GoBots Dread Launcher Chaos (Random Review)

[@CyberSurferXD]

True Story: Once I was shopping for transformers at ToysRus (rest in piece) when this little girl skipped up with her father and just went- "Look daddy, Go-Bots!" She was so excited and it got all the better when her father answered with- "Yes honey, these are something called Transformers." ....I don't think I've ever had to fight so hard to stifle a laugh in my life~

[@RetroRobotRadio]

BTW - These were NOT the GoBots answer to Duocons. Dread Launcher came out in 1986. Duocons came out in 1987! GoBots first and forgotten again!

[@Nausicaafan-go6lq]

Yes, Bandai did a lot of things originally with their machine robo line with Takara most often copying their long time enemy. Machine robo even did pretenders before Takara could!

[@mechanwhal6590]

@@Nausicaafan-go6lqDid they? I’m curious!

[@jacksonschadt7573]

This jet is based on an experimental fighter jet called the Grumman X-29. I know that Predator Jet Snare is also an X-29.

[@OmegaEnvych]

Funny that in this toy I clearly see X-29 while in YF-19/VF-19 from Macross while they say it's based on X-29 in that transforming robot-airplane I see Russian S-37/Su-47 experimental fighter jet.

[@kirbyfanprime]

I've actually found myself more interested in Gobots over the past few months, finding them every so often in vintage stores. Their engineering is really impressive for the time, and a lot of them have alt modes and transformations I don't think I've ever seen in mainline TFs. I'd love to get ahold of more in the future, money and space permitting.

[@Nausicaafan-go6lq]

Chaos is basically the American version of the Double Machine Robos, considering Tonka had commissioned Bandai to make these, even though Bandai already had the Double Machine Robos available in Japan. Bandai and Gobots/Machine Robo ended up creating ideas that would be seen on later Takara figures, yet we don't give them credit.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

There were heroic Guardians with a similar feature of 2 vehicles, but they were smaller toys, and exclusive to Europe and Japan, called Combinators. We only got the Renegades in the US. These Guardians were among the final GoBots released by Bandai, and never even got proper names - One was called "F15 Jet and Transporter", for instance. That's because Tonka was the company that gave the GoBots names, and Tonka never released this toy, only Bandai. www.lulu-berlu.com/robo-machine-combinators-f-15-jet-transporter-a9813-en.html

[@KravenSpider]

Was not expecting a Go-Bots review

[@Fluffkitscripts]

You also weren’t expecting THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!!

[@Straswa]

Nice review TJ!

[@ShadowWingTronix]

I'm trying to figure out how this and any of the combiner teams (there were only two, also both the Renegade/Enemy GoBots) would work in GoBot lore, since they were technically cyborgs even before the cartoon. I don't even remember the Dread Launchers. The line was hard to follow near the end because even the commercial count went down near the end.

[@greengald6252]

He looks really good. This just makes me wish that hasbro would just do some gobots or at least homages.

[@ls_rus4666]

They repainted generations mirage into fracture (movie-verse crusher) but the rest of the time they use their names for minicons and other tiny robots (basicly characters that aren't important, unless they are mcguffins).

[@ls_rus4666]

@@kaistzar2831 good idea. The renegades would work as break away faction that didn't join the autobots or decepticons and serve as a third side of the conflict in the story

[@myoldhandlewasmadewheniwas9]

Issue is Takara's side. While Hasbro bought the Gobot licences from Tonka, Takara didn't buy the Machine Robo stuff, so making those figures is pretty difficult. Most they can do is use the names like the Playskool Gobots line or Armada Leader-1 or repaints.

[@markwilburn1218]

I found the top half of this at a garage sale in 2007, not having any idea what it was supposed to be but I had recently begun collecting Transformers so I kept it. It is now 12 years later and I now know what it was I bought! Thanks TJ!

[@larrychilders6599]

The lower half gives me a victory Robo Vibe or like Buson from Go onger

[@johncolston4758]

That Go-Bot was based on an actual experimental aircraft, the Northrop Grumman X-29. It was created from a heavily modified F-5 Tiger with the engine of an F-16, and was supposed to demonstrate the viability of a forward-swept wing configuration. Whilst the wing shape allowed for superb maneuverability at lower speeds, due to their nature, the wings had a tendency to bend out of shape or even tear off on higher speeds, necessitating the use of expensive composite materials for their construction, along with the requirement of canards to reduce the drag. This is why reverse-sweep wings are one of the rarest aircraft wing shapes in real life, since more common configurations like trapezoidal wings, such as those on the F-22 Raptor, provide an excellent balance of maneuverability at all speeds without any of the inherent drawbacks that plague the “backwards”-looking wings. BTW, this Go-Bot, Minus his legs, could make for an amazing 80s style Beast Machines Jetstorm through customization. Not that I would recommend repainting and kitbashing a rare, expensive, and valuable toy like this guy.

