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- The Gobots came first, kids. And Optimus Prime and Megatron worked for them. Journey with us back to Gobotron as we look at this oft forgotten 80s cartoon.
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I loved the Gobots..they started it all for some of us..even though the transformers were "cooler" we can't deny the respect the Gobots are owed
I still have my late dad's much loved Leader 1 and Cy-Kill and Scooter.
You are the child of a legend. May he rest in peace.
Aw your dad died young 😢
Or I'm just old, or both..
Keep them forever bro!!!!💯
Gobots have their own place in my heart. Love Transformers and Gobots.
That holiday when you got a Go-Bot instead of a Transformer
Christmas
I had gobots too. Optimus killed them all...😂😂😂
mjberndt76 that's like getting megabloks instead of lego.
Dude, best comment
The Transformers had a superior cartoon and much more complicated toys. Simply put, Transformers looked cooler. However, I had like 6 or 7 Transformers and dozens of GoBots (and even more of the GoBot knockoffs). The reason? Price! My parents weren't rich, and I only earned so much as a kid. For what you spend on one big Autobot, you could buy several GoBots. And while they sacrificed some of the cool transforming features of the Transformers, they were generally more durable and easier to play with in robot mode. If I was watching TV or reading comics, it was probably Transformers, but if I was playing, it was far more likely to be the GoBots. Leader-1 was possibly my favorite transforming robot to play with as a child. He looked great and you didn't have to worry about losing the pieces or breaking him.
Same here. I had a case full of GoBots and similar smaller transforming toys, but only a handful of Transformers. GoBots were a few bucks a piece while Transformers were several times the cost.
without gobots, transformers never existed...
This is my reaction exactly. You could have a whole Army of Guardians Renegades and some no-name knock-offs and have very little space taken up in your vacation suitcase
So dead nuts guys me to born in 72
@@garlawrence5070 really...lol
I enjoyed the Go Bots and would love to see them come back.
Me to bro
When I was a kid, the first time I saw an episode of the Transformers I said "Oh my god, they ripped off the Gobots!"
EXACTLY !!!!
Transformers toys came before the cartoon ...and the gobots literally aired one week before transformers lol
@gangstagrandpa77gaming96 the transformers toys came before in Japan, Gobots is an almost entirely American construct being spearheaded by Tonka and Gobots toys beat Transformers by a whole year
We need a gobots crossover movie where they either go against each other or the guardians team up with the autobots to defeat the redagades and decepticons
i always thought Cy Kill looked liked eddie from iron maiden.
!RIGHT!?
Woah. I can see it.
I used to watch both Gobots and Transformers animated series during the 80s craze. Both of them were very good. Hanna Barbera did an awesome job with Gobots. Everyday I watch the both of them. Yes, Gobots deserve a new animated series and I think its going to be great. If a movie happens, I will buy my ticket to see it. Im 51 years old. But I dont care. I love the Gobots then. I still love them today.
I liked the Go-Bots, they scaled well with Hot Wheels and Matchbox.
Back when I was a kid, the GoBots were the stuff of dreams. Many adventures, not only with the TV series but just playing with the toys way back when. Yes, I had both Cy-Kill, Leader-1 and a few of the others back then. I also had the Command Center. Many of the GoBots were plain albeit, but still very fun to play with. Sadly enough, The whole premise back then was to sell toys for Tonka and Bandai when it came to the GoBots and not for the story. That's why the whole GoBot thing failed way back when. When the Transformers started up in 1984; it was more for the story of the long-standing feud between the Autobots and the Decepticons. And from there on, the whole toy craze for the Transformers took off. And it explains why the GoBots TV series never did pan out and died out early while the Transformers series flourished and became a staple in American society while the old GoBots basically we're almost forgotten about.
Gobots had a bit of a mystique, nobody overanalyzed or compared them to transformers when i was a kid
terry t ....all people did is compare them. It was a daily discussion back then lol
Rock Lords were actually pretty cool toys. My brother and I each had a couple and I remember really digging them.
