GoBots is a line of transforming robot toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to Hasbro 's Transformers .
60-399: This is an alphabetical list of GoBots characters with information on their appearances, fictional biographies and histories. Bad Boy is one of Cy-Kill's minions. He is a rough street punk always ready with an insult and looking for a fight. He is actually smarter than he lets on, preferring to let others underestimate him. Like most Gobots, Bad Boy can change form, his alternate mode being
120-513: A Guardian ambush by Turbo, Small Foot and Sparky. Geeper-Creeper appears in "Flight to Earth" episode #44. He and BuggyMan chase Scooter and Sparky on Gobotron. In "Destroy All Guardians" episode #47, Geeper-Creeper and Tank are seen among Cy-Kill's guards on the Roguestar. He also appears in "Escape from Elba" episode #48. In "Clutch of Doom" episode #50, Geeper-Creeper is among the Renegades who put
180-504: A blaster that attaches to his cabin in car mode. Bugsie was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. BuggyMan is a Renegade Gobot who turns into a dune buggy. Some fiction refers to him as "Buggy Boy". BuggyMan appeared in the Challenge of the Gobots episode #5, "The Final Conflict" where he
240-479: A car stunt show which is attacked by Crasher , BuggyMan and Fly Trap . Small Foot fights BuggyMan and defeats him, but the Renegades regain the upper hand until the Guardians are rescued by Leader-1 and Turbo who arrive in their Power Suits Coptur is an evil blue helicopter in the employ of Cykill and is featured in a children's book with Crasher and Cykill in an adventure where they first come to Earth, allying with
300-580: A combat jet. He also has hand-blasters. His built-in repair systems can repair most injuries to his body if given enough energy. Bad Boy is featured extensively in "Wolf in the Fold" episode #30. Using an image simulator circuit invented by Herr Fiend , Bad Boy is able to go under cover as the Guardian Heat Seeker . From inside the Guardians Bad Boy is able to leak information to the Renegades. Once it
360-610: A different continuity than the cartoon. This was written by Tom Tully , and ran in the second volume of Eagle from November 1984 to July 1985. After Fleetway discontinued their licence agreement, the property was leased to World Distributors , who produced annuals following the cartoon continuity in 1986 and 1987. A Gobots video game was released in 1986 by Ariolasoft for the Commodore 64 , Amstrad CPC , and ZX Spectrum computer formats. Gobots software for other computers, home video game systems or coin-operated arcade game systems
420-416: A fight with Turbo . Bad Boy appears in "Flight to Earth" episode #44 where he and Block Head collect the Guardians on Gobotron and take them to prison. Bad Boy appears in "The Third Column" episode #50 where he sides with Zero , who tries to take over the Renegades from Cy-Kill. Bad Boy and Cop-Tur are sent to attack Unicom bases and distract the Guardians while Cy-Kill, Crasher and Scorp attempt to take
480-428: A fight. He is actually smarter than he lets on, preferring to let others underestimate him. Like most Gobots, Bad Boy can change form, his alternate mode being a combat jet. He also has hand-blasters. His built-in repair systems can repair most injuries to his body if given enough energy. Bad Boy is featured extensively in "Wolf in the Fold" episode #30. Using an image simulator circuit invented by Herr Fiend , Bad Boy
540-536: A human with his own plans for world domination. Crasher is a black race car, tho she has also been redone as a white one and is an evil Renegade employed by Cykill and obsessed with destruction. Crasher resembles a Group C style race car from the 1980s. Creepy is a renegade loyal to Cy-Kill who turns into a scorpion-like monster. Creepy, Scorp and Vamp aided Stron-Domez the Master Renegade from escaping his imprisonment by Cy-Kill on Roguestar. Creepy appeared in
600-448: A lab to test their power suits on Earth. With Defendor and Blaster patrolling the lab Baron Von Joy and Path Finder test a new suit on Dozer . Dozer appeared in the episode "The Third Column." Gobot-Dumper , is a fictional character in the Gobots toyline, and the subsequent Challenge of the Gobots cartoon that transforms from a Guardian into a dump truck . Dumper was one of
