Go-Bots | Robo Killing Machines

12.28.2018 – The Go-Bots property has been ridiculed, lambasted, and embarrassed for the last three decades or so being called a “poor man’s Transformers” because the toys back in the day that was manufactured by Bandai was affordable in some countries all over the world. The toyline has been introduced under Tonka prior to merging with Hasbro that owned the Transformers property. Originally, the Go-Bots property is known in Japan as Machine Robo a faction-less toyline that produced robots that turn vehicles. Though they are not as popular as their famous counterpart they have built its niche fanbase. It has been thirty years since there’s no material from the brand until IDW Publishing has announced a comic book mini-series based on the original characters like Leader-1 and Cy-Kill. The new series will be a separate universe from Transformers and as mentioned this will be a mini-series that will be written and drawn by Tom Scoili, who worked with John Barber on G.I. Joe VS Transformers mini-series. This time Scoili not only did write and provided the art for the mini-series he also handled the colors and lettering. The pages are impressive and design appears like an old comic book as you go through each scene seeing how the artist took time in making the first issue stand out from the comic shelves having Leader-1 on the cover.

Super Go-Bots | Cy-Killin' It

12.21.2018 – When you talk about “Challenge of the Go-Bots” it’s that cheap Transformers that was from Japan that was manufactured by Popy in the early 1980s. They were known as Machine Robo that has 3 inch tall transforming robots from alien vehicles to Earth forms of transportation. They were way ahead of Transformers when it was released in a year Hasbro debut with their brand. Hanna-Barbera partnered with Tonka to produce an animated series introducing both factions. The baddies have Cy-Kill; one of the members of High Protector with Leader-1 that started a revolution betraying the Guardians and started his own faction to conquer their home planet of Gobotron (sounds familiar). The toys, of course, were interesting that includes the Super Gobot line.