Funny Transformer Ripoffs & KOs

[jacksplatt11]

Also, that official canon bit is gold. It's like Vince McMahon buying WCW just to grab all the good wrestlers and shut it down.

"Hey, we own Gobots, and guess what- their entire universe got destroyed by our guys! But we keep the best ones!"

Seperated at birth?

[GoktimusPrime]

done. Poor guy probably paid a crap load for it.

edit: it appears my comment hasn't shown up.

Looks like he's screening comments then. But keep it up guys! Even if it doesn't show publicly, he still actually has to view them privately to approve or disapprove them.

But does that mean Gobots ripped off Machine Men? Or vice versa?

They're the same thing. Machine Men was the name of the toyline in Australia in 1983 but elsewhere they were called Gobots.
From wikipedia:
"In Australia, the line was released as Machine Men. The Machine Men name had been used also by Bandai in an item to market Machine Robo in America in early 1983, but after issuing six figures the line failed. However, Bandai's Australian release was successful enough to retain the Machine Men branding, which was even added to the cartoon when that began airing."

[SilverDragon]

Like Goktimus, the funniest ones I found were in the Mega Transformer Showbag, which I got this year owing to the fact that the legit one was:

a) still in the Energon era (owing to progress, I anticipate next year's to be Beast Machines)
b) lacking in any actual Transformers

What I ended up with was a crappy bird-jet-Gundam thing that broke (which came with tiny knockoffs of the Megazord from the first Power Rangers season) and an orange knockoff of G1 Onslaught (along with a sword and gun which I chucked out). Since I didn't know anything about Onslaught, or that this toy was somewhat a real Transformer, I gave him the Bruticus head which came with it and called him Craptimus Prime.

Also, once I saw a giant G1 Blitzwing in Paddy's Markets. Fortunately, I have Animated Blitzwing now, so my appetite for giant Blitzwings is satiated.

Then there was also the 'Transmorpher' I found in a local cheap crap shop. It'd have fooled anyone with the movie-style packaging-only it had a knockoff of FAB Ratchet inside, and Bumblebee's mugshot (albeit green) on the packaging.