660-434: A lab, but it is defended by Leader-1, Baron Von Joy, Blaster, Dozer, Dumper, Road Ranger, Scooter, Scratch and Turbo. Although the Guardians are winning the battle, an accidental backfire from Baron Von Joy's weapon allows the Renegades to escape. In "The Fall of Gobotron" episode #43 after Cy-Kill takes over Gobotron, Geeper-Creeper and Slicks are assigned to guard the modifier. They are lured away by Scooter and lead into
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#1732908383597720-516: A missile launcher. Blaster appeared in the episode "The Third Column" where he works in a Guardian weapons facility that was attacked by the Renegades. The attack was turned away by automated defenses. Bug Bite is a Renegade who has also appeared in the Transformers franchise as a recolor of the Autobot Bumblebee . Bug Bite is also a Yellow VW Beetle like Bumblebee, but larger and he carries
780-539: A number of futuristic designs. This unnamed assortment, usually referred to as "Regular" Gobots, was used throughout the four years Gobots were produced and was later supplemented by figures from the Machine Robo Devil Invaders sub-line, plus some aborted Machine Robo figures and some commissioned from Bandai by Tonka. Larger figures, averaging around 12–15 cm (4.7–5.9 in) tall in robot mode, were released as Super Gobots. Some of these were drawn from
840-614: A short comic strip, based on the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon continuity, as well as features on real-life robots , quiz pages and the like. It ran quarterly from winter 1986 to winter 1987, managing five issues. Unlike the Transformers comics, it was aimed at a very young readership. In the UK , a Robo Machines comic strip was produced, using many of the characters from the Gobot line, but following
900-518: A stealth device to the escaping renegades on the Gobot Prison Moon to cover their escape in a hidden ship. Bad Boy appears in "The Fall of Gobotron" episode #43 as he and Block Head try to pick a fight with Turbo . Bad Boy appears in "Flight to Earth" episode #44 where he and Block Head collect the Guardians on Gobotron and take them to prison. Bad Boy appears in "The Third Column" episode #50 where he sides with Zero , who tries to take over
960-449: Is a Renegade Gobot who turns into a dune buggy. Some fiction refers to him as "Buggy Boy". BuggyMan appeared in the Challenge of the Gobots episode #5, "The Final Conflict" where he was among the Renegades captured on Gobotron. BuggyMan appears in "Flight to Earth" episode #44. He and Geeper-Creeper chase Scooter and Sparky on Gobotron. Scooter and Small Foot join Nick and A.J. to watch
1020-403: Is a Renegade who has also appeared in the Transformers franchise as a recolor of the Autobot Bumblebee . Bug Bite is also a Yellow VW Beetle like Bumblebee, but larger and he carries a blaster that attaches to his cabin in car mode. Bugsie was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. BuggyMan
1080-627: Is a main character appearing in Withered Hope , a text and comic based story. Sent to investigate the effect the destroying their universe six Gobots are reformatted to look like an Autobots and Decepticons and sent through the Interfacer to the source of the disturbance - the 22nd level. They accidentally arrive on Transtech Cybertron where they are kept against their will in the city of Axiom Nexus. Bug Bite escapes without his allies using an astro beam device. While on Cybertron Bad Boy becomes friends with
1140-426: Is able to go under cover as the Guardian Heat Seeker . From inside the Guardians Bad Boy is able to leak information to the Renegades. Once it is discovered that there is a traitor among the Guardians Bad Boy tries to frame Leader-1 as the traitor, but he is uncovered by Scooter. Thanks to timely use of the astrobeam he escapes the Guardians. Bad Boy appears in "Cy-Kill Escapes" episode #41 as he and Herr Fiend send
1200-418: Is an evil blue helicopter in the employ of Cykill and is featured in a children's book with Crasher and Cykill in an adventure where they first come to Earth, allying with a human with his own plans for world domination. Crasher is a black race car, tho she has also been redone as a white one and is an evil Renegade employed by Cykill and obsessed with destruction. Crasher resembles a Group C style race car from
1260-477: Is discovered that there is a traitor among the Guardians Bad Boy tries to frame Leader-1 as the traitor, but he is uncovered by Scooter. Thanks to timely use of the astrobeam he escapes the Guardians. Bad Boy appears in "Cy-Kill Escapes" episode #41 as he and Herr Fiend send a stealth device to the escaping renegades on the Gobot Prison Moon to cover their escape in a hidden ship. Bad Boy appears in "The Fall of Gobotron" episode #43 as he and Block Head try to pick
