Talk:Challenge of the GoBots

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What it was doing there[edit]

It was pagemove vandalism leftovers. BigNate37_(T) 10:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Repeat of above vandalism, with further edits[edit]

All instances of "GoBots" replaced with "They are the K Mart Transformers", and page moved. Reverted the move and the edits Ben hall 12:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What happened to this page? I had the correct cast up here and brief bios for the six main characters; now they're gone without a trace... I can't even find them in the history tab. Evan1975 21:30, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism redux[edit]

This page seems to have been vandalised again by Hellotherejesus; I've reverted it and warned the user. Joshua (talk) 20:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Picture[edit]

Ok I tried to change the picture back but it wont work--NeilEvans 18:36, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The children's book[edit]

I remember a children's book that described the origin of the GoBots. They were transhumanists, an entire species that, over time, replaced their failing bodies with machinery until they were totally inorganic. Does anyone else remember this? I remember the concept vividly. --205.201.141.146 21:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I remember this as well. I never saw the first episode of the show, but I believe the show also used this concept. I remember one episode that also referenced this; when the Earthlings ask the Last Engineer why he had cyborg parts, he said, "When parts wore out, I replaced them." The movie Battle of the Rock Lords also has lines akin to "So you [Rock Lords] also have organic origins." Evan1975 03:38, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of the cartoon, it seems to have been a lot more sudden... though that was the premise of the Robo Machines strip in Eagle. Mind, so much of the cartoon was written badly, it's difficult to nail down any consistancy Tom Prankerd 16:54, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History of Challenge of the Gobots:

After Michael Halperin developed the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series, a member of the Mattel team was hired by Tonka the company that merchandised Gobots. He requested Halperin develop and create a new series based on the Gobots toy line from Japan. He wrote the original bible (back story), outlined characters and relationships, motivations, and a story line. Wrote the children’s book. On-screen credit reads: Creative Consultant Michael Halperin.

Origins etc.[edit]

I've patched up a few bits of this that seemed a little inaccurate, compared to what was shown on screen...

- The "Gobot" Renegade faction seemed to predate Cy-Kill (ref "Et Tu, Cy-Kill?") - Zero led a faction bearing the name when Cy-Kill was a Guardian... not sure whether this is contradicted elsewhere, though. - The origins section clashes with the origin as shown in "The GoBotron Saga" TV mini in several areas... The Master Renegade repaired Turbo when he was pretending to be the Last Engineer; the MR ended up a prisoner of the Renegades after the botched assault on Earth; they can't have been the last two surviving "GoBotron" natives as people had to be around to be converted into Gobots

Granted, a lot of the origin stuff we're given is a little contradictory, a little ambiguous and a bit incomplete, but sticking with what was shown in "Saga" seems a fair bet :-) Of course, I've only seen about 55 of the 60-odd episodes, so if anyone has more information, I'd be happy to hear it.

I've also done a gentle trim to the summary... in particular, the inclusion of three rather random, if memorable Renegades felt a bit out of kilter... maybe a List of Challenge of the GoBots characters page is in order?

Tom Prankerd 16:51, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Episode 62 title[edit]

Does anyone know if the title for Episode 62 is really supposed to be "The Secret of Hailey's Comet" or should it be "Halley's Comet" (the real name of the real comet)? I didn't change it immediately as it could have been a deliberate change on the part of the writers. Khajidha (talk) 00:02, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a clip of the opening of that episode, and it's spelled "Halley's Comet" in the title. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tEIIVgCCHM Mathewignash (talk) 22:44, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]