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News Credits: 4492 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:48 am

Sabrblade wrote:But Action Toys knew that they were making the Japanese Machine Robo characters and not the American GoBots characters when they made these, so to pretend that they were making these for GoBots purposes above all else is very fallacious.

Not only that they knew but they HAD to make these Machine Robo characters and not Gobots because they only had the Machine Robo licence and not the Gobot licence, which Hasbro still has. So legally, these cannot be Gobot toys.

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:42 am

Well, stuff me in a pigpen and call me Porky, looks like we got some new news about the Machine Robo Gokin Series after all!

https://www.facebook.com/MachineRobo/photos/a.613678615455618.1073741833.606937242796422/845808648909279/
https://www.facebook.com/MachineRobo/posts/845811982242279

MR07 Shuttle Robo and MR08 Missiletank Robo are heading our way soon!

Plus, it looks like they'll be launching a secondary "Machine Robo DX" series, starting with an 18.5cm (or 7.3 inches) tall MRDX-01 Bike Robo

https://www.facebook.com/MachineRobo/posts/845821678907976

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:39 am

That's not that much bigger than they are now. I thought Turbo was supposed to be part of this wave.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:12 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:That's not that much bigger than they are now. I thought Turbo was supposed to be part of this wave.

Yeah! what gives? I've been waiting on Turbo since we saw a prototype last year. [-(

News Credits: 4492 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:40 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:That's not that much bigger than they are now.

Then we must be buying totally different toys, the ones I get are only 4.5 inches. These new ones will be 75% bigger.

Also yeah, Turbo was suppoed to be part of that wave:

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:52 pm

william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:That's not that much bigger than they are now.

Then we must be buying totally different toys, the ones I get are only 4.5 inches. These new ones will be 75% bigger.

Also yeah, Turbo was suppoed to be part of that wave:

You're probably right. I'm not very good at estimating size.

by **Jason5billion** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:14 am

The toys look neat, but they're pretty much Stopbots compared to the standard size Gobots of the 80's. They were nice because they were usually cheaper than Transformers, and the more expensive super ones that were about the size of scout class Transformers were a few dollars more. Plus they all flew and probably still do. As for ones appearing in a wave, maybe anyone who has a full wave should get them to do the wave. I remember when a getting a knock-off version of Space-C from a company called Buddy L. I call them Stopbots I tend to use antonyms just to mess around, except in this case, it's serious when it comes to reality. Would I want ones that had the same exact modes like Scorp, Hornet, Dart, Mr. Moto, and Treds? No, but it'd be nice if they were in stores every where for a more reasonable price. A Pathfinder that's standard size and easier to transform than the original one would be nice too.

Well I know the drill if there's a UFO Robo. She's about the size of a scout class TF and $45 and won't be seen at toy stores over in the United States and would probably only be available online, and the price is what makes it suck more than anything else. Back in the day, the only Transformers that were about the same price as Gobots were the mini Transformers.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:31 am

Still no Pathfinder :-(

I jest, these look awesome

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:11 am

Kurona wrote:Still no Pathfinder

I jest, these look awesome

I half-jest. They do look awesome, but I'm still massively bummed we won't be getting Pathfinder.

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:20 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Still no Pathfinder

I jest, these look awesome

I half-jest. They do look awesome, but I'm still massively bummed we won't be getting Pathfinder.

Pathfinder was the flying saucer? Pretty sure I saw a prototype way back when

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:23 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Still no Pathfinder

I jest, these look awesome

I half-jest. They do look awesome, but I'm still massively bummed we won't be getting Pathfinder.

Pathfinder was the flying saucer? Pretty sure I saw a prototype way back when

UFO Robo wasn't in the Revenge of Cronos anime, whose character likenesses are what Action Toys was given the license to adapt into these figures.

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:27 am

Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Kurona wrote:Still no Pathfinder

I jest, these look awesome

I half-jest. They do look awesome, but I'm still massively bummed we won't be getting Pathfinder.

Pathfinder was the flying saucer? Pretty sure I saw a prototype way back when
UFO Robo wasn't in the Revenge of Cronos anime, whose character likenesses are what Action Toys was given the license to adapt into these figures.

Ah ok, wasn't sure

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:41 pm

This is gonna screw up my count; but hopefully, it'll be worth it. Have the Wendy's Gobots ever appeared in cartoons or anything? I suppose they probably won't do remakes of those guys. The Tank remake is too expensive for me, but I did see a couple that looked fair because they were the same price as scout class Transformers. I'd almost rather have the original smaller Tank even though he's a one step Gobot because he's pretty cool.

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:44 pm

Jason5billion wrote:This is gonna screw up my count; but hopefully, it'll be worth it. Have the Wendy's Gobots ever appeared in cartoons or anything?

No.

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:11 pm

They should introduce a new English speaking Gobot cartoon syndicate and use them. My favorite of was the one who became a helicopter.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:17 pm

Jason5billion wrote:This is gonna screw up my count;

Congrats on hitting 400. 8-)

by **Jason5billion** » Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:30 pm

You're extremely welcome. Of course, I'd like it better if I could have the title changed to something unique since a combiner is a type of Transformer like Primestrong, which is the only combiner I do have; but I'll live.

I got my Bug Bite, and I'm wondering if he switched to being a renegade to being a guardian. If not, then someone went out of their way to make him a good Gobot. Those Reveal the Shield stickers are very hard to pull off; and someone not only put one on him to make him look like a Transformer; but he put an Autobot Reveal the Shield sticker on him. Is this a shattered glass renegade or something?

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:20 am

BTW...still no sign of Turbo being released yet?

by **Jason5billion** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:45 pm

This is gonna show my age, which is visible anyway; but it would be nice if they called them Gobots and did an advertisement jingle for them similar to the old one for Golden Graham's cereal. The Simpsons used that old tune once when Mr. Burns started to sing; but apparently, whoever wrote it couldn't come up with more words because he started with oh those golden slippers; and that's it. I'd maybe sing oh, those awesome Gobots for the first two lines; and then I'd get stuck with what to sing next. I do remember the old jingle for Gobots as if it was being sang yesterday because it's only five words. Mighty robots, mighty vehicles, Gobots.

by **Jason5billion** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:37 pm

Is there any way I could get a jingle for Gobots copyrighted if the lyrics are mine? I figured out how to make an entire jingle out of Oh, Those Awesome Gobots; but I don't know how to sell or trade it to Machine Robo for money or free figures and instructions. My mobile phone is on the blink, so I can't make YouTube videos. I can't even get people to hear me when I talk on the phone.

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:41 pm

Guys, some big news has just been discovered about the new MRDX-01 Bike Robo figure.

We know that these aren't GoBots. That they're meant to be Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos figures. Well, the new Bike Robo figure has just shaken things up with the revelation that it features three little accessories that are unquestionably direct specific references to Cy-Kill the Renegade GoBot leader of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon!

MRDX-01 Bike Robo comes with three optional, swappable Cy-Kill faces! In addition to his default Machine Robo toy/anime-accurate Bike Robo face!

They are a stern face, an evilish happy face, and a snarling angry face.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:44 pm

DAM!

I was half expecting new news of Turbo

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:14 am

Wow. This is big news. Are pre-orders up for this yet. Not that I'll pre-order it but it'll give me an idea when it'll be released.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:58 am

Nice! It only makes sense to appeal to us GoBot aficionados too... :-D

News Credits: 435 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:05 am

Agamemnon wrote:Nice! It only makes sense to appeal to us GoBot aficionados too...

I'm amazed to see this having happened at all since I didn't think they even could do so at first, what with the rights having been split between three different companies, two of which being rival companies even.