When as a child you wanted a transformer but the relative bought a gobot since it was cheaper. And you thought in the back of your head F’n gobots.
Robotech was the second best transforming robots series
absolutely
Gobots to me rank right up there with Transformers I had tons of them and tons of transformers growing up wish I still did have some that I have bought back but regret getting rid of them back in the day
I still have a complete Puzzler 6 car assembled robot I keep in a cabinet.
I had to Google the name.All I remembered was the set was from Gobots. The toys were cheep,but I had allot of fun with them as a kid.
Gobots also had cooler playsets, Thruster and Command Center! The robot modes werent great, but with elevators, trapdoors, as well as electronic features that worked well with the figures, I think the Gobots have earned a special spot in toy history!
Thank you for sharing this video. I am a fan of both The Transformers and GoBots. I would actually like to see something new with GoBots in it.
Wow, a female Transformers and GoBots fan!!!! 😮 Sure they're a dime a dozen now, but not back then.
@@Action_Figure_King I am a female fan who grew up loving gobots also. We are out there :)
there’s the new comic made by Tom Scioli.
@@officegossip I saw it. I haven't read it so far. It wasn't promoted very much. And it's been revealed that many of the GoBots characters have been incorporated into Transformers shows and comics like Crasher.
New Gobots movie please? The most awesome. Number 1 childhood memory. Would watch it at 530pm everyday.
Every time I asked for a transformer for Christmas, I got a GO-BOT🤣🤣🤣🤣
Your child hood sucked
I remember the Gobots. I used to collect them Transformers and G.IJoe
This cartoon was sooo loud. Watched it early mornings before school and the parents waking up. Even turned down low it was so loud lol
Thank you for making this. I loved the Gobots! A lot of my friends don't remember them but I do 🙂 I would love to see a Gobots movie someday.
Go-bots haven’t aged well but I loved them when I was a kid. I remember getting a Go-bots T-shirt iron on in my long John Silvers kids meal once.
Did you know Cykill was originally a Guardian?
Yes.
Bike Robo
Before we get to Scooter’s nightmarish face, can we please establish why his voice was made to sound like Cookiepuss, the talking Carvel ice cream cake?
It's a "friendly robot voice" Frank Welker has used in other productions. It's the same voice he used for H.E.R.B.I.E. in _Fantastic Four_ during the 70s, for instance.
I had a few Gobots, including Cy-Kill as the first one I got. The animated Hanna Barbera TV series Gobots is entertaining with really good character personalities for each character.
Gobots inferior, Transformers superior!
- Soundwave
I read this to myself in his voice.
Still, to me, one of the more interesting aspects of the Gobots most people don’t remember is that they were humanoid at first. The people of Gobotron were organic. Due to the ravages of war, these organic beings put their brains into mechanized bodies. Basically becoming cyborgs. They even mechanized their planet. If you really think about it, it’s kinda dark stuff for a kid’s show and toy line.
It was, but Gobots' space mythology made more sense than Transformers. Gobots were warring humanoids with organic brains transferred to machines, so their motivations, conflicts, and genders make sense.
Autobots, Decepticons are Cybertron are all just examples of useless robot technology a la Futurama. Robots fight and die for...reasons, and make more robots wo that those can also fight and die, except sometimes instead of dying they become ghosts that can be reincarnated because...more reasons.
I can honestly say played with my Go-Bots and Transformers toys indiscriminately, acting as though they were part of the same universe.
And some of my favorite toys as a kid were Go-Bots, like Leader-1.
Interesting, but not much I didn't already know. I liked the cartoon, and felt that there were some ideas that the Transformers could have learned from. However, while the Transformers were far more expensive, they were also a bit more rewarding to transform. Also, I think the Transformers cartoon did a much better job of setting up the world than its counterpart, and the stories were better balanced between comedy and seriousness.
most awesome childhood treasures and the true original transforming sentients.
