Transformers And Gobots With The Same Vehicle Mode

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Headcanon: Bug Bite (in universes where he’s a Cybertronian) takes advantage of his resemblance to Bumblebee in order to make the Autobot look bad.

[@myoldhandlewasmadewheniwas9]

Animated Wasp is getting his lawyers on the phone as we speak

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Stinger signed up as Bug Bite’s defense attorney

[@SirRayveltal]

Pretty sure that's just Wasp

[@Roboshi2007]

So just shadow the hedgehog?

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

@@Roboshi2007 That would require him to be a half-Cybertronian, half-Dire Wraith created by Vekktral (see the ROM v TF crossover) and Termagax (see IDW2019-2022).

[@wsc0tt]

I'm sure there were a lot of kids back in the day who would use similar Go-Bots as substitutes in their Transformers collection. Like Rest-Q as Ratchet, Road Ranger as Optimus, or BuggyMan as Beachcomber.

[@megatronacepticon]

There's a Super Go Bot version of Spay-C, and it's actually a really damn good figure. Shuttle mode looks great, transformation is fun, robot mode is great. Honestly I'd love to see a Random Review of her if you have or ever got her. She's also pretty durable, she once fell down behind the cabinet and on to the floor, no damage at all. She's made of a mixture of diecast and plastic like the Datsun mold from Transformers, but unlike that she can survive a drop even at like 3 decades old. It'll be that Tonka durability I guess, they've always been good at that.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

There's also Guide Star, a give-away figure from Wendy's kids meals later re-sold through the Kool-Aid "Wacky Warehouse", where you collected Kool-Aid points to send in, much like the Transformers mailaway offers in the early days. I have a Wendy's version and it's very simple but held up better than my Spay-C's poor arm and legs did. The short legs in the video are due to the legs not standing the stress of the robot overtime because it happened to mine as well.

[@syx9986]

Spay-C also was one of a series of GoBots models you could buy. The models were transformable and came in 2 difficulty levels. The "Super GoBots" model versions of Cy-Kill and Leader-1 were repackaged cyclone and alpha fighters from Revell's Robotech line.

[@jamesblanco7323]

Interesting thing I noticed as a car enthusiast: the super Go-Bot with the red Fairlady as its alt mode has a decal that looks just like the Screaming Chicken decal from 1970s Pontiacs. I'm sure that's no coincidence, but such a decal would never appear on a Nissan/Datsun. Fascinating to see on that vehicle mode tho.

[@saysoun752]

Noticed that as well and I'm not a car enthusiast. I had to do a double take as I saw the Nissan car but then saw the firebird emblem and had to look at the car again.

[@RialVestro]

The 2 most interesting ones to me is that Cy-Kill, the leader of the evil Go-Bots shares a vehicle mode with the Junkeons who are typically Autobots while Leader-1 the leader of the good Go-Bots shares a vehicle mode with the Seekers who are typically Decepticons. This has basically caused me to head cannon that Cy-Kill is a Junkion who disagreed with Wreck-Gar joining the Autobots and became a Decepticon instead while Leader-1 is a former Decepticon who switched sides to join the Autobots. I also wander if there are Go-Bots who match Optimus Prime and Megatron. By the way I actually had one of those Go-Bots where the windshield becomes the face but I did not know it was suppose to look like that because I got it loose at a Flea Market and didn't have any instructions. Mine was a silver car with red robot parts, no idea what his name is. I thought I was transforming him wrong for YEARS because of that head.

[@shenglongisback4688]

Whats even funny Cy kill is in Optimus Prime colours and Leader one Megatron lol

[@skylynx3227]

@@shenglongisback4688 your right wow that’s crazy

[@shenglongisback4688]

@@skylynx3227 i remember watching gobots and the rock lords movie thinkin what??? As a kid i was confused and the fact the fractions have no symbols I kept on Forgetting who was who 😅

[@skylynx3227]

@@shenglongisback4688 ye gotta know the characters to know their faction in go bots

[@dyslectische]

Yes robo machine road looks like the old Optimus prime And go bots stacks looks like Optimus prime off the movie. Gobots rogun is a gun. And gobots destroyer is a tank.

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

I had Starscream and and the big version of Leader 1. I liked both of them but it was nice that the Gobots you never had to deal with missing parts.

