An article regarding Gobots and Transformers

[roller]

yeah

there should be a Chinese New Year Lion dancing transformer

or a kettle, the electronic gimmick could be that it whistles simulating water boiling

[Pulse]

The had a Gobot Limo who transformed into a robot with a top hat! You can't beat that, Transformers need something like that!!

I reckon! How cool is this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/king_em...7594528241074/ &

http://www.flickr.com/photos/king_em...7594528241074/ (It wouldn't let me mirror the images).

[Bartrim]

I reckon! How cool is this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/king_em...7594528241074/ &

http://www.flickr.com/photos/king_em...7594528241074/ (It wouldn't let me mirror the images).

Bay should use this in the new movie. I think he'd be all sorts of coolness.

[kup]

Even if they don't want to move away from cars and jets, it wouldn't hurt them to try something more 'common' like G1 used to do.

Not all TFs need to be expensive luxury/sports cars. Why not stuff that is more down to Earth?

Another awesome thing would be something like a WWII line with the Autobots using WWII era Allied vehicles and the Decepticons Japanese and German war machines?

There is a million ways that they could do cool stuff yet they don't

[Gutsman Heavy]

There is a million ways that they could do cool stuff yet they don't

Sometimes they get halfway there. (SWTFs)

[Paulbot]

Another awesome thing would be something like a WWII line with the Autobots using WWII era Allied vehicles and the Decepticons Japanese and German war machines?

Don Figueroa's GIJOE vs Transformers designs would be perfect, as they had that theme and looked like working toys (until Jae Lee drew them!)

[Robzy]

A lot of the GoBot/Machine Men/Machine Robo toys were really fantastic! I've got a large collection of them as well as TFs (mainly cos I LOVE anything that "transforms" - I see it as an artform, not just a toy). IMO many MR figures were far superior to the minibot TFs.

Rocklords were the first Movie Protoforms!

The cartoon wasn't great, but that has more to do with Hanna-Barbera's involvement rather than the actual toys! I try not to confuse them if possible

Kyle's right on the money with "Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronos"... I wish an American Co did what Harmony Gold did to create Robotech! It may have even rivalled TFs for longer!

[dirge]

I concur re the choices of alt modes in the Gobot line. The plethora of generic sports cars and generic jets gets tired - especially in recent series where we've seen three or four of each.

The submarine has been rather underdone. We've yet to see a Transformers bus or forklift.

I really enjoyed the Real Gears purely because they're something we've not seen for a while.

[Lord_Zed]

Wow Kyle is so right. Found these Machine Robo clips on youtube, they look everybit as cool as the TF toons of the time plus the token female chracter is hotter than Carly.

Keep your eye out for Cy-kill and Leader One who look way cooler in thier Japanese Incarnations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn_rP...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWBBw...eature=related

Aside from the A10 I also miss the more diverse Helicopters, the Limo, the wierd monster guys and I seem to recall the Machine Robot equivelant of a Duocon was superior to the Flywheels and Battletrap.

[liegeprime]

oooh cykill looks a bit like a cone head heheheeh. but the toon does feel like TFs nice mecha toons, neat.