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#17329083835971320-481: Is the name of a fictional character from the various Gobots series. He is an evil Renegade scientist and also known as Doctor Go. Herr Fiend is one of the Renegades. He is the resident Renegade mad scientist , and is depicted as speaking with a thick German accent. His alternate mode of a Porsche 928 is identical to the Decepticon Transformers named Dead End. In the animated Gobots series Herr Fiend
1380-416: Is unknown at this time. It was announced that Hasbro has applied for a new Go-Bots trademark (this is not a renewal) under "distribution of motion pictures, ongoing television programs" and "Toys, games and playthings, namely, toy vehicles and accessories for use therewith. In October 2018, IDW began publishing a Go-Bots mini series written and illustrated by Tom Scioli . Unlike Transformers, Gobots
1440-506: The Gobots toyline, and the subsequent Challenge of the Gobots cartoon that transforms from a Guardian into a dump truck . Dumper was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. Dumper was chosen as the 9th goofiest Gobot name by Topless Robot . The Guardians set up a lab to test their power suits on Earth. Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Crasher , Geeper-Creeper , Pincher , and Snoop attacked
1500-564: The 1980s. Creepy is a renegade loyal to Cy-Kill who turns into a scorpion-like monster. Creepy, Scorp and Vamp aided Stron-Domez the Master Renegade from escaping his imprisonment by Cy-Kill on Roguestar. Creepy appeared in the story "Scooter's Mighty Magnet" as one of Cy-Kill's minions. While a purple version of Creepy was sold in stores, a special green version was offered as a mail-away exclusive by sending in UPCs from four Gobots. BulldozerMan , or simply DozerMan , Bulldozer or Dozer ,
1560-505: The 2018 film Bumblebee (film) asks the protagonist Charlie Watson if the Transformers are like the fictional toy line Gobots in a deleted scene on the Blu-Ray. The film is set in 1987. Crasher (Gobots) This is an alphabetical list of GoBots characters with information on their appearances, fictional biographies and histories. Bad Boy is one of Cy-Kill's minions. He is a rough street punk always ready with an insult and looking for
1620-507: The 6 molds produced, 15 Go-Bot characters were released, including the 1995 BotCon convention exclusive figure, Nightracer (a recoloring of Go-Bot Bumblebee). Subsequent uses of these molds were renamed Spy Changers. Gearhead was used to demonstrate the Hasbro Go-Bots line at Toy Fair 1995. They were described by the pitch-man as " The all-new, most mind-blowing, laser-slashing, robot-bashing product line ever! " Guillermo Gutierrez in
1680-519: The Decepticon Transformers named Dead End. In the animated Gobots series Herr Fiend is given the name "Doctor Go." Doctor Go appears in "Battle for Gobotron" episode #1. Due to animation errors the Renegade Doctor Go appears identical to Zeemon in the pilot series. GoBots Although initially a separate and competing line of toys, Tonka's Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. Subsequently,
1740-451: The Fallen figures Deadlift (based on Spoons) and Reverb (based on Dart). Also, Botcon 2007 Bugbite, an off-white repaint of Classics Bumblebee, was released as the second Bug Bite toy in Transformers. The first Bug Bite was a Japanese-exclusive white repaint of Generation 1 Bumblebee which retained Bug Bites VW Beetle vehicle mode. The color change to white was due to Bumblebee and Bug Bite sharing
1800-496: The GoBots range from Tonka Inc. Tonka released the first batch of figures to stores in 1983, one year prior to the Transformers . The bulk of the Gobot line was taken from the Machine Robo "600 Series" line of figures, which were around 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in)high on average. The robot figures transformed into a mixture of generic and specific contemporary machines, plus a handful of Second World War fighter aircraft, and