[@Wolfie1262]

You also have Powerglide and Bad Boy, both with A10 Warthog alt modes. Slingshot and Royal-T, both sharing a Harrier Jump Jet alt mode. I had all those figures as a kid and loved them. No, wait…I didn’t have Powerglide. I had Bad Boy abs a friend had Powerglide. I was a plane nut as a kid, so had a bunch of Gobot planes lol

[@AutovoltGTS]

You know whats funny both Dead End and Herr Fiend had the same voice actor, Phillip L. Clarke.

[@That_One_Gaming_Guy]

I feel like Go-bots and Transformers are in the same universe, but are like different a race of intellectual space robots.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

GoBots were originally humanoids who put their brains into transforming robot bodies, so they're cyborgs. I hate that I can still remember that piece of trivia after 40 years, but I can't remember reference websites from last week that I forgot to bookmark.

[@SJHFoto]

@@Beedo_Sookcool Too right! That's why it made since that many of them were female. And unlike the Transformers (with Arcee), you couldn't tell they were until they spoke because the brains were all put into random robot bodies (they didn't make the bodies curvy or anything) I guess Crasher is an exception because it looks like she wears lipstick, but Pathfinder, Small Foot, Sparky, and many more are female

[@twistedyogert]

​@SJHFoto I wonder why that happened. If I remember the lore, the GoBots became cyborgs because of a apocalyptic war that practically destroyed their planet. Maybe females didn't fight in that war.

[@Quintesson05]

Astrotrain is actually a JNR Class *D62* locomotive. D62s were based on the D51 but heavily modified to have 4 trailing wheels under the cab (instead of 2). Those wheels on Astrotrain were replaced by the hinges for his space shuttle wings. Upon looking at model versions of the D62, I noticed that the pipes and hoses on the boiler are a dead ringer for Astrotrain.

[@1980Triumph]

I appreciate that you did not go out of your way to trash the Gpbpts and did a sensible review with praise all around. I grew up in the 80's and I'm always dismayed by how the Gobots have become marginalized - sure they were never as popular as Transformers but they were not hated as people now pretend. Gobots lasted a few years which speaks volumes about how truly popular they were, shame that somehow my generation grew up to be phonies. I love TF's more but sure enough love the Gobots too.

[@junkionix]

I feel the same way. I've noticed this with people who weren't even around in the 80's doing "History videos" on other products and getting their facts wrong while going on and on about their personal favorite retro products and dumping on the competition products of the time as though they totally sucked. It pays to talk to people who were actually around back in the day instead of just parroting what some other people say in jazzed up, professional-looking videos that come across as a modern, well edited TV shows with inaccurate info.

[@1980Triumph]

@@junkionixexactly, this fake narrative that the Gobots were so hated is unreal to me because I lived it. With the massive competition in the 80's the fact that Gobots kicked off the transforming robot craze and lasted for a good three to four years which was really long in the 80's.

[@junkionix]

@@1980Triumph, me and my brother have also discussed this some as how it seems to tie in with this seemingly growing fad of trying to rewrite history. Go-Bots did do really well as toys and the frustration of hoping for a favorite figure to be in the store every time when you went back and seeing it NOT hanging on the peg was like "NO!! Not AGAIN!! How do they keep getting gone so fast?!" It was obvious as a lot of the other models would be well stocked and the really cool ones that were more of a rarity would all be gone! It was depressing too when you really had your heart set on one in particular.

[@joehauptfleisch3967]

Loved the Gobots, thank you for this video. Hope there's a part 2

[@BainesMkII]

Since the transformation method defines the robot mode, and budget plays a part in transformation method, I wonder if it would be interesting to compare the transformation methods between the two brands. As well as how well the results look, particularly when both brands use the same general method.

[@stevengerou7914]

To try and make up for all ofbthose who know not what they mock with Go-Hate, here is some Gobatron love to all my fellow Go-Bot fans. Thank you so for your remembering that Go-bots had once existed seprately from TF, but now they both live under one Hasbro roof.

[@jasonalexander8139]

Great video had no idea ir just forgot they had so many vehicles in common.

[@WWIIREBEL]

Fun little detail... the Go-bot Loco can sit/fit onto HO scale train track. (I have mine sitting on a siding, on my layout,lol).

[@junkionix]

Cool! I wanted Loco but, never got that one.

