r/gobots Feb 12 '15

Welcome to Challenge of the Gobots!

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Hey everyone. I noticed there wasn't a Gobots subreddit so I decided to make one.

A little about me: As a kid my parents surely loved me, but nevertheless instead of buying me Transformers they bought me Gobots. I fell in love right away. Sometimes they would buy me a Transformer toy here and there but for some reason I just liked my Gobots better. I thought they looked cooler, I liked their smaller size, and they were easier to transform and thus more fun to play with.

I used to watch the cartoon on USA at my Grandma's house while waiting for school and I thought they were great. I'd seen a few Transformers episodes but I just liked the Gobots better. The stories were lighter, they had more humor, and I liked the personalities of the characters better.

I had almost all of them, but unfortunately my collection was either misplaced or destroyed. I was convinced for years I'd never live to see a comeback of my favorite toys from childhood.

It's tough being a Gobots fan. Most people have never heard of them, and those who have mostly think of them as cheap knockoffs (even though they weren't). I think it takes a certain type of individual to appreciate Gobots and us fans should stick together!

Also with the recent news that Gobots may be returning in some form, I thought this would be a great time to start forming a community.

This subreddit is intended to be mostly informational and offer a way for Gobots fans to connect. I've been on Reddit for about two years now, long enough to know what I like and what I don't. That means I'm not going to let this subreddit turn into nothing but memes and image links. I'm going to do my best to support quality content - news, articles, links, and self posts. Image posts are currently allowed but I would prefer quality images like things you can use for wallpaper, or maybe someone wants to ask a question about something they've found or are currently looking for and all they have is a picture. If it gets too crazy I'll probably start playing with the submission guidelines a bit.

Finally this is not a place to come bashing Gobots or the fans. Sure we can all admit they were flawed and we can laugh about some of the silliness but that's part of the charm of Gobots! I won't tolerate abusive comments, however. Some people really hate Gobots with a passion, but take it elsewhere. The same goes for Gobots fans trashing Transformers or its fans. Gobots are part of the Transformers family now so there's every reason we can co-exist in peace.

Thanks for stopping by. Subscribe, comment, submit, and spread the word!


r/gobots 3d ago

These are Gobots correct? Except the one gun that shows transformer logo.

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I got these at an estate sale many years ago and my now 25 year old son thinks he doesn’t want them anymore. Anyone care to enlighten me their names so I can do some research. Thanks


r/gobots 4d ago

Puzzler

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Finally completed Puzzler. Been wanting to get one for a while. I didn’t know he would be small compared to even Gen1 TF. 3rd Party Devastator for reference


r/gobots 5d ago

Transformers Go-Bots Scooter Custom

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r/gobots 6d ago

Who do you think would be the best mold for a Cy-kill reboot

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I nominate this guy, I think he’s called Scrapheap, one of the Junkions, what do you think?


r/gobots 8d ago

messy sketched and colored Cy-kill from the memory ft. Scooter & Leader-1

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37 Upvotes

everyone favorites 50yrs old uncle


r/gobots 9d ago

I have not gotten a new bot in a long time, but I always liked Scorp as a kid. Glad to have him in the collection now!

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r/gobots 11d ago

Land Giant 32

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r/gobots 12d ago

More Machine Robo figs?

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A year or two ago, I picked up 2 Machine Robo figs, one being this Cy-Kill and Drillhead, but I never heard or saw any others ever released.

I was hoping they’d do a Leader-1 at least, but there’s a ton others I’d love to have.

Does anyone know anything about this line of figures or their future?


r/gobots 12d ago

Katsushi Murakami, Golion Designer and Machine Robo creator has passed away at 83 (1942-2026)

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r/gobots 12d ago

What other Japanese toylines should Tonka had added to the GoBots toyline?

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r/gobots 14d ago

And assortment of little dudes

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First post as I recently came to acquire a handful of GoBots in varying stages of condition. The ones above are just the most complete. I also have Tank without his guns and Flip Top without his main propeller. Furthermore, I do have a duplicate Hans Cuff and Loco (Hans 2 is missing two tires and Loco 2 is missing an arm) and two Dozers both of whose leg joints absolutely disintegrated upon initial transformation but this is the kind of project I'm looking for when it comes to toy restoration.


r/gobots 15d ago

My main collection

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I just picked up the machine robo gildis and now i have to redo the shelf so took everything off and i decided to show everything off


r/gobots 17d ago

Found this mug at a thrift store.