1860-569: The Guardians are winning the battle, an accidental backfire from Baron Von Joy's weapon allows the Renegades to escape. In "The Fall of Gobotron" episode #43 after Cy-Kill takes over Gobotron, Geeper-Creeper and Slicks are assigned to guard the modifier. They are lured away by Scooter and lead into a Guardian ambush by Turbo, Small Foot and Sparky. Geeper-Creeper appears in "Flight to Earth" episode #44. He and BuggyMan chase Scooter and Sparky on Gobotron. In "Destroy All Guardians" episode #47, Geeper-Creeper and Tank are seen among Cy-Kill's guards on
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1920-651: The Guardians were winning the battle, an accidental backfire from Baron Von Joy's weapon allowed the Renegades to escape. Dumper was featured in the 1986 children's book Collision Course Comet - Robo Machine Featuring The Challenge Of Gobots where he fought the Renegade Gobot Crasher . Geeper-Creeper the Gobot-Jeep was one of the Renegade followers of Cy-Kill. Geeper Creeper is also green and resembles Hound of Transformers G1 Autobots. Geeper-Creeper first appears in
1980-640: The Interfacer to the source of the disturbance - the 22nd level. They accidentally arrive on Transtech Cybertron where they are kept against their will in the city of Axiom Nexus. Bug Bite escapes without his allies using an astro beam device. While on Cybertron Bad Boy becomes friends with the Malignus gang. The remaining Gobots run afoul of the Transtech Decepticon General Demolishor in a criminal investigation but are aided by Airazor , Crystal Widow and Cheetor . The Gobots receive upgrades from
2040-736: The Machine Robo Scale Robo DX line, some from the MR Big Machine Robo line (these included larger versions of Leader-1 , the Guardian leader, and Cy-Kill, the Renegade leader) and some designs not released in Japan. The line also included two gestalt -style figures, the car-based Puzzler and monster-based Monsterous . Several other ranges were drawn from existing Bandai figures (such as the Secret Riders ). Tonka did design some toys for
2100-513: The Malignus gang. The remaining Gobots run afoul of the Transtech Decepticon General Demolishor in a criminal investigation but are aided by Airazor , Crystal Widow and Cheetor . The Gobots receive upgrades from the shop of Swindle , Swindle and Swindle and are able to leave the dimension thanks to stolen transit passes they obtain. Once they arrive on Earth of the 22nd level where they find Bug Bite and his new Decepticon allies Weirdwolf and Dreadwind. Two toys were produced for Bad Boy. The first
2160-695: The Power Suits from the Strategic Command Center . Bad Boy has a cameo in Transcendent by Fun Publications which occurred at the same time as Withered Hope . He can be seen standing in line for processing in Axiom Nexus. Bad Boy is a main character appearing in Withered Hope , a text and comic based story. Sent to investigate the effect the destroying their universe six Gobots are reformatted to look like an Autobots and Decepticons and sent through
2220-505: The Renegade Gobot Crasher . Geeper-Creeper the Gobot-Jeep was one of the Renegade followers of Cy-Kill. Geeper Creeper is also green and resembles Hound of Transformers G1 Autobots. Geeper-Creeper first appears in the series pilot. Geeper-Creeper appeared in the Challenge of the Gobots episode #5, "The Final Conflict" where he was among the Renegades captured on Gobotron. In "It's The Thought That Counts" episode #6, Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Crasher, Geeper-Creeper, Pincher, and Snoop attack
2280-399: The Renegades from Cy-Kill. Bad Boy and Cop-Tur are sent to attack Unicom bases and distract the Guardians while Cy-Kill, Crasher and Scorp attempt to take the Power Suits from the Strategic Command Center . Bad Boy has a cameo in Transcendent by Fun Publications which occurred at the same time as Withered Hope . He can be seen standing in line for processing in Axiom Nexus. Bad Boy
2340-503: The Roguestar. He also appears in "Escape from Elba" episode #48. In "Clutch of Doom" episode #50, Geeper-Creeper is among the Renegades who put the captured Guardians Blaster and Van Guard in prison. Geeper-Creeper appears in "The Third Column" episode #51 where he sides with Zero, who tries to take over the Renegades from Cy-Kill. Grungy Courageous is a Power Warrior and the Renegade copy and brother of Courageous forged by Renegade-augmenting Power Suits and their central spaceship. Grungy
2400-555: The Tonka acquisition, and are not available for Hasbro use. The GoBot toy line was based on figures produced by Popy of Japan (the now-defunct character division of Bandai ), named Machine Robo . In another similarity to Transformers , Tonka decided to make the figures sentient robots, rather than human-piloted mecha as they had been in Japan, and divided them into two factions – the good Guardians and evil Renegades (although early figures were simply described as ‘Friendly’ or ‘Enemy’ on