[@SJHFoto]

My best friend as a kid wasn't well off, so his parents bought him Gobots. We used to play that either Leader-1 would call Optimus Prime, or Cy-Kill and Soundwave (my Decepticon leader since I wasn't allowed to have the gun Megatron) would conspire together and the two forces would team up

[@NerdyTransformed]

The helicopter gobot looks like AoE Voyager Drift. Even where the vehicle parts end up is similar

[@billysherman2702]

Go-Bots had an At-At, Transformers had Skylynx!

[@AaronEdwards]

More things like this, please.

[@zam023]

The biggest reason I preferred collecting GoBots to Transformers is because GoBots have diecast metal parts that makes it feels solid compared to the all plastic Transformers.

[@beatrixwickson8477]

I love Gobots! I don't see any competition, just more cool robots from my childhood. Honestly, I'd like to see the Ark crew but Gobot.

[@brentsimard977]

Quality content! 2 thumbs up. I think I remember playing with Heatseeker just once when i was a wee lad. Thanks for firing up those synapses again :)

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Leader-1's transformation kinda reminds me of G1 Blitzwing, minus the tank kibble.

[@Mysmero425]

I had growing up both Transformers and GoBots And although I preferred the more popular one at the time cause I was a kid…I was able to play with my Hotwheels/Micromachines sets using my GoBots.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Cool video idea! Thank you! This is certainly a topic you could mine further, there are so many examples. Personally, I loved GoBots. Transformers were also cool --I had a couple, but they were presents from other people -- but when I was a kid, I'd rather have one toy a week than save up for three or four weeks to get one toy. 15:29: The blue helicopter is Flip-Top; Zigzag was one of the Puzzler cars. Funny thing is, there was an Apache helicopter GoBot named Wrong Way who transformed almost exactly like Vortex.

[@RamseyJenkins]

Aye Gobots Are Awesome, Hark Back To The Day Of Utilities

[@edaniels240]

Freeway, Tic Tac, & Stinger definitely turned into the same model Corvette

[@valuevinyl110]

You talked about new intros.. That one was SHARP! Nice!

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

TF VS GOBOTS SEMI-TRUCKS! 😉👍

[@thedesucomplex4365]

I always forget about Zeemon despite him being the sole Gobot I own. I'd love to see someone make a Datsun redeco of him one day

[@KasumiKenshirou]

There was a not as good looking version of him that was also a working radio.

[@SamanthaS92]

I grew up with Beast Machines, I wanna see those videos… please guys… 😅

[@TFormers2002]

Omnibot Downshift shares a make and model with Zig Zag from Puzzler. They're both white too. So another odd coincidence

[@katsomeday1]

The Go-Bots, the Go-Bots da da da da da da daaaan!

[@Catterjee]

Psycho was my favorite too. I still have mine, and its how I learned that word as a kid. Also, Super Gobot Leader-1 is a really great toy.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Psycho is a car from the anime Space Adventure Cobra, and the two people inside his head are characters from the show. The car isn't that prominent in Cobra, though, but it does appear.

[@ezragrun]

8:33 Loco was my Astrotrain as a kid.

[@Skaarjy]

Tracks was a third gen Corvette. The Puzzler guy was a C4. C4 came out in 1984 too. Alternator Tracks was a C5. There was no C4 in Transformers :-( I take that back... Freeway was a C4...ish... kinda... lol

[@OvisMilitaris]

Leader-1: "I am the heroic leader of my faction." Starscream: "I should be the heroic leader of my faction." *They're the same picture.*

[@edaniels240]

Interesting note: Dead End & Herr Fiend were voiced by Philip C. Clarke

[@seatspud]

Herr Fiend was renamed Dr. Go in the animated series oddly enough.

[@ShadowWingTronix]

I like seeing more GoBots. I don't have to hate Genesis to enjoy NES.

[@fishpop]

There was also that D51 Micromaster combiner component guy you could've used as comparison. Checking TFWiki shows their names are D-Go and Overload.

[@francobonazzola5012]

I would love to see more Gobots reviews in this channel!

[@wakeangel2001]

I want a cute little steam train transformer, I got that third party hearts of steel bumblebee but I want one in a nice real world black scheme

[@bonobo84]

A red Lambourghini is really not that bizarre.

