1984 Ideal Toys Robo Force Catalog

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Robo Force was a nicely designed series of Robot Action Figures that seemed to be largely influenced by Star Wars.

The line, despite an animated special was not a commercial success, this may have been due to Hasbro's Transformers launching the same year, really making Maxx Steele and his "Daleky" crew looking a bit old fashioned. The line endure cult popularity to this day and it's one of the last Ideal action figure lines to be released.

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[Earth 2 Chris]

I had several of these, and even the Dredd Crawler vehicle. I really liked this line, but it seemed to kind of come and go pretty quickly. I used the figures as random robot enemies for years. I didn't realize it came out in 84...I would have guessed 82 or 83. I seem to recall thinking there was quite a bit of time between them and Transformers, but then again, when you are 9, a year seems like a decade!

Chris

[cjefferys]

They were a bit after my time, but they're pretty cool. They have a kind of Zeroids vibe (an earlier Ideal line, I wonder if they were any sort of inspiration). One of our very own members has a really cool story regarding this line (at first I couldn't remember where I had read it, but my google-fu brought me back to this very forum!):

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?74931-Major-Vintage-Toy-Discovery

[B-Lister]

I had Maxx, my brother had Wrecker. I would love to get a loose, complete Maxx in good condition.

[palitoy]

They were a bit after my time, but they're pretty cool. They have a kind of Zeroids vibe (an earlier Ideal line, I wonder if they were any sort of inspiration). One of our very own members has a really cool story regarding this line (at first I couldn't remember where I had read it, but my google-fu brought me back to this very forum!):

http://megomuseum.com/community/show...-Toy-Discovery

I just remember seeing them at Sears at around 15 years of age and thinking they were kinda cool.

I forgot about Spacecaps discovery, that's pretty darn awesome.

[Werewolf]

I always thought they were cute. Even the villains in set weren't exactly scary looking. Neat toys.