I remember them, and I too walked away from GoBots for Transformers... For my part the average GoBot Transformation was
1. Stand vehicle on rear bumper
2. Pull upper body up (revealing Legs); Feet may or may not remain connected
3. Pull out Doors/side panels (for arms that only pivot at shoulders, w/ no 'hands')
4. Either stare at Dead-eyed face on under carriage, or Flip a Panel to reveal a Face... maybe a 1 in 10 chance of a distinct "Head upon shoulders" Humanoid form
TF had some weak ones, but almost to the Bot The above sequence defines 90% of the GoBots figures I saw
and it didn't help that the show seemed to be drawn to make the toy-form seem 'Accurate'
- Imagine if TV Optimus had had the Wheel Wells in his Forearms or Ironhide had no Head
- The Pun Names felt lazy to a degree too, even to 8 year old me who didn't even now what a Pun was
Hans Cuff, Rest Q, SmallFoot, Dive Dive, even CopTor & CyKill. Yeah; not much thought put into naming GoBots.
@@GiantPantherTX Small foot use to get her azz whooped....
As a Collector of BOTH Go-Bots and The Transformers I "formed" them together : Guardians with The Autobots and Renegades with The Deceptions.
Same here!! Crasher was my favorite!! Still have them all today!
I call liar
THE gobots were all scouts size compared to Transformers even the big gobots were dwarfed by decepticon toys
IJS!
I laughed out loud when she said "Here's everything ya didn't know about the damn gobots" . . . . "The damn gobots" HAHAHA!!!!
I did like Gobots. I remember when the first commercials came out and I was amazed but when Transformers came out it killed it. It put Gobots to the side or on second list.
I liked Gobots too! They both brought sumn unique to the kiddie table lol I really miss those times
Go-Bots were the John the Baptist of toys. Their only job was to prepare the way for the Transformers.
This is by far, the comment of the month. I actually LOL'd
I like robots more till transformers skylinx and headmasters
I still actually have the leader one in pretty good condition always liked how he had that shield that seemed to last for a little while. They also seem to be on a tear his allies did not have.
Turbo. My GoBot. These paved the way for Transformers
I always felt like the poor kid in my neighborhood because my mom insisted that I have Gobots instead of Transformers because Gobots were cheaper and had more metal in them.
At least their back in Comic Book form.
You have never seen a tantrum until you've seen a child get a Gobot toy when promised a Transformers toy.
My mom bought me and my brothers the Gobots knock offs the Zybots.🤨🤨🤨🤨
I feel as if they told her to wing it as a warm up to making this video, and then they just felt it was “good enough” and just used it for the final cut.
I still have my Scooter figure.
'Crasher' was the only girl that scared the $hit out of me as a kid.
Oddly enough, I love crazy goth chicks now.
jetscreamer1 I had a few of these too. We’re old geezers now.
Still have my scooter too!
I have my scooter figure too
@@Skybaby79 🤣🤣
Love love love...am so humbled. Great memories.
Bernard Erhard gave Cy-Kill his great voice. A villain who also pulled some great one-liners! Bought the DVDs last week and have been having a good time watching them. The characters may not be as slick as Transformers, but the writing can hang right with it. I totally want the MRDX-01 Bike Robo from Action Toys!
Tonka was a powerhouse back in the 80s.
Glad to see a mostly positive vid of the Gobots! They were one of my favorite toys and cartoon from childhood, and IMO mainly suffered because of the Transformers comparison. Plus they were meant for a younger audience, hence the easier transformations and names.
I honestly can't stand the bashing of them, especially the stupid unoriginal unfunny comment "Kmart Transformers" which wasnt funny the first time it was said, seriously come up with your own joke! And then there's the "bootleg transformers", don't get me started on how ridiculous that statement is. LOL yes I get very defensive when it comes to my Gobots. And also, give the cartoon a chance! Had great characters, drama, suspense, action, music, voices, etc... :DDDD
You're the first one I've ran into that like the GoBots. I like them too.
@@iamalive.1255 there are other Gobots fans out there hiding!
