In the UK, a Robo Machines comic strip was produced, using many of the characters from the Gobot line, but following a different continuity than the cartoon. Unlike the Transformers comics, it was aimed at a very young readership. It ran quarterly from winter 1986 to winter 1987, managing five issues. This included 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. The closest thing to a Gobot comic book was the Gobot Magazine, produced by Telepictures Publishing. 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 books, titled War of the Gobots and Gobots on Earth, were written by Robin Snyder and illustrated by Steve Ditko, and chronicled the origins of the Gobots. In 1984, two Gobot children's books were published by Golden Books, an imprint of Western Publishing. In 1986, soon after 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. Hanna-Barbera produced a cartoon series called Challenge of the GoBots to promote the toyline, which ran for 65 22-minute episodes from 1984 to 1985. MediaĬover to #2 of the Gobots comic series by IDW Publishing. The others, which are extras of the toyline, are Zod, Scales, Space Hawk, Convertible Laser Gun, Radio GoBot, Ride On Scooter, the Watches: Tic Toc and Gong, the Combiners: Puzzler (Crossword, Jig Saw, Pocket, Rube, Tic Tac and Zig Zag) and Monstrous (Fangs, Fright Face, Gore Jaw, Heart Attack, South Claw and Weird Wing), the Power Warriors: Courageous, Grungy and Nemesis, the Secret Riders: Twister, Tork and Tri-Trak, the Dread Launchers: Chaos, Re-Volt, and Traitor, the Boomers: Blast and Rumble, the Power Marchers: Hitch Hiker and Quick-Step, the GyroBots: Raidor, Ridge Runner and Dactyl, Command Center, Thruster, GoBotron Fortress and Guardian Headquarters. The figures with "MRT" designations were commissioned from Bandai by Tonka the remainder of the figures unreleased in Japan were Machine Robo prototypes. Denotes that the figure was not released as part of Machine Robo. GMC S-15 Jimmy (Scratch) Mil Mi-24 Hind (Night Fright) Missile Tank (Blaster) 1934 Ford Coupe (Super Couper)Ĭhevrolet Camaro Z28 (Street Heat) Panavia Tornado IDS (Spy-Eye)ĪH-64 Apache (Wrong Way) Ford F-250 (Clutch) SH-2 Seasprite (Flip Top) Futuristic Jet (Vamp)Įxcalibur (Good Knight) McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (Raizor) II (Defendor)Ĭessna Seaplane (Water Walk) BMW K100 (Throttle) Harley-Davidson FLHC (Night Ranger) Psychoroid (Psycho)įorklift (Spoons) Saladin Mk. MR-28 (Geeper Creeper) MRDX-05 (Bug Bite)įlying Saucer (Path Finder) Leopard 1A4 (Destroyer) Mitsubishi Jeep CJ-3B (Geeper Creeper) Volkswagen 1303S Beetle (Bug Bite) Scooter (Scooter) Porsche 928S Sports Car (Herr Fiend) MR-25 (Leader-1) MRDX-07 (Baron Von Joy)Īmbulance (Rest-Q) Datsun Fairlady 280ZX (Zeemon) UNIC K-200B (Crain Brain) McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (Leader-1)į-15 Eagle (Leader-1), Porsche 930 Turbo Sports Car (Baron Von Joy) Missile Tank (Blaster) Peterbilt 352H (Staks) MR-20 (Crasher (I II) BMR-01 (Super Cy-Kill)Īuger (Screw Head) Space Shuttle (Super Spay-C) Porsche 956 (Crasher (I II)) Futuristic Motorcycle (Cy-Kill) Gobot #Ĭountach LP500S (Spoiler) AH-64 Apache (Warpath) Note: The figures were not always released in numerical order. A large playset called the Gobotron Fortress was also shown to have existed in various articles and catalogues, but it has never been released.Ī spin-off line, Rock Lords, crossed over with the Gobots in the feature film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, and were issued as a separate toyline by Tonka in 1986. The Nemesis Power Warrior used a tank for the center body and was released only in Japan. 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. Tonka did design some toys for the line, including the Guardian Command Center and Renegade Thruster playsets, and the motorized Renegade Zod. Several other ranges were drawn from existing Bandai figures (such as the Secret Riders ). The line also included two gestalt-style figures, the car-based Puzzler and monster-based Monsterous. Some of these were drawn from 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. Larger figures, averaging around 12–15 cm (5-6 inches) tall in robot mode, were released as Super Gobots.
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