun

Dancougar was released in Europe by Bandai as part of Robo Machine in 1986, and was the combined form of Mammouth, Eagle Fighter, Land Ligar and Black Cougar. The toy was originally released as the DX version of Dancouga in Chogokin. Due to Eagle Fighter, Land Ligar and Black Cougar effectively becoming a head and feet for Mammouth, Dancougar has massive proportion problems but good arm articulation. While Mammouth was available separately as part of Robo Machine, the Dancougar set was the only way to get the other three. Naughty, Bandai, naughty. The set had a suggested RRP of £38.50 in the UK.

In North America, Dancougar was released as part of the Godaikin Forces line.

Notes

• Dancougar was the star of Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God, a 1985 animated series that was co-produced by Bandai and Ashi Productions, who also produced the sequel Dancouga Nova – Super God Beast Armor in 2007. The character being co-opted into Robo Machine was likely a result of repackaged overstock from the Japanese release being sent out to the European market.
• Ashi's next job after Dancouga was Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, and the character made a cameo in the final episode, watching the two shuttles leave Cronos along with Min.
• An updated version of Dancougar was released as part of Soul of Chogokin in 2003, with a 'renewal' version issued in 2017. Understandably neither release made any reference to Robo Machine.