Those old wing pieces with the smooth profile were so good.

Not quite as cool as Spyrius in my opinion but I loved this one and Robo Raptor. Loved this range for the helmets and trans elements at the time.

We never even got these in Australia. Given my Lego tastes at the time (hugely into the sci-fi themes like Aquazone and Spyrius), I probably would've been into these.

A friend of mine had this kit - once when playing at his house I tried to build another robot to team up with it, but I only got the head built before it was time to go. I still have that robot head, but it was always used as a zippy little flyer for lack of the body.

Ugh, looks designed by an 8 year old. Things really went down hill after Exploriens.

Oh. Right. These guys. Don't think they ever came to the UK, think we skipped over them. Would have thought they were a means to use up spare space pieces except several of those, like the orange helmet, are specially made for the theme

Who sends a tiny-wheeled mech into terrain like that?! Come on, RoboForce, get it together!

I remember being intrigued by this design but perplexed by the brick stacking method of achieving the design. What they were going for wasn't really hit on until Exo Force, Ninjago, and Galaxy Squad mecha. It was too much like a statue. Ultimately it was disappointing and became simply a parts pack.

What on earth is that thing??????

Yeah, "fox robot" was pretty much my first thought upon seeing this too. Looks like the designer spent some effort on the head and body but lost interest before getting to the legs - they look rather crudely built.

And I have to highly agree with Namekuji, I *really* miss those un-notched wedge plates. The notched ones looks bad (frayed wing edges, aargh!), feels bad (when holding a model to swoosh it around) and are structurally weak - even when some of them has reinforcements on the underside, the resulting "O-O-O" structure just isn't all that strong. While I understand the notches increases versatility and it's too much hassle to make separate notched and un-notched versions, I'd think a good compromise would be to make wedges up to 4 studs with notches and the larger ones without - the smaller ones are more often used for details while the larger ones needs the strength and are more frequently used for wings etc.

Wow. Just wow.
it's not a mech, just meh - I was surprised to see this "space" set, it was previously unknown to me perhaps for a reason, the mind has a capability to defend itself from shock.
it is not a stalker but it will haunt me.
I cannot unsee...

Sure, it's blocky as anything, and sure, it looks nothing like a mech, but if it had come out ten years earlier we'd be raving about it!

Not all Space is classic, clearly!

I've never even heard of this subtheme.

This thing simultaneously manages to look terrible and neat at the same time.
I dig the trans orange helmers though.

Oddly I don't recall seeing anything like that ever.

US exclusive - and I thought I know everything, there is an entire Space sub theme that I never heard of..

That's it; I'm rushing to this set's defense! So I don't seem crazy, I will readily admit that this ain't no Robo-Guardian from the Spyrius line of three years prior. And from a Space theme standpoint, you have to realize this set and its fellow RoboForce theme members were the low-cost filler before the avalanche of awesome that was the U.F.O. theme that was released in the second half of the year (a similar thing occurred with BIONICLE in 2003. The new-paint-job Bohrok Kal were a half-hearted attempt to keep consumer interest in the BIONICLE sets until the awesomeness of the Rahkshi could be released in the second half of the year).

All that out of the way, this was still a slick set. Like Robo-Guardian before it, it had a detachable spaceship head and a compartment in the chest for one minifigure to aid in its control. The arms are very poseable for 1997 and don't require the gear positioning that Robo-Guardian had. The trans-orange elements are still incredible to behold, particularly the former Exploriens' helmets used for the Robonauts (not an official LEGO term for them). It towered over most things in my Lego collection, even when I eventually got it as part of "boot sale" in the early 2000s (OK, I live in the USA, but it was out of the trunk of someone's car that I met in the parking lot of the local post office). The gray and black bricks look really nice together and stand out even from the rest of the RoboForce mechs. This set may have been a far cry from the apogee of Lego Space, but it was still cool and fun to play with

Looks a tad like a raccoon

I had all 4 of these as a kid. I was 10 or 11 when they came out, and I loved them at the time. Looking at it now though...yikes.

If I remember correctly, the head of this thing could detach and was it's own little flyer, hence the wings. But yeah, it looks like a cat in roller skates.

The Robo Master I do still kinda like, with its bubble cockpit and vaguely dinosaur design. However, it, too, is on wheels (although at least they were of an appropriate size and number), presumably because Lego had yet to master articulated legs, which nevertheless makes no sense at all from a mech-building standpoint.

This could fit right in with Beetlejuice.