[@edaniels240]

Forgot about Slingshot & Royal T who turn into a Harrier jet

[@johnnymason2460]

Actually, Tracks does share a Corvette vehicle mode with Tic Tac(the leader of the Puzzler Gobots). The Gobot Stinger was also a Corvette (same model).

[@panelvixen]

No, no, my eyes didn't happen to wander around to where the tip of Leader-1's nose cone happens to be in robot mode. That could be a series. Transforming robots, if you have a dirty mind.

[@imm311]

Great video! God bless you and yours! Praying for you.

[@sixshot1975]

I LIKED THAT SMALL FOOT WAS IN THE SERIES FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE EPISODES AND MOVIE

[@syx9986]

TJOMEGA, you should do a video on Revell's GoBots model collection. I used to build them in the 80's. They transformed and came in two different sizes. The smaller ones featured pull-back motors with rubber wheels, and the largest ones were Robotech repackages. The model originally sold as the Guardian GoBot Turbo, was repackaged with a human head for the Turbo Teen cartoon. Check it out!

[@crsrdash-840b5]

Alert: Loco is the much smaller 4-6-0 Russian type steam engine while Astrotrain is the larger and later built 2-8-2 Mikado. The 4-6-0 was used primary as a mixed traffic, yard switcher while the 2-8-2 was the multi role road heavy hauler.

[@doro626]

I collected Go bots moments before the line died. My main issue was most of them were designed like a kid just tilting a vehicle from horizontal to vertical adn pretending it was a robot. Probably a Tonka decision since they made simple toys for kids for years with their tonka trucks line. I tried to get teh more interesting Go bots. I was never able to get a scooter, but I didnt get a Cykill. The way his wheels worked was very interesting to me.

[@shadowmarauder6033]

Love the new intro!

[@philipmartin646]

Flip tops blades do come off to be held as a weapon

[@unimatrix82]

I had both Gobots and Transformers when i was a kid, it was fun pitting them against each other.

[@maximaldinotrap]

I wouldn't be surprised of some of the designers were contracted by both hence some similarities.

[@gabhranseitheach8640]

WOW! So many Gobots that I had that I've forgotten...

[@Lanier2369]

I think a lot of the gobot toys were very cool. Some had some simplistic transformations but we're still fun, but a lot of them were cool. Not so of them of course. Coptor was lame, Dozer and the other ones that just bent over and that's basically it for the transformation. But a lot of the gobots toys were cool. Simple bit still cool. Leader one or turbo. Very cool. Hell, the toy for scooter was awesome even tho he was the most annoying character in the cartoon, which is saying something. I wonder how far gobots would have gone if the cartoon was actually good.

[@OliverSaldana]

good idea wish you have another comparison version please include mixer of gobot and its version in the constructicon mixmaster. thank you

[@whateveryoda]

I’m not sure why the red go-hot has a firebird style logo on the hood like a trans-am 😅😂

[@SJHFoto]

11:00 I don't think the colour for the Lamborghini is because either Transformers or Gobots were copying each other. I think the idea of it being red is because of the awesome car in Magnum PI. Kids loved that show, so the toys took their inspiration from that

[@junkionix]

Informative and interesting video. Sounds like you certainly do your homework. I'd like to see a video about the Go-Bots model kits. That would be interesting too.

[@amitypredator9385]

I'm surprised you didn't compare Optimus to Road Ranger

[@kstanni87]

I think you forgot Staks... he is pretty much a low budget of a G2 Optimus truck mode

[@twistedyogert]

Hasbro really did Goldbug dirty.

[@foroneanotherwinningtogeth1142]

Love these comparison choices. TF fan since day one, but I really like Gobots too. Of the side by sides, I was actually pretty back and forth objectively until the art froms that are Sideswipe and Bluestreak came up. For toys at that time, these were as close to perfection as it got. Stunning!. Dozer > the construction though:)

[@k.w.pillsbury4070]

I am brainstorming ways to get these characters into legacy. Smallfoot: Gears Retool Dozer: Bonecrusher Retool Fiend: Dead End Repaint Spacey: Astrotrain/Galaxy Shuttle Retool Loco: Same as previous? Spoiler: Sideswipe Remold Pocket: Sideswipe Remold (Front and back sides can be switched) Zemon: Bluestreak mold Zigzag: Raodtrap Remold Major Mo: Gigawatt Remold Fliptop: Spinister Retool Heat Seeker: New Mold Mach 3: Seeker Mold Body Leader 1: Blitzwing Retool (Remove Tank Parts)