2460-434: The captured Guardians Blaster and Van Guard in prison. Geeper-Creeper appears in "The Third Column" episode #51 where he sides with Zero, who tries to take over the Renegades from Cy-Kill. Grungy Courageous is a Power Warrior and the Renegade copy and brother of Courageous forged by Renegade-augmenting Power Suits and their central spaceship. Grungy was chosen as the 3rd goofiest Gobot name by Topless Robot . Herr Fiend
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2520-658: The colors yellow and black in their original competing releases. The name Leader-1 was reused for Transformers Armada Megatron's mini-con in 2002. While Hasbro has used current toy technology to update their G1 Transformer characters over the years, it is unlikely that Gobots will receive similar treatment, as the molds—and thus, the original character designs—belong to Bandai . In 1995, a line of Transformers called Go-Bots (small, Matchbox-sized car Transformers which had racing axles) were released, including Bumblebee , Double Clutch , High Beam , Ironhide, Megatron , Mirage , Optimus Prime , Soundwave , Sideswipe , and Frenzy. Of
2580-602: The end of the Challenge of the Gobots television series, the Gobots co-starred with the Rock Lords in an animated feature film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords , again produced by Hanna-Barbera. In 1984, two Gobot children's books were published by Golden Books, an imprint of Western Publishing . The books, titled War of the Gobots and Gobots on Earth , were written by Robin Snyder and illustrated by Steve Ditko , and chronicled
2640-400: The lab, but it was defended by Leader-1, Baron Von Joy, Blaster, Dozer, Dumper, Road Ranger , Scooter, Scratch and Turbo . Although the Guardians were winning the battle, an accidental backfire from Baron Von Joy's weapon allowed the Renegades to escape. Dumper was featured in the 1986 children's book Collision Course Comet - Robo Machine Featuring The Challenge Of Gobots where he fought
2700-645: The line, including the Guardian Command Center and Renegade Thruster playsets, and the motorized Renegade Zod. In addition to these, two versions of the Power Warrior were made for both the Guardians and the Renegades, using molds from the Machine Robo line and recolored. The Nemesis Power Warrior used a tank for the center body and was released only in Japan. A large playset called the Gobotron Fortress
2760-487: The names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. Dumper was chosen as the 9th goofiest Gobot name by Topless Robot . The Guardians set up a lab to test their power suits on Earth. Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Crasher , Geeper-Creeper , Pincher , and Snoop attacked the lab, but it was defended by Leader-1, Baron Von Joy, Blaster, Dozer, Dumper, Road Ranger , Scooter, Scratch and Turbo . Although
2820-468: The origins of the Gobots. The Gobots were also featured in the 1986 book Collision Course Comet - Robo Machine Featuring The Challenge Of The Gobots and the 1985 book The Wagner Sirens-Robo Machine Featuring The Challenge Of The Gobots, both of which were published by Egmont Books . The closest thing to a Gobot comic book was the Gobots Magazine , produced by Telepictures Publishing. This included
2880-406: The packaging). The figures were all given individual names, in contrast to the simple designations they received in Japan. Introduced in 1983 by Tonka Inc., the GoBots toys were part of the robot "sensation" that swept the nation for a short time. The line sold well initially but was overtaken by Transformers. 1987 was the final year in which new Gobots were released. In 1991, Hasbro acquired
2940-413: The series pilot. Geeper-Creeper appeared in the Challenge of the Gobots episode #5, "The Final Conflict" where he was among the Renegades captured on Gobotron. In "It's The Thought That Counts" episode #6, Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Crasher, Geeper-Creeper, Pincher, and Snoop attack a lab, but it is defended by Leader-1, Baron Von Joy, Blaster, Dozer, Dumper, Road Ranger, Scooter, Scratch and Turbo. Although
3000-540: The shop of Swindle , Swindle and Swindle and are able to leave the dimension thanks to stolen transit passes they obtain. Once they arrive on Earth of the 22nd level where they find Bug Bite and his new Decepticon allies Weirdwolf and Dreadwind. Two toys were produced for Bad Boy. The first was released as a Gobot, based on the Machine Robo line from Japan. The second was a recolor of the Transformer Powerglide, released in Japan as an ehobby exclusive. Bent Wing
3060-451: The story "Scooter's Mighty Magnet" as one of Cy-Kill's minions. While a purple version of Creepy was sold in stores, a special green version was offered as a mail-away exclusive by sending in UPCs from four Gobots. BulldozerMan , or simply DozerMan , Bulldozer or Dozer , was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. The Guardians set up
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#17329083835973120-407: The universe depicted in the animated series Challenge of the GoBots and follow-up film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords was established as an alternate universe within the Transformers multiverse . While Hasbro now owns the fictional side of the property (character names, bios, storyline), the actual toys and their likenesses were only licensed from Bandai in the 1980s, were not covered by
3180-479: Was also shown to have existed in various articles and catalogues, but it has never been released. A spin-off line, Rock Lords , crossed over with the Gobots in the feature film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords , and was issued as a separate toy line by Tonka in 1986. † = release cancelled. Hanna-Barbera produced a cartoon series called Challenge of the GoBots to promote the toy line, which ran for 65 22-minute episodes from 1984 to 1985. In 1986, soon after
3240-470: Was among the Renegades captured on Gobotron. BuggyMan appears in "Flight to Earth" episode #44. He and Geeper-Creeper chase Scooter and Sparky on Gobotron. Scooter and Small Foot join Nick and A.J. to watch a car stunt show which is attacked by Crasher , BuggyMan and Fly Trap . Small Foot fights BuggyMan and defeats him, but the Renegades regain the upper hand until the Guardians are rescued by Leader-1 and Turbo who arrive in their Power Suits Coptur
3300-497: Was called the Go-Bots, and Hasbro subsidiary Playskool issued a line named Transformers: Gobots in 2002. To this date, there have been a few exclusives referencing GoBots, but they have all been recolors of other Transformer molds as opposed to new figures. Examples of this are the Transformers 2007 movie-themed Fracture (based on Crasher) and Backtrack (based on Night Ranger; unreleased, but shown in promotional materials) and Revenge of
3360-400: Was chosen as the 3rd goofiest Gobot name by Topless Robot . Herr Fiend is the name of a fictional character from the various Gobots series. He is an evil Renegade scientist and also known as Doctor Go. Herr Fiend is one of the Renegades. He is the resident Renegade mad scientist , and is depicted as speaking with a thick German accent. His alternate mode of a Porsche 928 is identical to
3420-437: Was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. Blaster , also known as RocketMan , is a Guardian Gobot who turns into a missile launcher. Blaster appeared in the episode "The Third Column" where he works in a Guardian weapons facility that was attacked by the Renegades. The attack was turned away by automated defenses. Bug Bite
3480-422: Was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. The Guardians set up a lab to test their power suits on Earth. With Defendor and Blaster patrolling the lab Baron Von Joy and Path Finder test a new suit on Dozer . Dozer appeared in the episode "The Third Column." Gobot-Dumper , is a fictional character in
3540-400: Was released as a Gobot, based on the Machine Robo line from Japan. The second was a recolor of the Transformer Powerglide, released in Japan as an ehobby exclusive. Bent Wing was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the Gobots video game from Your Sinclair magazine. Blaster , also known as RocketMan , is a Guardian Gobot who turns into
3600-488: Was released in several guises around the world. In 1991, Hasbro took over Tonka , and thus the Gobot trademarks ; the molds for the action figures remain the property of Bandai, having only been leased to Tonka, and some were reissued in 1993 for the European Robo Machines line. Since then, the trademarks have been used several times — a character called Gobots was released in 1993, a range of figures in 1995
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