Esso Robot Racers

[ayrshireman]

Anyone remember these?...

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'Esso roped in some cheap plastic transforming robots (with friction motors, a common lesser-line gimmick) under the name Robot Racer, given away carded with a certain amount of petrol. These seem to have come from a line named Change Robo (thanks to Chris Olsen for this factlet, and the image to the left). I think these also came out in America, but whether that was as part of some Exxon promotion or under different circumstances I don't know. The figures were also common grist to the bootlegger's mill due to their simple, all-plastic construction. The figures had names, were numbered and even came on blister cards - sadly, the artwork routinely showed the toys mis-transformed...' # Name Description 1 Liftor Red/yellow Toyota 4Runner Crane Truck [1][5] 2 Mighty-Man White Mazda RX-7 3 Dromo Red/yellow Toyota 4Runner Cement Mixer [1] 4 Surf-Finder Yellow Volkswagen Beetle [2] 5 Command Van Red/yellow Toyota 4Runner Missile Truck [1] 6 Wagon Master Red Honda City Turbo [3] 7 Excelor Red Nissan 300ZX [4] 8 Pro-Ton Red/yellow Toyota 4Runner Pickup [1]

http://counter-x.net/footnotes/robot_racer/index.html

http://mikescollection.wordpress.com.../wagon-master/

http://counter-x.blogspot.co.uk/2008...bot-racer.html

http://www.retrontario.com/2011/12/0...t-racers-1986/