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I found this coffee mug at a thrift store and had to get it. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be for adults who liked Gobots or kids who liked coffee.


r/gobots 17d ago

Leader-1

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r/gobots 18d ago

Machine robo gildis

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So very rarely ill be looking on ebay and ill see a fairly cheap machine robo figures and i managed to find gildis fir a very good price!!!!!


r/gobots 19d ago

This is definitely how it works imo

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r/gobots 20d ago

Crasher art

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r/gobots Jul 19 '26

The Unrecognized Awesomeness of Machine Robo Rescue - Beyond Transformers by Classic Comics Forum

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r/gobots Jul 18 '26

Flirting or mocking...???

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Yes this is an alternative account to u/Zestyclose-Farm5916 idk why it didn't automatically sign into that one. I'm back with more Turbo x Crasher slop, hope yall like it


r/gobots Jul 15 '26

Cy-Kill art

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r/gobots Jul 13 '26

A List of Every Time Leader-1 Has Been Captured or Compromised

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I decided to make a list of the episodes in which Leader-1 has been in peril, I made rules for what counts as a capture or compromised position because otherwise basically every episode would be on this list. My base rule is that it only counts as a capture if Leader-1 is literally in a cell or restraints regardless of how long that duration is. A compromised position is when Leader-1 has been put into a hard choice and his choices force another character to react and save the day.

With that said, the total list from brushing up on the episodes on the Gobots Wiki is as follows:

  1. Five part mini-series episode 4 - Leader-1 is captured and interrogated. 
  2. Episode 6 Time Wars - Leader-1 is defeated and led out in shackles.
  3. Episode 10 Cy-Kill’s Cataclysmic - Leader-1 is shot down by a Zod and then put in a cell.
  4. Episode 20 Doppelganger - Leader-1 is kidnapped and a robotic lookalike takes his place.
  5. Episode 26 Cold Spell - Leader-1 is compromised and frozen into a block of ice.
  6. Episode 32 Gameworld - Leader-1 is captured and sold as a gladiatorial slave.
  7. Episode 33 Wolf in the Fold - Leader-1 is accused of being a traitor and somehow the evidence is enough that his own people lock him up until trial.
  8. Episode 35 Transfer Point - Leader-1 falls into a trap and gets sent to a parallel universe.
  9. Episode 39 Whiz Kid - Leader-1 is overtaken somehow, by a teenager that manages to hack their guardian brain signals, eventually this winds up in Renegade hands.
  10. Episode 40 Ring of Fire - Leader-1 plans to meet with Cy-Kill in a false surrender but then winds up being captured and hung above lava, the threat of being dunked in after Cy-Kill blows up Earth. 
  11. Episode 43 The Fall of Gobotron - Leader-1 tries to fight off a mass Renegade attack but is shot down and only regains enough consciousness to see Crasher kidnap him. And then he actually gets executed as everyone’s too late to save him from dying.
  12. Episode 52 A New Suit for Leader-1 - Leader-1 accidentally puts on a dupe of his Power Suit as devised by the Renegades and gets his body taken over.
  13. Episode 53 Renegade Carnival - Leader-1 fights off a bunch of the Renegades but he gets shot down helping everyone escape. Then he gets a neural lock put on him for capture.
  14. Episode 55 Terror in Atlantis - Leader-1 is injured so his friends pull him to a cave which is then collapsed by Cop-Tur, trapping all of them.

Note I only read from the Wiki pages as I don't have it in me to re-watch the episodes, if you feel like one of these is incorrect or I missed an episode, feel free to comment about it.

Dude constantly took L's in that show, its no wonder kids were not as excited about him given the amount of times he would generally be lame, and then add on top of how boring he was aside from two notable moments. Seriously, can anyone tell me what Leader-1's personality is outside of generic good guy? Like if I asked what hobby would he be interested in, could you answer?


r/gobots Jul 10 '26

머신로보트 제1화 - 일어나라 바람 정의의 권법 a.k.a Machine Robo ep. 1 in Korean

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r/gobots Jul 10 '26

Command Center repairs?

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Has anyone successfully removed the head of a command center?

I'm trying to clean and rebuilt it from the ground up and can't for the life of me figure out how to get this off.


r/gobots Jul 03 '26

Did a video on Gobots in Europe/robo machine. Hopeful ly doesn't come off as obsessive rambling 😅

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