![]() I couldn’t watch more than 30 minutes at a time. I actually had to watch this thing in a cropped video on Youtube, which is why I can’t share any images for it either.īefore I get to the meat of this, an admission: It took me three days to finish this movie. Only a few of those are even on eBay, but there’s none within my price range. Even though the Gobots series, Challenge of the Gobots, is available on DVD on Amazon, the movie has only been released on VHS back in the 80s. So, I decided to give it a watch, a decision that came with its own problems – the movie is nowhere to be found online. Coming out a full five months before, Gobots had beaten the Transformers to cinemas. Imagine my surprise when I was looking up animated films that came out in theaters and among the Bravestarrs and My Little Ponies, there was Leader-1, uh, leading the charge. I think at one point as I got older, I heard about the Guardians and Renegades getting a movie of their own, but assumed it was another GI Joe movie, released on video, not even coming close to the silver screen. Transformers, for me, just did a better job selling their toys.īy the time I found out about the Transformers movie, teased at the end of some later cartoon episodes, I had all but forgotten Gobots. And that was a good thing because the toys were a joke. There were so many changes to the cartoon model from the toys that some characters, like Ironhide and Ratchet, were virtually unrecognizable. Gone were Megatron’s massive trigger crotch, skinny legs, and stumpy arms hello sexy Decepticon warlord we all know and love. When they convert, the steps match exactly how the toy changes, and they take their time showing you.Ĭompare that to Transformers who the art designers for the cartoon had no problem changing them to look better. If a Gobot’s toy shows the robot’s head in vehicle mode, you’ll be sure it’s visible in the cartoon. In the cartoons, the Gobots are animated exactly as their toy looks (with one exception, Scooter’s toy never could show his face in vehicle mode). Of course, there were differences and, to me, they all fall under one big umbrella – the Transformers lied to us while the Gobots were brutally honest about themselves. Gobots were essentially just reskinned Transformers, or vice versa if you prefer. The show focused on a few main characters for each side and rotated supporting characters through each episode. The Guardians gained a set of human friends and the Renegades had teamed up with an evil human scientist in the first few episodes. Each of the Gobots has its own special ability along with converting to a vehicle mode. ![]() The good guy Guardians fought against the villainous Renegades and brought their war from their metal home planet to Earth. I was a little more familiar with the cartoon than the toys. They were just Gobots, something to fiddle with curiously, like some weird funhouse mirror reflection of my favorite toyline. There wasn’t a battle they were a part of or anything – I couldn’t even tell you if they were a good guy or bad guy. I think whenever I played with the few Gobots I owned, they were in a vacuum. I didn’t really play with them together and I didn’t think of one of them being related to the other. I watched the cartoon, though not as religiously, and I owned a couple of Gobots. I was a huge Transformers fan, to be fair, but I didn’t hate Go-Bots. ![]() I don't know why Rocklords get so much hate.Somehow this movie alluded me as a kid. Rock Lords - Powerful Living Rocks ! Action Figures by TONKA BANDAI Actionfiguren Rocklords Here's a nice reference website I like to visit once in a while. I'll add them this weekend if I have a spare few minutes. I also have a few other Rock Lord items I didn't take pictures of yet, like the movie poster. I guess their gimmicks are considered their weapons. I also have three of the rockpot vehicles. We basically have two of almost everything. I'd like to start putting together a MOC collection, but sellers nowadays are getting ridiculous with their asking prices.īTW, I didn't take pictures, but my 15yo son has almost the same exact collection, just not all of the weapons. I almost had a mint Snarlie Narlie still in the box last week on eBay, but I forgot about the auction and missed it. I see them on eBay sometimes for well over $100. Someone on another forum was asking for help identifying some loose weapons he had, and he was willing to part with it.Ī couple of the wave 2 narlies I found at a flea market for 50 cents. I basically just got lucky with that one. Took me years to find the weapon for Spearhead. The weapons are the hardest part to obtain.
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