1980s Gobots VS Transformers... Who do U Like Better?

Megatron X

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Being little, I was exposed to the Gobot's commercial first and I thought they were the shit. It surpassed Masters of the Universe. The action figures were the shit. But then like 6 months later Transformer came on the scene with their comic book then I felt Transformers were better. The action figures then came out. They were ahead of the Gobots in my opinion.

The Transformer's song, the transforming sound, the styles, their pistols, and it was more realer than the Gobots. I won't knock the Gobots though. Their transformation and music was cool but could not touch the Transformers. Gobots had limited changing. There were not Gobot animals, headmasters, etc, and only two combiners.

Then came the TV series for Transformers came out and I was very impressed. The Transformer's tv series that I see now is garbage but anyways Gobots came out with their TV series. With the Guardians and Renegades, their were only three main characters on each side. I wanted more.

It was good but Transformers was better, I think. The Gobots shot beams from their hands, the Transformers shot lasers which seemed more real. Gobots came to earth already as human vehicles, a mistake there. The Gobots looked like child's play while the Transformers looked like shit you can take serious.

Lastly, both had movies out. One sucked and the other one did not. The one that did not sucked should have made much more than it did. Leader One was cool but seemed lame compared to OP. Cy Kill without a doubt was corny compared to Megatron. That nigga turned into a moped while Megatron turned in to a laser. They tried to do Super Gobots to match.

But what did you niggas like better? I liked Transformers better. They should do a live Gobot action movie?

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man i cant remember nothin bout the gobots lol ....i can give u the whole transformers history lol
 
:lol: we have too much time on our hands... and I am responding.. Transformers was the shit. I was in college at the time and I remember this girl walking into the student union building and turning the channel. :angry: She got cursed out that day.. :lol:
 
There really is no contest between the Go-bots and the Transformers. As a kid I was collecting like crazy and never got ALL of the transformers toys (way too many). I got the entire Go-Bots lineup in one fell swoop in one package (a "super" set). The Go-bot toys were cheap.

That being said, the Go-bots had two things going for them. They knew better than to ever kill off Leader One (a la OP in transformers), and Psy-kill (who was a motor cycle, not a mo-ped) was pretty bad ass. He was mean as shit on the cartoon and was easily the best toy from the line with the most complicated transformation.
 
Man, Gobots were like the Parade version of Transformers.

I remember as a kid my friend called me saying he just got a new one and that he wanted to come over. So when he got there, he told me to bring some of mine out to 'do battle' with his. 'Coooooooool!!', I said and went and carefully picked out Optimus, Megatron, SkyWarp, and Jazz. I get outside and see this muhfucka with a damn Gobot. Maaaaaaaaaan. I scooped my shit up, went back in the house dropped the ones I had and picked up Bumblebee, Rumble and Ravage and went back outside.

Fuck that.
 
I always thought that the Go bots bit off the Transformers.They were like the first bootlegs that I was exposed to in life.
 
The only thing I remember from the Go-Bots was Leader-1 and Cyckill.

The stories were wack.

The action figures were cheaply made and even fucking wacker. Like 4 or 5 moves and the shit was completely transformed, and stiff as shit.
 
I always thought that the Go bots bit off the Transformers.They were like the first bootlegs that I was exposed to in life.

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I got on Transformers before they actually got dope. When they first came out they were metal and did not really transform right. I got Iron Hide when I was out in Delaware.

Gobot was cheesy and cats around my way would clown you.....
 
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Gobots actually came out before Transformers, so I wouldn't say they bit off of Transformers.

At any rate, Transformers were easily more interesting than Gobots.
 
Get ready for the most one-sided thread ever! I don't anyone for real, in their right mind that grew up watching both would say that they liked Go-Bots better than Transformers.

Everything about Go-Bots just screamed "cheap" and "knock-off" compared to Transformers

1) The names.
First off the faction names. Autobots and Decepticons. That's cool, that seems like it actually too some thought. But the Go-Bots are the Guardians and Renegades. They might as well be named "Good" and "Bad":rolleyes:
You get cool names like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream, Shockwave, Grimlock, Omega Supreme, etc. with Transformers. With Go-Bots you get suck ass shit like Leader-1, Cy-Kill, Cop-tur, Turbo, Scooter, Dive-Dive, Loco (who turned into a train:rolleyes:), Spay-C (a space shuttle), and Baron Von Joy:hmm: See what I mean?