@@iamalive.1255 I'm a fan too. My favorite GoBot was Scooter.
Didn't Kmart have a better reputation back then?
I think it was actually worse back then lol@@tgdm
No mention of Puzzler, the first combiner robot that was a Gobots creation and later added into the Transformers? Meh
Syfy has gotten way better at RUclips as a whole.
I liked the Gobots cartoon when I was a kid. I hate when people say Gobots were poor kids Transformers. I had both lines. They worked well with eachother. I actually just recently watched all of them on Toonova
I loved the Go Bots. I’m going to buy the RUclips episodes now.
Later episodes explained where they came from. Humanoid beings, that became robots. Much like Head masters, but not.
Anthony Cooper, sounds very interesting. I wonder where I can watch every episode?
I liked Rock Lords as a kid. I remember one of the first times I spent my allowance, it was on Boulder. I saw it at the Roses store that had an awesome toy section back in the day and played with that thing for years!
i love my gobots. I always teamed them up with the TF's just for fun.
Gobots was my #1 giant transforming robots cartoon and toys. I watched Transformers and enjoyed that show too but the reason I got into Gobots more than Transformers is because I either didn’t know what channel the Transformers cartoon was on, didn’t get the channel (I remember renting a lot of Transdomers vhs tapes in the 80’s), I was in school or other places when it was on or I just didn’t care cause I’d rather watch Gobots as a kid. Now I have both shows on dvd and I enjoy reliving my childhood with both shows every now and then. I remember having a lot of Gobots figures but I never could get some of the more key figures like Turbo and Heatseeker. Since the internet wasn’t a thing back then, you had to get in the car and go to the store to get everything and I guess those figures were just hard to find. I had many Cy-Kill figures but every time I got a new one, I’d break his leg off trying to transform him since his legs were incredibly hard to not break while trying to transform him. Anybody that had a Cy-Kill figure and remembers how he transformed knows what I mean.
In the Machine Robo anime, the robot Cykill was a good guy fighting alongside Leader 1 allied with Rom Strom, the main character. Their faces were were vastly different from Challenge.
Never had any of them but I did watch the cartoon on a regular basis.
I had GoBots and Transformers, I remember hating GoBots and wanting Transformers LOL. There both Classics now tho 👍🏼
Great video!
This hit all the right notes of nostalgia. It brought back allot of good memories from my childhood.
They really gave Gobots the love they deserved.
Would have been nice to show some clips from Machine Robo. That anime was awesome!
Loved this cartoon one of my favorites as a kid..
I'm 39 years old and I remember Go Bots from the 80's. So you know my life is pathetic! 😂😢
Since we're already getting reissues of G1 Transformers toys, do you think it might be about time we got reissues of Gobots as well?
There are some. My brother has re-issues of CyKill, Leader 1, Tank, & Blaster. I think he got them on Big Bad Toy Store (BBTS.com).
Action toys just released some nice updated version of machine robo (gobots) a little while ago.
Rock Lords! I totally had those. 2 chrome and the 2 headed guy. Funny, my kids are playing with my old go bots now. Memories... ;)
I loved the go bots !
I am a big Transformers guy but I have always liked Go Bots as well I even still have some of my old toys and some of the rock lords one thing i have always noticed is that the Go Bots spoke more sophisticated than the transformers but always a big fan of 80s and 90s catoons still to this day and a funny thing i have a 16 year old daughter but when she was like 4 are 5 she loved the Go Bots meet the Rock Lords movie
I had a lot more GoBots than Transformers for one main reason - the toys tended to be a LOT cheaper. The smaller figures like Crasher, Cy-Kill, Leader-1, and Scooter were only a few bucks apiece, whereas Optimus Prime and Megatron were like fifteen or twenty dollars.
When you were talking about how kids like ensignias. You forgot the greatest symbol of them all, ThunderCats!!
...Go-Bots over Transformers (with me)
..had the action figures and all... goooooooosh I love the 80’s...
I got these now & still want MOAR!
Also gotta get the show on DVD!
