Challenge of The Gobots: The Original Mini-Series (Remastered) Pre-Order
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CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS: THE ORIGINAL MINI-SERIES (1984) From Gobotron to your home, it's the original 5 episode mini-series that brought the GoBots to life. When Cy-kill embarks on his mad quest to conquer the galaxy starting with Earth, only Leader-1 and his band of Guardians stands in his way. The mini-series that launched a legend! Newly remastered from original film elements, Challenge of the GoBots has NEVER looked this good. See example below.
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Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 29th, 2011 @ 12:39am CDT
Still waiting for some real Transformers/Gobots crossover.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 29th, 2011 @ 1:05am CDT
I think your confusing "remaster" with "reversion". The G2 cartoon was a "reversion" of the G1 toon. What Kid Rhino and Shout! Factory did with their G1 DVDs was a "remaster".Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Hopefully there's not going to be a "Gobotron Space Cube" that shows us the computer enhanced episodes of Challenge Of The Gobots.
Posted by Rated X on April 29th, 2011 @ 1:27am CDT
Also, the classics Ramjet mold would make a great Fitor.
Posted by Seibertron on April 29th, 2011 @ 1:35am CDT
Posted by Wheeljack35 on April 29th, 2011 @ 2:26am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on April 29th, 2011 @ 6:09am CDT
Seibertron wrote:You know what I'm most interested in seeing about these DVDs? The copyrights on the back of the packaging and whether or not Hasbro's involved.
I daub that Hasbro's involved, if I remember correctly Tonka wasn't as smart as Hasbro was and never had ownership over the cartoon or the cartoon characters, they basically singed off all rights concerning the cartoon to Hanna Barbara.
Posted by Dead Metal on April 29th, 2011 @ 6:12am CDT
Seibertron wrote:You know what I'm most interested in seeing about these DVDs? The copyrights on the back of the packaging and whether or not Hasbro's involved.
I daub that Hasbro's involved, if I remember correctly Tonka wasn't as smart as Hasbro was and never had ownership over the cartoon or the cartoon characters, they basically singed off all rights concerning the cartoon to Hanna Barbara.
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 29th, 2011 @ 8:20am CDT
Rated X wrote:Damn I forgot everything about this cartoon. I wanna check it out.
Also, the classics Ramjet mold would make a great Fitor.
Oh geesh, I might actually have to get this.
I agree about Fitor. I think RTS Wreck gar could be remolded into a workable Cy-kill
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 29th, 2011 @ 9:40am CDT
Odd to hear myself say that, as it means picking up GoBots before getting around to Voltron, but I was stalling off to get the uncut GoLion first; did that ever materialize?
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 29th, 2011 @ 9:44am CDT
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 29th, 2011 @ 9:44am CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 29th, 2011 @ 10:14am CDT
godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
GoBots was a Hanna Barbara cartoon (the same guys who made the yogi bear and flintstones cartoons) about robots that turned into vehicles. Basically the same thing as Transformers except the cartoon was alot goofier. They also came shortly before transformers. Except whatever Hanna Barbara did with GoBots, Hasbro just did better.
Posted by Joetx on April 29th, 2011 @ 10:24am CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:I heard Shout!'s going to do a complete box set with everything except the Rock Lords movie, so I'll be waiting for that.
I hope you're right.
Unlike a lot of TF fans, I don't hate the Gobots. Some of the designs were better than some of the TF designs.
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 29th, 2011 @ 10:30am CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
GoBots was a Hanna Barbara cartoon (the same guys who made the yogi bear and flintstones cartoons) about robots that turned into vehicles. Basically the same thing as Transformers except the cartoon was alot goofier. They also came shortly before transformers. Except whatever Hanna Barbara did with GoBots, Hasbro just did better.
Okay scratch that off the buy list, thanks for the info!
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 29th, 2011 @ 10:31am CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
GoBots was a Hanna Barbara cartoon (the same guys who made the yogi bear and flintstones cartoons) about robots that turned into vehicles. Basically the same thing as Transformers except the cartoon was alot goofier. They also came shortly before transformers. Except whatever Hanna Barbara did with GoBots, Hasbro just did better.
Okay scratch that off the buy list, thanks for the info!
Posted by Sabrblade on April 29th, 2011 @ 11:50am CDT
Why is everybody double posting?
Anyway,
Yes it did. And now, the Vehicle Voltron DVD are available as well.Bumblevivisector wrote:Odd to hear myself say that, as it means picking up GoBots before getting around to Voltron, but I was stalling off to get the uncut GoLion first; did that ever materialize?