2)Intro theme songs. Which one do you think is better?
Go-Bots
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/qXB4wvqCPBU[/flash]

Transformers
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/xq0ZJgb-VX4[/flash]
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/f0oq_pt9XvI[/flash]

3) Character/Vehicle design
Look at this shit! These fuckers don't even have hands!
240px-GobotCyKillTV.jpg

They all had simple design compared to Transformers. The original Bumblebee was a design light-years better than any Go-Bot:lol: Plus when they transformed it would be into some generic vehicle.
Take this fucker for instance. His name was "Tux". He was Renegade that transformed into a Rolls Royce Limo. That isn't bad, but tell me why did he have to have a top hat?!
stretchtux1.jpg

stretchtux1a.jpg

Here's an "intricate" Go-Bots transformation:lol::lol::lol:
CartoonShot5.png

With the Transformers you knew Prime became a Freightliner, Megatron a Walther P-38, Jazz a Porsche, Sideswipe a Lamborghini Countach, etc....and you couldn't see their face in car modes!
transfoermersgeewun.jpg



3)The Action Figures (no words needed)
Cy-Kill-machinerobo.jpg


or

3546501668_d68350c072.jpg


4) The movies
Have any of y'all ever seen the Go-Bots movie "Battle of the Rock Lords"?! I remember seeing it in the theaters when I was 8 (it hit the theaters before Transformers the movie by about 4 or 5 months) and I knew then the shit sucked big time! Some of the shittiest animation ever projected onto the big screen! Even my dad who took me was like "That wasn't really that good was it"?
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/67Dwz03jlMQ[/flash]
I'll give them credit, they didn't kill off their leader like Transformers did, but NO ONE died in the Go-Bots movie!!

[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/zaEWLuVJee0[/flash]
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/NEtsCBHjua0[/flash]
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/7rYX7emm9lE[/flash]
Transformers: The Movie was an entirely different entity! 2 years in the making, great animation, and taught me a life lesson. The good guys do die! My dad was like "Damn, a lot of the good guys are getting killed off!" There was not a dry kid eye in that theater! Even he was surprised about Prime's death and said "I never thought they would kill the truck"! Overnight, half of my Transformers collection was obsolete because they were dead! Plus the shit storm that came after Prime's death made Sunbow retract the death of Duke in the G.I. Joe movie to just him being in a coma the whole film.

With all that said though, I use to watch Go-Bots. I watched everything when I was a kid. It was for comedic value and it was because it came on before Transformers
 
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So far, Transformers wins. I used to steal Transformers from Zayers. I stole Blitzwing, Grapple, and a Stunticon.
 
:lol: They showed Number 5 at the 2:46 point. That shit was crazy

(for those who are too young, Number 5 was from the Steve Guttenberg movie Short Circuit)

I liked TRANSFORMERS, the gobots sucked

Transformers The Movie (1986)


This is classic. The live action movie didn't have shit on this. The Prime vs. Megatron battle was classic. When Prime died, I cried...hey, I was 9 years old.

Now, thanks to a thumb drive/flash drive, you can play this on your PS3/XBOX360/Wii. Hell, my PS3 is more of a media hub to watch movies on than it is a game system. I still get pumped when I hear, "You got the touch...you got the power....YEAH!!!"

TFTM_cover.jpg


TFTM_the_fight.jpg
TFTM_The_Matrix.jpg

TFTM_Prime_Dies.jpg
TFTM_unicron.jpg

TFTM_galvatron.jpg
TFTM_Rodimus.jpg


http://rapidshare.com/files/212213350/Tranform_The_Movie_86.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/212213360/Tranform_The_Movie_86.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/212213331/Tranform_The_Movie_86.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/212110269/Tranform_The_Movie_86.part4.rar


Transformers Movie Soundtrack (1986)

transformers_the_ORIGINAL_movie_OST.jpg


I have been looking for this soundtrack for YEARS! It wasn't until last night when I read the thread about the idiot rapper with Diamond Eye. Somebody said he looked like the Autobot Matrix. I searched and I found it. Still looking for the Score, but there are a few tracks from the score at the end of this here as bonus tracks.

