7/6/2023 0 Comments Gobot tutorial![]() ![]() ![]() (Good lord, that Daft Punk voice in the Transformers? Still cool.) Here are mesmerizing opening credits of The Transformers cartoon, and the credits of The Challenge of the Gobots. I wish I had a better answer, but I think it’s just that The Transformers were so much cooler. Why did Transformers become a $5 billion-dollar film franchise, Marvel comic book and TV phenomenon, while the Gobots became a joke in the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special? Challenge of the Gobots debuted on September 8, 1984, and The Transformers cartoon arrived on September 17, 1984. Though Tonka debuted the Gobots toy line in 1983, and Hasbro didn’t release the Transformers until 1984, the cartoons based on the toy lines appeared at almost exactly the same time. I also remember the consensus among my fellow kids that T he Transformers were a huge rip off of the Gobots… and the consensus, soon after, that it didn’t matter, because The Transformers were so, so much cooler. I know this because I was an 8-year-old in 1983, and distinctly remember the euphoric joy at my after-school day care center when a Gobots commercial came on the TV for the first time. ![]() They debuted in 1983, drawing lots of excitement from America’s 8-year-old boys, until the Transformers emerged a year later with the exact same gimmick - robots that transform into vehicles! - and blew the Gobots out of the water, marketwise. Gobots were transforming sentient robots, much like Transformers, that made it to market months before Transformers. If you’re still wondering “What are Gobots and why are they so sad,” let me explain. ![]()
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