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Back in my childhood, I always found Zeemon to be a strange UFO. That Trans-Am looking vehicle that transform into a robot with the cabin for a head was unlike any normal Transformers. I kinda wanted him but I never could. Now, as an adult and with the power of the internet (and Ebay!) I could finally have him. And his brothers too! Good thing Super Gobots are not as popular as Transformers because that make these great vintage toys so affordable.

Why I like them so much? First, the vehicle modes are always PERFECT and 100% accurate if based on a real car. Let's not forget the mandatory vintage rubber tires and die-cast parts. To have the equivalent for today in a transformable robot, you have to pay the big bucks for an Alternity Transformers.
The robot modes look very kitch and 1950 like with the cabin head, derpy legs, and claw-hands. Also, simple but effective transformation. Each one of them have some similar transformations, but enough differences to make them unique.



Nexr post, I will showcase my collection in more details.

In the meantime, do you have any of them and do you like them?

I personally love them but you posted this in the 3rd Party forum by accident. PM a moderator about moving it to the regular toys forum.

zodconvoy wrote:I personally love them but you posted this in the 3rd Party forum by accident. PM a moderator about moving it to the regular toys forum.

Done.

Sorry to say, I never liked them, myself. I was in my early teens when they came out, and MUCH preferred Transformers to GoBots. The exception would be those GoBots with decent looking (to my young eyes) robot modes - such as Spoons, Screw Head, and Dive Dive.

zodconvoy wrote:I personally love them but you posted this in the 3rd Party forum by accident. PM a moderator about moving it to the regular toys forum.

Oh, yeah, GoBots ARE official merchandise since over 10-15 years. I forgot about that.

Valandar wrote:Sorry to say, I never liked them, myself. I was in my early teens when they came out, and MUCH preferred Transformers to GoBots. The exception would be those GoBots with decent looking (to my young eyes) robot modes - such as Spoons, Screw Head, and Dive Dive.

To be perfectly honest with myself, I prefered the REAL Transformers too when I was a child in the early 1980s. But my ADULT self like these guys. I wouldn't mind seeing an hommage to that kind of bot in the form of an HUMAN ALLIANCE set. A licenced vehicle that change into a similar robot, with a more complex transformation and the human would fit into the head. HEY! It could be in the next movie as a mech, a human responce to the Transformers menace! That mech yould be called a GoBots! Sigh, a guy can dream.

I will show the collection tommorow night. Now, it'S finally time to go to sleep.

That tank is very cool, the others blow chuncks. Some of the smaller Gobots where cool, though. I don't know names.

I think that picture perfectly illustrates exactly what's wrong with GoBots and why Transformers are far more popular.

As piloted mecha the designs are pretty good. As standalone robots, the head-cabins seem an odd choice.

Quite an odd looking design. It really makes 'em look like enhanced human controlled mechs........similar to the original Ironhide and Ratchet were meant to look like.

And I gotta agree with the almost realistic looking vehicle modes. Though their spiny insect like hands are a bit of a turn off.

Though on a bit of a deviation from the topic, also dig the alternate vehicle modes of Puzzler. Imagine what the Stunticon would look like if they were designed with rubber tires and die-cast bodies?

fenrir72 wrote:Quite an odd looking design. It really makes 'em look like enhanced human controlled mechs........similar to the original Ironhide and Ratchet were meant to look like.

And I gotta agree with the almost realistic looking vehicle modes. Though their spiny insect like hands are a bit of a turn off.

Though on a bit of a deviation from the topic, also dig the alternate vehicle modes of Puzzler. Imagine what the Stunticon would look like if they were designed with rubber tires and die-cast bodies?

I died a little inside.