Weird Gardian Variation?

[shaxper]

I recently picked up a toy lot in which I spotted something that looked a bit like Gardian robot #2. I thought it was the Machine Robo Baikanfu, but I've since scoped out Ed's pics of the Baikanfu and this isn't it!

I now have the toy, but am unable to post pics at the moment. Basically, it is exactly the same as Gardian Robot #2, right down to weight, die-cast content, and color, but it has a red head that's a totally different mold, closely resembling the #3 robot's head. Inside is a #1 robot that is exactly the same as Gardian's #1 robot, but in yellow and white.

I believe this version didn't have a #3 robot, because even though #1 and #2 still have the die-cast molded Gardian numbers on their backs, #2 (medium robot) has a sticker on the front that says "Decept I" and #1 (smallest robot) has one that says "Decept II". Also, "Decept I" (modified Gardian #2)'s modified head will not fit inside Gardian #3.

I can find no manufacturer markings on this. The lot only contained American Transformers and Japanese Machine Robos, otherwise, so this may have been a pre-Baikanfu Machine Robo?

Any idea what I have, here?

[shaxper]

No one has ever heard of this before?

[admin1 aka Ed]

I saw that yellow bot too. I think it is a bootleg and either Italian or Taiwanese in orgin.

You'll notice that there is absolutely NO end to variations and bootlegs.... They keep on coming.

[shaxper]

It's SOME bootleg, then. The paint and plastic quality exceed that of the Taiwanese Gardian I just recently acquired, and even that was impressive! I was sure this guy had to be the real thing, but since I can't find any manufacturer markings, maybe you're right.