The series featured some solid mechanical designs, but the slow-moving storyline failed to move fans. The line of 1/24, 1/72 and 1/100 scale toys and models sat on Japanese toy store shelves. Toymaker
Takatoku Toys, already suffering from the poor performances of the merchandise lines from the previous
Super Dimension Century Orguss and
Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger series, went under as a result. American toy company
Hasbro acquired the molds for two of the deluxe toys, the Mugen Calibur and the Ovelon Gazette. They were re-released in
North America as part of the
Transformers line as "Deluxe
Autobots", under the names "
Roadbuster" and "
Whirl", respectively. While both Roadbuster and Whirl featured heavily in British-written stories for
Marvel UK's Transformers comics (even though, ironically, their toys were never released in the UK) neither character appeared in the American animated series or in U.S. Marvel stories. Due to their fame in the English stories,
Dreamwave Productions made use of them in their Transformers comics, produced some 16–17 years later. They also had prominent roles in
Transformers (IDW Publishing). Bonaparte Tulcas would later appear in a cameo role in the 'Fun Publication' run, getting the name "Headcannon". The American firm Select also repackaged two color variations each of the smaller Variable Machine Collection toys under the name "
Convertors". Mugen Calibur became "Wheels", Oberon Gazette became "Chopper", and Bonaparte Tulcas became "Tanker". ==Episodes==