In addition to what FoI said, the GoBots cartoon was based off the toyline of the same name, which was then owned by Tonka (before they were bought out and owned by Hasbro). Like how Hasbro took toys from Takara's Diaclone line and their New Microman Micro Change subline, Tonka did a similar thing in creating the GoBots toyline. Tonka took toys from Bandai's Machine Robo toyline to be used as GoBots.godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
Here's the theme song of the Tonka Gobots cartoon:
However, the GoBots series was not as successful as the Transformers for at least two reasons. One is what FoI said, it was a goofy fun series while the Transformers had more of a cooler edge to it (compared to the GoBots, that is). Two is that, while Takara decided to drop Diaclone and Micro Change to instead work with Hasbro to get in on the action of the Transformers in Japan, Bandai and Tonka, however, chose to keep their toylines separate. Machine Robo in Japan was wholly idfferent from GoBots in America. And because the two didn't work to support each other like how Hasbro and Takara had begun to, GoBots died out while Machine Robo had its own following in Japan.
However, the name "GoBots" would not stay dead forever. After having acquired Tonka at some point, Hasbro started using the name in a few Transformers toylines. Generation 2 had an Autobot figure named "Gobots" (lowercase B, and he was one guy), and later had a Hot Wheels-sized subgroup of figures called "Go-Bots" (dash capital B) that would later be called "Spychangers " in later toylines like RiD. Then, Hasbro would later launch a Playskool Transformers line circa 2002 called "Go-Bots" (dash capital B again) or affectionately called "Go-Go-Go-Bots" due to its four-episode cartoon's catchy theme song.
Here's the theme song of the short-lived Playskool Go-Bots cartoon:
Then Takara would pay homage to the old GoBots cartoon by creating some G1 Gobots redecoed out of six Autobot Mini-Vehicles, and later fiction involving these six would indicate them to actually be the six GoBot characters that they represent, having crossed over from their cartoon's world in the world of the Transformers. And what's more, the Transforemrs Animated AllSpark Almanac II would later go on to retcon the old GoBots cartoon as actually having been a Transformers series, giving it the universal stream identifier of Gargent 984.08 Alpha, with "Gargent" being the name of the GoBots franchise universe (like how "Primax" refers to G1, "Viron" refers to RiD, "Aurex" the Unicron Trilogy, "Tyran" the live action movies, "Malgus" Animated, etc. etc.).
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 29th, 2011 @ 8:53pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Why is everybody double posting?
Why is everybody double posting?
Anyway,Yes it did. And now, the Vehicle Voltron DVD are available as well.Bumblevivisector wrote:Odd to hear myself say that, as it means picking up GoBots before getting around to Voltron, but I was stalling off to get the uncut GoLion first; did that ever materialize?In addition to what FoI said, the GoBots cartoon was based off the toyline of the same name, which was then owned by Tonka (before they were bought out and owned by Hasbro). Like how Hasbro took toys from Takara's Diaclone line and their New Microman Micro Change subline, Tonka did a similar thing in creating the GoBots toyline. Tonka took toys from Bandai's Machine Robo toyline to be used as GoBots.godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
Here's the theme song of the Tonka Gobots cartoon:
However, the GoBots series was not as successful as the Transformers for at least two reasons. One is what FoI said, it was a goofy fun series while the Transformers had more of a cooler edge to it (compared to the GoBots, that is). Two is that, while Takara decided to drop Diaclone and Micro Change to instead work with Hasbro to get in on the action of the Transformers in Japan, Bandai and Tonka, however, chose to keep their toylines separate. Machine Robo in Japan was wholly idfferent from GoBots in America. And because the two didn't work to support each other like how Hasbro and Takara had begun to, GoBots died out while Machine Robo had its own following in Japan.
However, the name "GoBots" would not stay dead forever. After having acquired Tonka at some point, Hasbro started using the name in a few Transformers toylines. Generation 2 had an Autobot figure named "Gobots" (lowercase B, and he was one guy), and later had a Hot Wheels-sized subgroup of figures called "Go-Bots" (dash capital B) that would later be called "Spychangers " in later toylines like RiD. Then, Hasbro would later launch a Playskool Transformers line circa 2002 called "Go-Bots" (dash capital B again) or affectionately called "Go-Go-Go-Bots" due to its four-episode cartoon's catchy theme song.
Here's the theme song of the short-lived Playskool Go-Bots cartoon:
Then Takara would pay homage to the old GoBots cartoon by creating some G1 Gobots redecoed out of six Autobot Mini-Vehicles, and later fiction involving these six would indicate them to actually be the six GoBot characters that they represent, having crossed over from their cartoon's world in the world of the Transformers. And what's more, the Transforemrs Animated AllSpark Almanac II would later go on to retcon the old GoBots cartoon as actually having been a Transformers series, giving it the universal stream identifier of Gargent 984.08 Alpha, with "Gargent" being the name of the GoBots franchise universe (like how "Primax" refers to G1, "Viron" refers to RiD, "Aurex" the Unicron Trilogy, "Tyran" the live action movies, "Malgus" Animated, etc. etc.).
I have a habit of double clicking, sorry! Oh my Primus you strike again Sabrblade, I’ve never met anybody so full of neat things about everything! By the way I’m full o’ knowledge as well so if you need to know anything (Which I guess you don’t!) PM me!
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 29th, 2011 @ 10:13pm CDT
godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
actually gobots were before transformers as a kid i remember watching gobots before transformers aired for the first time and also getting the toys before seeing transformers in the stores
so really transformers ripped off gobots
I'm glad it worked out that way
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 30th, 2011 @ 9:11am CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
actually gobots were before transformers as a kid i remember watching gobots before transformers aired for the first time and also getting the toys before seeing transformers in the stores
so really transformers ripped off gobots
I'm glad it worked out that way
Actually when you think about it the Transformers were designed for slightly older kids, while the Gobots were designed for the younger folk
Posted by Sabrblade on April 30th, 2011 @ 9:24am CDT
Or, maybe they were geared towards the same demographic, but the guys at Marvel and Sunbow just decided to go beyond the norm of kids entertainment, whereas Hanna-Barbera just stuck with what they figured kids would like.godzillabot wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
actually gobots were before transformers as a kid i remember watching gobots before transformers aired for the first time and also getting the toys before seeing transformers in the stores
so really transformers ripped off gobots
I'm glad it worked out that way
Actually when you think about it the Transformers were designed for slightly older kids, while the Gobots were designed for the younger folk
It's as though GoBots represented the classic cartoons of old, while Transformers went for a newer, more developed approach. Though, neither would come close to the revolutionary quality of Batman: TAS.
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 30th, 2011 @ 9:39am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Or, maybe they were geared towards the same demographic, but the guys at Marvel and Sunbow just decided to go beyond the norm of kids entertainment, whereas Hanna-Barbera just stuck with what they figured kids would like.godzillabot wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
actually gobots were before transformers as a kid i remember watching gobots before transformers aired for the first time and also getting the toys before seeing transformers in the stores
so really transformers ripped off gobots
I'm glad it worked out that way
Actually when you think about it the Transformers were designed for slightly older kids, while the Gobots were designed for the younger folk
It's as though GoBots represented the classic cartoons of old, while Transformers went for a newer, more developed approach. Though, neither would come close to the revolutionary quality of Batman: TAS.
Yup what Sabrblade said
Posted by Dead Metal on April 30th, 2011 @ 2:18pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Or, maybe they were geared towards the same demographic, but the guys at Marvel and Sunbow just decided to go beyond the norm of kids entertainment, whereas Hanna-Barbera just stuck with what they figured kids would like.godzillabot wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:godzillabot wrote:Who are the Gobots? The only thing I know about them is the fact they are kinda rip-offs of the Transformers
actually gobots were before transformers as a kid i remember watching gobots before transformers aired for the first time and also getting the toys before seeing transformers in the stores
so really transformers ripped off gobots
I'm glad it worked out that way
Actually when you think about it the Transformers were designed for slightly older kids, while the Gobots were designed for the younger folk
It's as though GoBots represented the classic cartoons of old, while Transformers went for a newer, more developed approach. Though, neither would come close to the revolutionary quality of Batman: TAS.
Yea but that was created with a completely different mindset and purpose. Go-Bots and transformers where created as a cheap and effective way to advertise children's toys to children. Batman TAS however was created just as a show with the concept of "an adult show that's appropriate for children".
Stating that both shows failed to come close to the greatness of Batman TAS, is like stating that the book "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" fails because it's not as visually stunning as Watchmen.
Two completely different concepts for two different purposes.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 30th, 2011 @ 2:24pm CDT
Well, I mean, both GoBots and Transformers were still going about how children's programming was perceived at the time (with TF putting in a little more effort than GoBots). Batman, however, broke that normality and revolutionized how children's programming could be made to be more realistic without completely alienating its younger viewers.Dead Metal wrote:Yea but that was created with a completely different mindset and purpose. Go-Bots and transformers where created as a cheap and effective way to advertise children's toys to children. Batman TAS however was created just as a show with the concept of "an adult show that's appropriate for children".
Stating that both shows failed to come close to the greatness of Batman TAS, is like stating that the book "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" fails because it's not as visually stunning as Watchmen.
Two completely different concepts for two different purposes.
Posted by Dead Metal on April 30th, 2011 @ 2:36pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Well, I mean, both GoBots and Transformers were still going about how children's programming was perceived at the time (with TF putting in a little more effort than GoBots). Batman, however, broke that normality and revolutionized how children's programming could be made to be more realistic without completely alienating its younger viewers.Dead Metal wrote:Yea but that was created with a completely different mindset and purpose. Go-Bots and transformers where created as a cheap and effective way to advertise children's toys to children. Batman TAS however was created just as a show with the concept of "an adult show that's appropriate for children".
Stating that both shows failed to come close to the greatness of Batman TAS, is like stating that the book "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" fails because it's not as visually stunning as Watchmen.
Two completely different concepts for two different purposes.
So, Batman TAS wasn't during the same time of Go-Bots and Transformers, those shows where started in 1983/84 while Batman TAS was started in 1992. You know stuff was generally darker, edgier and (apparently) more mature in the 1990s, that's the time Goosebumps was at it's hight, so it's no surprise that Batman TAS was made the way it was. It did revolutionise the whole concept of children's programming, but it didn't do so on it's own, the times and standards changed Batman just proofed cemented it.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 30th, 2011 @ 4:57pm CDT
I'd still love to see actual Gobot 'Classics' and not just the loose homages like Fracture.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 30th, 2011 @ 11:57pm CDT
Yes, but the whole concept of a "Dark and edgy" Batman originally came about with the 1986 graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller. As well as the 1989 Tim Burton movie. Both came about during the Dark Age of comics, which began in the mid-1980s around the same time as GoBots and TF. There's more I wanna say, but I'm feeling severe fatigue right now (I just got home from work) and can't think clearly. I need to sleep on it and get back to ya when I can.Dead Metal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Well, I mean, both GoBots and Transformers were still going about how children's programming was perceived at the time (with TF putting in a little more effort than GoBots). Batman, however, broke that normality and revolutionized how children's programming could be made to be more realistic without completely alienating its younger viewers.Dead Metal wrote:Yea but that was created with a completely different mindset and purpose. Go-Bots and transformers where created as a cheap and effective way to advertise children's toys to children. Batman TAS however was created just as a show with the concept of "an adult show that's appropriate for children".
Stating that both shows failed to come close to the greatness of Batman TAS, is like stating that the book "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" fails because it's not as visually stunning as Watchmen.
Two completely different concepts for two different purposes.
So, Batman TAS wasn't during the same time of Go-Bots and Transformers, those shows where started in 1983/84 while Batman TAS was started in 1992. You know stuff was generally darker, edgier and (apparently) more mature in the 1990s, that's the time Goosebumps was at it's hight, so it's no surprise that Batman TAS was made the way it was. It did revolutionise the whole concept of children's programming, but it didn't do so on it's own, the times and standards changed Batman just proofed cemented it.
Posted by Dead Metal on May 1st, 2011 @ 2:32am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yes, but the whole concept of a "Dark and edgy" Batman originally came about with the 1986 graphic novel "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller. As well as the 1989 Tim Burton movie. Both came about during the Dark Age of comics, which began in the mid-1980s around the same time as GoBots and TF. There's more I wanna say, but I'm feeling severe fatigue right now (I just got home from work) and can't think clearly. I need to sleep on it and get back to ya when I can.Dead Metal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Well, I mean, both GoBots and Transformers were still going about how children's programming was perceived at the time (with TF putting in a little more effort than GoBots). Batman, however, broke that normality and revolutionized how children's programming could be made to be more realistic without completely alienating its younger viewers.Dead Metal wrote:Yea but that was created with a completely different mindset and purpose. Go-Bots and transformers where created as a cheap and effective way to advertise children's toys to children. Batman TAS however was created just as a show with the concept of "an adult show that's appropriate for children".
Stating that both shows failed to come close to the greatness of Batman TAS, is like stating that the book "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" fails because it's not as visually stunning as Watchmen.
Two completely different concepts for two different purposes.
So, Batman TAS wasn't during the same time of Go-Bots and Transformers, those shows where started in 1983/84 while Batman TAS was started in 1992. You know stuff was generally darker, edgier and (apparently) more mature in the 1990s, that's the time Goosebumps was at it's hight, so it's no surprise that Batman TAS was made the way it was. It did revolutionise the whole concept of children's programming, but it didn't do so on it's own, the times and standards changed Batman just proofed cemented it.
Nope, Dark and edgy was the original concept of Batman, in fact he was so dark and edgy that he had no interest in keeping his enemies alive, even shooting someone in the back. Comic Batman was returning to his dark and edgy roots long before Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" came out - namely after everybody was sick of the campy Adam West Batman. The Dark Knight Returns just brought this fact to the public attention, just like the band Nine Inch Nails brought the genre of "Industrial" into the mainstream.
And it's still two completely different things, Batman wasn't a children's comic to begin with, sure it had it's stupid times but it wasn't meant for children. Comics where never an entertainment form exclusive to children.
Go-Bots and Transformers where child friendly cartoons because their purpose was to sell toys to children. Batman TAS was only for children because Fox wanted a cartoon based on Batman and since cartoons where at the time still mostly regarded as kids entertainment it had to be child safe.
Both are still two different (albeit similar) things serving two different purposes from two different times with two different mindsets.
Posted by Wheeljack35 on May 2nd, 2011 @ 10:14pm CDT