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I had Jeeper Creeper and Zero, and neither were bad for their size. 'Wrong Way' (was there ever a more appropriate name?) Renminds me of Skyhammer.

Said it before, say it again. I'd LOVE some Classics-style versions of Gobots, and not just recolorings of old molds either.

Well, I broke down and snagged a Psycho off of ebay. Got him for a pretty decent price and he came in box and everything. The figure itself looks mint, so much so that it looks like it just came fresh off of a store shelf, even the stickers are perfect and all of the joints/transformation bits are tight. No paint wear or anything.

I still have Pow Wow

Personally, I think GoBots are given a hard time because they were generally cheaper and smaller than Transformers, had an awful cartoon and silly, puntastic names (unlike Transformers... Um... Hun-Grrr, Horri-Bull and Tentikill didn't happen then?).

However, as toys, if you compare the majority of small GoBots with the majority of small 80's Transformers, they generally had more varied and complex transformations and less cartoony alt modes. I know there were plenty of GoBots who had a simple "fold legs up like a Headmaster head" transformation, but it certainly wasn't all of them, not by a long way.

That's right, I'm speaking out in defence of GoBots, and I'm proud to do so

I definitely like Transformers more, for a variety of reasons, and see why they were more popular at the time and have stayed so, BUT it'd be pretty easy to do a list of 20 Gobots That Did Stuff We All Wish Hasbro Did With Transformers.

A lot of that list would be alt modes. There were some really cool and some really goofy, but nice and unique alt modes for the Gobots. They also made a bit more of the female characters, and did characters in different sizes long before Hasbro made Primes and Bumblebees to suit every price point.

I've watched some Machine Robo anime clips (Revenge of Chronos if you must know) and toy reviews, and to me they have certain simplistic charm to them. I definitely want to get the two Combiners some day, Puzzler and especially Monsterous. If only I could remember which name goes to who. I know the Sunstreaker wanna-be is Pocket, but that's it.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I've watched some Machine Robo anime clips (Revenge of Chronos if you must know) and toy reviews, and to me they have certain simplistic charm to them. I definitely want to get the two Combiners some day, Puzzler and especially Monsterous. If only I could remember which name goes to who. I know the Sunstreaker wanna-be is Pocket, but that's it.

I've got Puzzler and Monsterous. Puzzler kinda sucks, honestly, but Monsterous is awesome, at least in my opinion (he kinda reminds me of the Beast Wars ).

If you need the names of the individual cars/bots for Puzzler, look no further than TFU .

xyl360 wrote:If you need the names of the individual cars/bots for Puzzler, look no further than TFU .

O, it's not the the names themselves that's the problem:

Pocket, Jigsaw, Tic Tac, Rube... *looks up* Crossword and Zig Zag for Puzzler, and South Claw, Weird Wing, Gore Jaw, Fangs... *looks up again* Fight Face and Heart Attack for Monsterous. It's who's who that's the problem. But knowing me, once I get the toys I'll instantly remember them

*yawn*

Challenge of the GpBots made the Gobots look bad MAchine Robo Revenge of Cronos and Battle Hackers were far superior

Wouldn't you know it, at C.O.N.S. a friend found 3 of the 6 Puzzler pieces: Crossword, Pocket and Rube. Neither of us bought them, and I would regret it later despite my "only complete combiners" policy. My friend did snap up a good condition Super Gobot Warpath and he's impressive. I just expected Super Gobots to be a bit... bigger.

I snagged a minty fresh Stacks from BBTS (warehouse find apparently) and he's just as awesome as I remember him being when I was a kid, but with the added bonus of now having his trailer (I had the version that came with no trailer when I was a kid). I just wish that trailer were big enough to accommodate the FP Stunticons. They're just a wee bit too wide to fit, but they pretty much scale with him. It would have been neat to have those sports cars on a car carrier like that.

WOW.. And I still have my Breez and Jeeper Creeper figure too..

I lost it reading #8 Guide Star and #14 Water Pistols entry from him...

xyl360 wrote:I snagged a minty fresh Stacks from BBTS (warehouse find apparently) and he's just as awesome as I remember him being when I was a kid, but with the added bonus of now having his trailer (I had the version that came with no trailer when I was a kid). I just wish that trailer were big enough to accommodate the FP Stunticons. They're just a wee bit too wide to fit, but they pretty much scale with him. It would have been neat to have those sports cars on a car carrier like that.

I got him, too. It's rather nice. I like the transformation, the trailer, the stickers. I'd love a Classics Stacks, but since that's probably never happening, this guy's cool too.