I was only nine when this came out. My old man took my brother and I to see it after damned near everybody in the neighborhood had seen it. When Spike said, "Oh SHIT! What are we gonna do now?", you should have seen my old man's face :eek: :D Anybody who was around back then to watch this has got to sound off(ESPECIALLY if you agree with the quote at the beginning of the You Tube Clip).

I uploaded it in both rapidshare AND megaupload

Music Composed Vince DiCola


Track Listing
1. "The Touch" - Stan Bush 3:56
2. "Instruments of Destruction" - N.R.G. 3:21
3. Death of Optimus Prime 2:58
4. "Dare" - Stan Bush 4:02
5. "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way" - Spectre General 3:38
6. "The Transformers (Theme)" - Lion 3:35
7. Escape 4:46
8. "Hunger" - Spectre General 3:46
9. Autobot / Decepticon Battle 4:17
10. "Dare to Be Stupid" - Weird Al Yankovic 3:27
11. "Unicron" Medley (bonus) 5:27
12. Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch (bonus) 2:33
13. Megatron Must Be Stopped (Parts I & II) (bonus) 6:15
14. The Transformers (Theme - Alternate Version) (bonus) 2:39


Total Album Time: 54:40


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=88H4UU5Y

or

http://rapidshare.com/files/120772785/Transformers_The_Movie_20th_Anniversary_Edition.rar


[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/GXG_zG2SEaw&hl=en[/FLASH]​
 
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silly question

Transformers >>>>>> Leroy & the GoTrons



:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I this never gets old... :lol::lol::lol:

He's like BumbleBee.. if he were retarded :lol::lol::lol::lol:

"6 gallons of penzoil with a twist of passion fruit" "just a twist" "make sure it's just a twist " :lol:
 
Gobtos... :smh: Punk ass toys...bullshit ass cartoon.

Transformers? Man I got my mother to take me to see the movie! I had Megatron P38, JetStorm (which looked like the robotech fighter), no question!!!!
 
I know I am not the only guy on here to cry when Prime died. I was 9, bawling my eyes out as Prime said, "Do not grieve."

When he flatlined you could hear the many kids in Southgate theaters crying. Some silently, some a little louder.
 
Get ready for the most one-sided thread ever! I don't anyone for real, in their right mind that grew up watching both would say that they liked Go-Bots better than Transformers.

Everything about Go-Bots just screamed "cheap" and "knock-off" compared to Transformers

1) The names.
First off the faction names. Autobots and Decepticons. That's cool, that seems like it actually too some thought. But the Go-Bots are the Guardians and Renegades. They might as well be named "Good" and "Bad":rolleyes:
You get cool names like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream, Shockwave, Grimlock, Omega Supreme, etc. with Transformers. With Go-Bots you get suck ass shit like Leader-1, Cy-Kill, Cop-tur, Turbo, Scooter, Dive-Dive, Loco (who turned into a train:rolleyes:), Spay-C (a space shuttle), and Baron Von Joy:hmm: See what I mean?

2)Intro theme songs. Which one do you think is better?
Go-Bots
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/qXB4wvqCPBU[/flash]

Transformers
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/xq0ZJgb-VX4[/flash]
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/f0oq_pt9XvI[/flash]

3) Character/Vehicle design
Look at this shit! These fuckers don't even have hands! They all had simple design compared to Transformers. The original Bumblebee was a design light-years better than any Go-Bot:lol: Plus when they transformed it would be into some generic vehicle.
guardians1a.jpg

Take this fucker for instance. His name was "Tux". He was Renegade that transformed into a Rolls Royce Limo. That isn't bad, but tell me why did he have to have a top hat?!
stretchtux1.jpg

stretchtux1a.jpg

Here's an "intricate" Go-Bots transformation:lol::lol::lol:
CartoonShot5.png

With the Transformers you knew Prime became a Freightliner, Megatron a Walther P-38, Jazz a Porsche, Sideswipe a Lamborghini Countach, etc....and you couldn't see their face in car modes!
transfoermersgeewun.jpg



