Vavilos

Vavilos is a peaceful GoBot from the planet Godaikin. Like all Godaikin GoBots he does not speak English.

Fiction

Robo Machine featuring Challenge of the GoBots annuals

Travelling from GoBotron to Earth with Professor Von Joy's new Battle Suit system, Spay-C, Scooter and Matt encountered Vavilos with Daidenjin and Biodragon from the planet Godaikin. They warned the pair of Guardians of Renegade activity in nearby space lanes before moving on, which meant Spay-C, Scooter and Matt were well prepared when the Renegades did attack. The Professor's New Baby

Toys

Robo Machine

• Vavilos (Godaikin, 1985)
  • Accessories: large missiles (4), small missiles (4)

Vavilos was released in Europe by Bandai in 1985 as part of Robo Machine, and transforms from space ship to space gun to robot. The toy was originally the Chogokin Vavilos DX. In space gun mode it can fire the large missiles; in robot mode it can fire the smaller missiles from the chest launchers.

In North America, Vavilos was released as part of the GoDaiKin line.

Notes

• Vavilos got a Robo Machine release thanks to Bandai's decision to ship unsold overstock from their American GoDaiKin super-robot line over to Europe, where some toys were given new Robo Machine branded boxes. A list of names was then likely passed to some hapless World Distributors staffer, who was then asked to reference some of them in the annual, resulting in Vavilos getting into a GoBots story.
• Vavilos originated from the tokusatsu show Space Sheriff Shaider, where it served as the heroes' ship and mecha. The series was shown in France as Capitaine Sheider, with a new theme tune by Bernard Minet.
• A smaller version of Vavilos which only had robot and spaceship modes was issued in Chogokin and GoDaiKin but does not seem to have been imported to Europe as part of Robo Machine.