May I ask a side question, "Is there any GoBots that you would like to see somehow incorporated in a Transformers' continuity?" Is so how? (Hypothetical ideas: the "ancestor" TFs in G1, lost colony somewhere the galaxy, a MECH-style reverse engineering program, etc)"

d_sel1 wrote:May I ask a side question, "Is there any GoBots that you would like to see somehow incorporated in a Transformers' continuity?" Is so how? (Hypothetical ideas: the "ancestor" TFs in G1, lost colony somewhere the galaxy, a MECH-style reverse engineering program, etc)"

They did that in the comics and/or Botcon as I recall, something about an alternate universe.

I'd LOVE to see some Gobot love in the TF lines though. Something like Generations Gobots would be awesome and I'd buy every single one of them.

xyl360 wrote:

d_sel1 wrote:May I ask a side question, "Is there any GoBots that you would like to see somehow incorporated in a Transformers' continuity?" Is so how? (Hypothetical ideas: the "ancestor" TFs in G1, lost colony somewhere the galaxy, a MECH-style reverse engineering program, etc)"

They did that in the comics and/or Botcon as I recall, something about an alternate universe.

I'd LOVE to see some Gobot love in the TF lines though. Something like Generations Gobots would be awesome and I'd buy every single one of them.

Same, here. I've been saying it for years.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

xyl360 wrote:

d_sel1 wrote:May I ask a side question, "Is there any GoBots that you would like to see somehow incorporated in a Transformers' continuity?" Is so how? (Hypothetical ideas: the "ancestor" TFs in G1, lost colony somewhere the galaxy, a MECH-style reverse engineering program, etc)"

They did that in the comics and/or Botcon as I recall, something about an alternate universe.

I'd LOVE to see some Gobot love in the TF lines though. Something like Generations Gobots would be awesome and I'd buy every single one of them.

Same, here. I've been saying it for years.

Yeah, I've actually been contemplating doing some repaints of my own. I've got Classics Crasher already (the Mirage repaint) but I'd kill for a Cy-Kill . I've been considering doing a repaint of 2007 Arcee/Elita One into him since that mold has the bike wheels on the shoulders, but I'd like something that's a closer match.

xyl360 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

xyl360 wrote:

d_sel1 wrote:May I ask a side question, "Is there any GoBots that you would like to see somehow incorporated in a Transformers' continuity?" Is so how? (Hypothetical ideas: the "ancestor" TFs in G1, lost colony somewhere the galaxy, a MECH-style reverse engineering program, etc)"

They did that in the comics and/or Botcon as I recall, something about an alternate universe.

I'd LOVE to see some Gobot love in the TF lines though. Something like Generations Gobots would be awesome and I'd buy every single one of them.

Same, here. I've been saying it for years.

Yeah, I've actually been contemplating doing some repaints of my own. I've got Classics Crasher already (the Mirage repaint) but I'd kill for a Cy-Kill . I've been considering doing a repaint of 2007 Arcee/Elita One into him since that mold has the bike wheels on the shoulders, but I'd like something that's a closer match.

to0 bad this doesn't exist at a reasonable price anymore

d_sel1 wrote:

xyl360 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

xyl360 wrote:

d_sel1 wrote:May I ask a side question, "Is there any GoBots that you would like to see somehow incorporated in a Transformers' continuity?" Is so how? (Hypothetical ideas: the "ancestor" TFs in G1, lost colony somewhere the galaxy, a MECH-style reverse engineering program, etc)"

They did that in the comics and/or Botcon as I recall, something about an alternate universe.

I'd LOVE to see some Gobot love in the TF lines though. Something like Generations Gobots would be awesome and I'd buy every single one of them.

Same, here. I've been saying it for years.

Yeah, I've actually been contemplating doing some repaints of my own. I've got Classics Crasher already (the Mirage repaint) but I'd kill for a Cy-Kill . I've been considering doing a repaint of 2007 Arcee/Elita One into him since that mold has the bike wheels on the shoulders, but I'd like something that's a closer match.

to0 bad this doesn't exist at a reasonable price anymore

Hehe, yeah, I had that model kit as a kid. It was epic. I've since acquired some of the little Mospeada figures and of course you can still get this.

Okay... that looks like a recolor of the Mospeada bike into Cy-Kill. Am I right or wrong?

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay... that looks like a recolor of the Mospeada bike into Cy-Kill. Am I right or wrong?

Yep, that's exactly what it is. Pretty cool, huh ?

xyl360 wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay... that looks like a recolor of the Mospeada bike into Cy-Kill. Am I right or wrong?

Yep, that's exactly what it is. Pretty cool, huh ?

Yes. Yes, it is pretty cool.