Volkswagen 1303S Beetle

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

Toys

Red version.

Machine Robo

Machine Robo DX

• 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.

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  Yellow version

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  Box

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  Sticker sheet

Notes

• 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.