[@godstarscream]

Over the many years I have watched your content in compared to other reviewers I like how you come across to there is more Passion. Although yes you are very critical and have been very critical of your style as you grown over the years. I found every incarnation always entertaining. So I thank you for all the effort you put in over the years into your channel into your reviews into TJTV and your other various. Still everyone's absolute favorite is the plastic addict. Even your worst review as the plastic addict is so classic At least for me. As a fan I wait patiently but understanding how much work it takes to put into creating such a work into the style you feel comfortable with. I love Your hard work. Long live the plastic addict he remembers it so you could stay away and yet we never listen. Plastic attic fan TJ fan Thank you for your contribution for the many years you've been on this platform

[@godstarscream]

Long live the plastic Addict

[@ToyFan]

Bring back toycember 😂😂😭, that’ll help you catch up

[@thunderstudent]

Chaos would look out of place with the G1 decepticons. This go-bot needs to have a serious talk with the agent.

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

That rear landing gear reminds me of the nose wheel of the Thrilling 30 Springer mold...

[@superroboted]

In Japan they have one that is a Red helicopet and green tank which is super rare

[@obotprime339]

Wow, this guy puts the original Duocons to shame!

[@ls_rus4666]

Before generations came along, they and jumpstarters were transforming solid bricks

[@obotprime339]

Павел Соклаков well, at least the Jumpstarters has working shoulders. All Flywheels could do was move his arms outward, and Battletrap barely had arms at all.

[@powerrangerkid16]

Was anyone else thinking of power rangers lightspeed rescue or wild force when seeing the leg transformation?

[@jetseekers]

Nice to see you do a go bot again. Also, he's based very nicely on the X-29. A research aircraft made to study how Well backwards swept wings work

[@grahf4215]

I've never heard of this Gobot before, thanks. I'll be taking apart my extra Siege Flywheels to repaint into Chaos now. It's not perfect but it's close enough. If you keep the legs folded out and open up the shin/tank turret pieces while in vehicle mode, it could kinda sorta look like a carrier truck with tank treads and no wheels on the back part. Or should I use Roadtrap as the legs with the jet as Chaos, use Battleslash and the tank as Traitor and a full Flywheels as Re-Volt? I have some more projects to work on now.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Battle slash with theardwheels legs for triator

[@grahf4215]

@@diegodankquixote-wry3242 That's what I said. Only having vehicles to work with, a helicopter is a decent enough replacement for a flying insect with bird legs thing. Whatever the launcher platform is supposed to be looks more tank-like than it does a jeep. Leaving the legs alone and just folding them down into tank position at the ankles looks like the bottom half of Traitor in alternate mode too, especially after you spin it around so that the pelvis is the front. So yes, Battleslash and the tank for Traitor.

[@andrezenz]

TJ... More metal, more hair and you'll be there!

[@ДмитрийИванов-л9ц4й]

Finally! A dread launcher rewiev! How long i waited for this! Thanks!

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Happy early Halloween, TJ.

[@NerdyTransformed]

Jet and truck modes with weird head prongs... possible Octane repaint?

[@stevengerou7914]

I loved the crime heads that you saw in Gobots and the random copy cat toys I use to find at Walgreens.

[@chaosmcb8285]

Didn't know I had a gobot named after me! I'll have to get that one!

[@jeremylemings]

He needs something to fill out that mid section, maybe a little RV style vehicle. When you transformed the lower half, it looked WAY too much like Bus-on. This has to be, somehow, the Great grand-daddy of Engine-Oh.

[@greengald6252]

Maybe if the two car sides folded up to go into the torso it would help to clean him up

[@flameflamedramonva]

So TJ is back

[@masterben9592]

It's a little bit of sentai robo

[@hc-fan]

Wow,gobots!Don't remember those two(.Maybe i have not seen them in Russia)

[@kastreya]

that is based on grumman's x29 fighter jet

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

*I CAN DO ANYWAY!* *CHAOS CHAOS!*

[@diegos7337]

I still got some of my Go Bots Too! Cool Robot!

[@ДмитрийИванов-л9ц4й]

Can you review other dread launchers, and secret riders?

[@warp849]

Love the new intro!

[@russellwilhelm5130]

We need kawai chaos artwork now

[@redflag4035]

9:21 Is that a JobbyTheHong reference!!!!!!

[@Kylorin235]

Gobots seemed to love chromed heads for some odd reason.

[@Zapwave]

I was actually considering trying to track down a Chaos for myself. I had no idea Chaos was this big until I saw this video. Still gonna track one down though, regardless of how much my wallet screams in pain.

[@capngreeblereviews9267]

I own this figure. If you pop down the landing gear and place it on the top of the ground vehicle it stays in place better

[@christophersichler98]

Good. You were able to get SS-38. Any plans to apply Autobot sigil stickers to the shoulders?