I wish WB would put out the Gobots vs Rocklords movie on DVD!!
Now I have to watch it
They Could Bring The Show Back On The Air In Re-Runs For Now.
But Yes They Should Come Back.
Two things; first the go-bots of the cartoon were not robots, but cyborgs (they had human brains) And while Hasbro does have the rights to names and mythology of the characters...Bandai still owns the rights to the toys and their likenesses
Funny thing, I actually still have the entire base set of the Rock Lords, my nephew likes to play with them
A little bit of fact, in the comic book "Transformers origin of Megatron" they used Cykill design in a underground gladiator ring.
YEP.....
Transformers , Go Bots and Voltron where the cartoons to watch.
loved go-bots!!!
I grew up with both, my uncle would collect them. There is a certain charm to both. Go-Bots always felt older it's strange. They also felt simple, it was nice that all the main characters were the same size but their transformations felt simple with their lack of any articulation. To me Transformers packaging had more flash to it.
That and Allot of the Transformers Had Guns. How many Go-Bots did you see with that! lol
Tank & Destroyer (the uh...other tank) were about the only ones. Bug Bite the Volkswagon Super GoBot also had a head-mounted laser gun.
I love Transformers but Gobots have a place in this world! An animated series, animated movie, & maybe a live action movie would be doable right now! Do it and I'm in!
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I disagree that gobots are for kids. I did grow up with gobots - and still love them in my 40's.
Gobots were great! I had as many gobots as I had transformers.
I remember the wave of utter disappointment that washed over me that Christmas. When my born again grandmother gave me Go Bots instead of Transformers. The reason Transformers had guns and GoBots didn’t. So GoBots were Gods chosen robots.
I used to love that cartoon
No idea why so many fans hate on one or the other. Like, I love Star Wars AND Star Trek, right? I had a shitload of Transformers and a shitload of GoBots when I was 6, and I loved them BOTH.
i so loved them
Good video
The Gobots need some live action treatment just as similar to transformers movie franchise (PLEASE, NO MICHAEL BAY, LOL).
I know most people will criticize the Gobots as 3rd class robots and been parodied in a RUclips video called Transformers v.s Gobots ( which is cool, funny video), Let the Gobots time to shine, we had 6 transformers movies on screen, why not, lol.
I had go-bots toys and transformers toys at same time as a kid from the 1980s, i love them both no different. I have bought a comic book of the Gobots 2 weeks ago and really love that these robots are finally getting the attention and recognition they deserve that's long overdue.
Where'd you get the comic? Did you buy it online?
@@joslyncarter4813 I had sent to a local comic book store, issue #2 Challenge of the Go-Bots, IDW comics I think.
Well in Machine Robo,they don't have human-piloted robots. They're still sentient beings but they came from Planet Romulus according to the original story pre-Revenge of Cronos.
There are 2 factions - Machine Robos and Devil Invaders.
I still think Machine Robo would need to get exposure. It's pretty cool but Gobots might need a little more push.
Go-Bots were my favorites when i was a kid
I as a 80s child loved Gobots. And Rocklords were awesome too.
And as also a Transformer fan I can say the older Gobot toys have held up way better then the G1 Transformers line in durability.
I liked the Go-bots and had their toys and Transformers alike. Back then, cartoons and toy merchandising went hand in hand.
I saw GoBots first, about a month before I first saw Transformers. I ended up getting a bunch of both, (thanks, Mom and Dad!) and enjoyed them all, even the ones that weren't as good. But TF was definitely better in marketing and overall design.
In terms of childhood memories this show wasn’t even in the toy box.
I THINK I had scooter but for the most part they were in the words of Randal Graves from the clerks franchise "the Gobots are the k-mart version of the transformers"
Loved the gobots they were the first to have big robot all the other smaller bots could fit inside
I like Transformers, Voltron, Grandizer, and Go-Bots. 🤖 🚘🔋📺 I 💘 the intros.📀📻🎼
I liked Gobots just as much as Transformers