AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Again, that's why I was curious for more information on the roster selection ala a series bible.
If you're wondering why Challenge of the GoBots made its character selection so different from that of Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, it's because Challenge of the GoBots came first, premiering in late 1984, while Revenge of Cronos didn't premiere until mid-1986, a whole seven months after GoBots aired its final episode.
Challenge of the GoBots predated every Machine Robo anime ever produced.
As for why Leader-1 and Cy-Kill were specifically chosen to be the leaders, it likely just boiled down to the names. Tonka chose the names for each of the toys, so Hanna-Barbera or whoever was in charge of creating the backstory lore and fiction likely just picked out which of the "Friendly GoBots" had the most heroic and leader-like name for the Guardians' leader (that being "Leader-1", which is really on the nose) and which of the "Enemy GoBots" had the most villainous and evil-sounding name ("Cy-Kill" literally had the word 'Kill" in his name, so that fit the bill).
It's actually not that far off from how "Optimus Prime" had the most heroic and leader-like name of the 1984 Autobot toys and how "Megatron" had the most villainous and evil-sounding name of the 1984 Decepticon toys (it was a name Hasbro even initially turned down for sounding too scary, only going through with it after Budiansky convinced them that
that was the point of the name).