3)The Action Figures (no words needed)
Cy-Kill-machinerobo.jpg


or

3546501668_d68350c072.jpg


4) The movies
Have any of y'all ever seen the Go-Bots movie "Battle of the Rock Lords"?! I remember seeing it in the theaters when I was 8 (it hit the theaters before Transformers the movie by about 4 or 5 months) and I knew then the shit sucked big time! Some of the shittiest animation ever projected onto the big screen! Even my dad who took me was like "That wasn't really that good was it"?
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/67Dwz03jlMQ[/flash]
I'll give them credit, they didn't kill off their leader like Transformers did, but NO ONE died in the Go-Bots movie!!

[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/zaEWLuVJee0[/flash]
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/NEtsCBHjua0[/flash]
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/7rYX7emm9lE[/flash]
Transformers: The Movie was an entirely different entity! 2 years in the making, great animation, and taught me a life lesson. The good guys do die! My dad was like "Damn, a lot of the good guys are getting killed off!" There was not a dry kid eye in that theater! Even he was surprised about Prime's death and said "I never thought they would kill the truck"! Overnight, half of my Transformers collection was obsolete because they were dead! Plus the shit storm that came after Prime's death made Sunbow retract the death of Duke in the G.I. Joe movie to just him being in a coma the whole film.

With all that said though, I use to watch Go-Bots. I watched everything when I was a kid. It was for comedic value and it was because it came on before Transformers

:lol: man you broke that shit down.
i laughed and laughed about tux
you should be analyst because you know how to put shit in perspective
lol
 
I can see many of you cats never got introduced to Machine Robo.. Where Go bots actually came from.
Gobots Japan Intro VS
[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/Zk6Mjtln8Zc&hl=en&fs=1[/FLASH]
Transformers Japan Intro.. ^^
[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/I444wBJg_38&hl=en&fs=1[/FLASH]

Gobots won that round.. But Transformers won the war.

[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/7dzmjYEGivQ&hl=en&fs=1[/FLASH]


remember that power armor the go bots had?
Heres the JP commerical for it.
[FLASH]http://www.youtube.com/v/Q40PsiPs01I&hl=en&fs=1[/FLASH]
 
Ok, I have recently seen all 4 seasons of Transformers G1. The first 3 aired in the US while the final season (Headmasters) which aired overseas and was never translated to American English thus different voice actors and a completely different tone. Transformers beats GO-Bots hands down through and up too and through the 4 part miniseries that introduced season 4. After that it’s like the writers gave up or were fired. The 4th season contradicts a lot of the previous seasons and even the miniseries that introduced it.

Transformers beat GO-Bots even though it has some of the worst animation I have ever seen. In some episode it was as if there was NO editing. Sometimes it seemed as though the animators forgot which side which robot was on for a particular scene, the robots would change color randomly, or objects that the transformers were holding would change shape or type. But with all these flaws Transformers is still miles beyond GO-Bots.
 
So far, Transformers wins. I used to steal Transformers from Zayers. I stole Blitzwing, Grapple, and a Stunticon.


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


YO.....ME TOO...WE BOTH FROM THE BEAN, PROLLY JACKED THE SAME SPOTS. MINES WAS WARREN ST, BEFORE IT WAS AMES, AND DEDHAM.
 
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


YO.....ME TOO...WE BOTH FROM THE BEAN, PROLLY JACKED THE SAME SPOTS. MINES WAS WARREN ST, BEFORE IT WAS AMES, AND DEDHAM.

Yes, I took from the Zayers on American Legion Highway in Roslindale. I almost got caught at the Washington Mall. I tried to gaffle Metroplex. I used to steal a Bradlees too.
 
Please close thread...no one in their right mind will say GoBots was better. I only got 3 words....UN-I-CRON!!!
 
I like the cartoon that had the balls to kill off main characters.:hmm:


How Galvatron/Megatron merced Starscream was legendary.:yes:



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