[@fireclaw2705]

Nice new intro

[@watttheshinyhunter2907]

Yo the new intro is sick

[@Benjamin0119]

I don't like those Go-Bots that just have the cabin of the car as the head. They don't really have heads. They're more like mechs. It is a shame since the vehicle modes seemed done well. The other Go-bots in general are just "dorky" in appearance. Most Transformers look cooler than most Go-Bots. Ironically I think that Heatseeker is one of the cooler Go-Bots I've seen. He doesn't have the usual stocky stumpy body and his head has a cool pilot helmet look. But yeah, this was a fun video!

[@vengeance1701]

Even though I watched Transformers more, I had way more Go-Bots:) So, a lot of fondness for them.

[@CardboardBots]

Nice topic for a vid

[@bbrigman9382]

It would be curious to see how many Minicons are similar to Gobots.

[@thomasthompson2431]

Not sure if it was a Gobot, I lived in Robo Machine markets. There was a large, battery powered hilux camper, winch robo, bit more like a trailbreaker comparison?

[@Knowledge01]

gobots are just so often so weird looking. they never stood a chance against transformers.

[@georgeowain]

You could have compared Astro Train’s shuttle mode to Super Gobot Spacy.

[@LodanSD]

Diaclone Battle Convoy vs Machine Robo Tough Trailer

[@snesfan8935]

Well, at least "Go Bots" never was an "partsformers". For me Go Bots are always Machine Robo.

[@SnakeBP]

Is sunstreak a Lamborghini countach if so then pocket in sunscreen should be there to

[@shydude93]

Res-Q was a better figure than Ratchet.

[@craze896]

Same dude I have pocket I thought it was a small sunstreaker a microbot

[@philipmartin7730]

I'm extremely familiar with the GOBOTS I used to mix GOBOTS with TRANSFORMERS They did exist in the same Era

[@Thumnal]

I managed to get my hands on a original 1963 mint ish. I mean ish by doesn't have any of the stickers nor the weapons but it has 90% of the Chrome the rubber tires are still in perfect condition and it transforms perfectly. It is a original Psycho robo super robot

[@stephaniebri5837]

please do a follow up with Zybots.

[@ScottaHemi440]

9:00 he's not squat he's just narrow guage xD

[@jeffreyweaver9854]

Z-Mon looks more like a Pontiac Firebird

[@_EVILDEAD666_]

everyone loves Danhausen

[@mattr75]

I'm genuinely impressed with Heat Seeker

[@Envisaged0ne]

I loved the GoBots. I collected a whole bunch of them when I was a kid because they were cheaper than Transformers

[@joshuarasmussen5679]

Do a part 2 please

[@Starcat5]

No hate from me. Gobots were cheaper, and helped fill out the ranks of cannon fodder for my marque Autobots and Decepticons to fight.

[@Dallen9]

The train former comparison is actually Bad. Astro Train shows the full locomotive minus the tender and the Go-bot.... if they're supposed to be the same class of locomotive then the Go-bots version got short changed. Astro train has a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement while Mr. Go-Bot looks to have a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement. I can blame size for why the go-bot toy got short changed. Steam locomotives the wheel count maters more than the Diesel/Electric locomotives cause aesthetics matter more for a diesel/electric types than with steam. How I'd rate the two is the Train mode for Astro train is high grade but his robot mode in mid tier while the go-bot train mod is mid tier but the robot mode in high tier. The Class of the locomotive these two are mimicking is a 2-8-2 Mikado type locomotive.

[@HypercatZ]

How about Menasor Vs Puzzler comparison?

[@felixtyler910]

You forgot Slingshot and Royal T they are both Harriers

[@viktorhart2374]

I personally think scratch is a closer match for trailbreaker

[@potatochobit]

I forgot about small foot

[@reszka1149]

Mix master has a gobot cousin

[@geraldsyta6890]

Space e.....the first conehead

[@RKStrikerJK5]

Leader-One's toy is better than Starscream's.

[@maryautumn7922]

Mom: we have Sunstreaker at home Sunstreaker at home: