Worldwide
Unlike Transformers, Gobots was released in several guises around the world.
- In the UK, France and a number of other European countries, Bandai released the figures as Robo Machine, utilising most of the Tonka names. Later on, when the Challenge of the Gobots cartoon arrived, this was changed, or modified (often resulting in clumsy branding such as Robo Machines featuring Challenge of the Gobots or Challenge of the Gobots - A Robo Machine Production).
- In Australia, the line was released as Machine Men. The Machine Men name had been used also by Bandai in an item to market Machine Robo in America in early 1984, but after issuing six figures the line failed. However, Bandai's Australian release was successful enough to retain the Machine Men branding, which was even added to the cartoon when that began airing.
- In Brazil, the line was initially produced by Glasslite as Mutante. The license was later taken over by Mimo.
- It was also translated into Arabic and retitled Hikayat alamaliqa, or A Tale of Giants.
- In Japan, Bandai opted to keep with the Machine Robo line, rather than importing the Gobots due to licensing issues.
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