[@nightburner5357]

I still don't get the hate for go-bots. The toys rock

[@DaimosZ]

Especially the Japanese original "Machine Robo" which had two killer 80's animes.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Someone was shocked and horrified when I told them Tonka made their own original molds for gobots

[@oblivionslefthand]

Maybe it's because I'm looking at MachineRobo releases and not GoBots ones (I've using scans of the MR Wedge art book), but they've got 6 Duocon-esque robots in there, and none of them are Chaos or the other robots you described. So I guess there's actually 9 of them total across lines? Certainly have the Duocons outnumbered.

[@UltravioletNomad]

This design is real cool until you realize he needs his carrier half to follow him around for him to land. And that things not all terrain. I'm not sure how they handled it in the show, but I can only imagine that you just see hit torsoless legs running after him so the upper half can transform and land right on top of them.

[@AgaiLazen]

This guy is proof that Gobots was Legit. The cartoon was a bit strange but the toys were strong, often times stronger than their TF equivalent. Leader-1 will ALWAYS be a superior toy to a G1 Seeker, and Chaos will always be a superior toy to G1 Flywheels.

[@ZZtheDark]

Crap! I can't believe I missed this one out. Sweet. ^_^

[@garryghastopulous9722]

Yayy Go-Bots

[@cehteshami]

What a neat look at a toy I'm super unfamiliar with! Thanks for the review!

[@albornox91]

one of those you want to see on the ranks of the new tf trilogy.

[@jasonmichael1109]

Hasbro / takara Tomy should make a new version of this guy who's compatible with the other (modern) duocons cuz that's basically what this guy is, Hack he's even a renegade which are basically decepticons

[@mephosto]

a GoBot? tj, are you okay? is cy-kill holding you at charged up clamp point to the head? like if you are safe. he would make for a killer skytread repaint, hopefully one that doesn't self destruct.

[@MiXVoy]

The Goliath from M.A.S.K. was the upgrade. Anyways, when is the next Plastic Addict and ToyCember? There were many good and a few bad figs in the Siege and Studio Series.

[@TJOmega]

Plastic Addict is when it always is, when I have time for a big video. Toycember I haven't done in a few years because of KZbin's change in policy for short videos. Essentially it would be a ton of work that would not generate revenue I need to justify that much work.

[@dragonranger8456]

What figures from Siege were bad?

[@MiXVoy]

@@dragonranger8456 the TargetMaster/MicroMaster recolors.

[@dragonranger8456]

@@MiXVoy are you saying they're bad because they're recolors? Recolors happen all the time.

[@MiXVoy]

@@dragonranger8456 New weapon molds for the TargetMasters would've been better

[@vustvaleo8068]

sadly the Dread Launchers are not part of the Gobots cartoon and Machine Robo anime cast thus no Action Toys modern figures of them, not to be confused with the Double Machine Robo sub-group who has the same Duocon-like gimmick who appeared in the anime and has Action Toys figures of them being made.

[@superermac55]

More gobots reviews

[@Thunderwing88]

Definitely don’t remember seeing this one.

[@kamensp1der]

hot take but Gobots as a whole were better than the equivalent years of G1

[@firewolfkanji17]

May I ask how so? I would like to hear a opinion on this.

[@kamensp1der]

@@firewolfkanji17 the toys were just...better engineered. there were stinkers of course, and i'd say the first year of TF product edges them out, but Gobots were doing equivalent or better stuff to the big boys pretty consistently. even more impressive when you consider they were mostly minibot size

[@firewolfkanji17]

@@kamensp1der I see what you mean!

[@crimzonplays1134]

Hey! TJ! Got a question: Will Plastic addict Return? (if he responds, I'm gonna lose my mind)

[@TJOmega]

Yes, it will return. I have the episode in mind but no ETA, depends on when I get the chance to film.

[@crimzonplays1134]

@@TJOmega omg. Wooooo Also any reccomendations for cameras That could be used for toy reviews? I'm wanting to make a toy review channel.

[@TJOmega]

@@crimzonplays1134 You don't need anything fancy or high end for KZbin, just find something that does proper HD in your price range. What I will say is before you invest money in starting a channel, get footage with whatever you have, old camera, phone, webcam, etc, and experience the editing process either with free software if your PC came with it or Google for open source editing software. Make sure you enjoy editing first, cause you'll be doing a lot of it, then decide if you want to put money into it.

[@crimzonplays1134]

@@TJOmega thanks. Not sure sbout what editing software I should get

[@denorangeblackandwhite2213]

Like

[@cowpuddles4851]

For a GoBot, this looks really good. I’m surprised that I never heard of it. I really like the chrome landing gear and rear thruster.

[@d-os1.883]

Its better than duocons.

[@myang12003]

He looks better than the g1 duocons