![]() That GoBots ran for barely three years, as opposed to the seven of Transformers, only further reinforces the idea that Transformers was the powerhouse winner between the two. #GOBOT SIMULATOR SERIES#The series does have its fans and collectors, however. Hasbro also now owns the GoBots IP thanks to its acquisition of Tonka in the early 1990s. but the relationship between Hasbro and GoBots is. Proving the old adage that, if you can't beat 'em, subvert their publications to your own ends! Toyline This was printed in an issue of the Marvel Transformers comic. #GOBOT SIMULATOR FULL#Premiere in 1983, nearly a full year before the original Transformers toyline's debut. While many other GoBots toys were featured throughout the series, they were typically relegated to guest spots, though the Guardian Small Foot and the Renegade Fitor would show up frequently enough to almost be considered main characters. One of the most notable aspects of the cartoon was it had multiple recurring female GoBots, in stark contrast to the really, really, really guy-heavy cast of Transformers. Crasher and Small Foot saw the most screen time, but many other female GoBots showed up, often in recurring roles. One of the Guardians' human allies was even a woman of color. Chalk it up to Hanna-Barbera's generally more progressive attitudes for their time!Īlthough the Tonka-toyline-created tagline was "Mighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles", the background material for the cartoon established that the GoBots are not true robots, but rather alien cyborgs a race of extraterrestrial humanoids, who, after a great catastrophe, had to put their brains into "GoBot forms" to survive.ĭespite being first to the market, having many more low-price items than its competitor (theoretically making them more desirable, at least to parents' wallets), and a ton of early press coverage stating that it would likely be the victor in the battle of shape-shifting robot toys, GoBots was left in the dust by the vastly better-marketed Transformers. Hasbro also made damn sure to buy every Japanese transforming toy they could so GoBots couldn't bloody have them. The line struggled its way into 1986, with a spin-off toyline (complete with theater-release movie) called Rock Lords featuring transforming rocks. He's a fully robotic GoBot, or New-Gen, and he's still fairly "young," so his emotions haven't developed yet.ĭidn't exactly set the world on fire with that one. Spy Eye, who appeared in the last part of this fic, has no bio, but I based his personality (and origin) a bit on his design. Odd Ball's bio paints him as being, well, an odd ball, so I made him an unhinged lunatic with a warped speech pattern. His rotor blade attack is inspired by the fact that his toy's rotors detach. Breez is described as a "dirty fighter" and "a Renegade in every sense of the word," so he gets to be a sadistic psychopath. They did have short bios that gave very basic descriptions of their personalities. Breez and Odd Ball, along with the other Wendy's-Exclusive GoBots, were never on the show. #GOBOT SIMULATOR FREE#I have a lot of free reign over their personalities. If a GoBot wasn't one of the Big Three on either side, or a major supporting character, like Fitor and Small Foot, they were relegated to generic roles, crowd-filler scenes, or simply never appeared in the show. Fracture transforms into a Harley-Davidson.īreez? Odd Ball? Why didn't I use characters like Cop-Tur and Crasher? Well, I like working with obscure, overlooked characters, and GoBots has a lot of those, given how the show worked. Then again, this "Fracture" does have a completely different body-type then Crasher did. Crasher died, her body was almost completely destroyed. Her voice, abilities, and color scheme remind him of an old teammate of his by the name of Crasher, back in his days as a Renegade. The scientist can't help but feel like there's something familiar about her. She clearly doesn't want anybody bothering her, and everyone is more then happy to do so. This gives off an aura of somebody who should be avoided, which works out in her favor. And should that fail, well, there's nothing she won't do. And should she inevitably find herself surrounded, outnumbered, and outgunned, then she'll find it the perfect time to activate the seismic generators located in her legs. The most recent addition to Lockdown's Mercenary group, she's not one of the more stable members, and bringing her to a fight often means she's laughing maniacally as she charges in, ready to blast anyone in her way. "fmt" "time" "gobot.io/x/gobot" "gobot.io/x/gobot/api" "gobot.io/x/gobot/platforms/sphero"įunc NewSwarmBot( port string) *gobot.Little is known about Fracture, save for what has been observed by her crewmates. ![]()
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