Why Gobots are cool

[GDkitty]

I remember having a bunch of Go-bots as well as my transformers.. my mom probably got them more then due to them being cheaper.

Only things i specificaly haveing, i remember having 2 of the rock lords... and i had the Go-Bots base station/carying case thing.

haha, i found a picture of it! i remember now, it maked noises and the lights lit up, etc
http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Pla...terLoose1b.jpg

[Team Jetfire]

Looking back Leader one was a kick ass jet and compared to the seekers was better. Something has to be said about the fact that there were essentially 6 of the same seeker mold, but 6 completely different characters came out from it.

I can't remember too much about the cartoon, but it had the dumbest sound when they were transforming.

[QuadESL63]

Originally Posted by Protoman

Rom Stol (The true Optimus Prime character of the line, not Leader-1 and sadly a toy we didn't get here) is one of the most bad ass characters in anime history and recently is getting a lot of attention in the Super Robot Wars video game line. I could just go on and on about Machine Robo cause I love it so much.....

Don't worry... you can get it now since Bandai will release an updated version of the Rom Stol figure under the "Soul of Chogokin" line!

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...22&mode=retail

[Pascal]

Too bad Baikanfu doesn't transform into anything...

[Vagabond Elf]

Originally Posted by GDkitty

and i had the Go-Bots base station/carying case thing.

I had that! Though it spent more time as an AT-AT than anything else...

[Ultra Swoop]

I never really got into Go-bots. Namely due to me being born in 1991, and second, they were gone by the time G2 aired.

[QuadESL63]

Originally Posted by megatroptimus

Too bad Baikanfu doesn't transform into anything...

True... however if you look at some of the latest scans from Japanese magazines does it matter? It just looks awesome!

It also sounds like Bandai may have plans for other Japanese Machine Robo re-issues from the same animation for the SoC line.

[Robimus]

On a related front the current Toyfare has an article on Gobot's. Good story about their origins and history. Also has a picture of one of my favorites Tux, a limo that transforms into a robot with a top hat. Seeing that styling bot brought back some memories.............

[captain autobotstar]

i had all gobots guardians and reanges gobots toys

[Shepp]

if hasbro ever has the ability to use the gobot sculpts or something similar to them, i think leader-1, crasher, and a few others would be great to update with modern technology.

as for the show, lets just say its aged as well as the old masters of the universe series.

i never thought the rocklords were a bad concept, just most of them were very poorly executed.

boulder was by far the best out of all of them. so good in fact that i'm surprised they didnt use him as a rough base for the unicron figure in the armada series.