Challenge of the GoBots

Challenge of the GoBots also known as Mighty Machine Men is an animated series produced by USA company Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the toy line from Tonka. The show was first released on the 8 September 1984.

The show is similar in theme to the more popular Transformers series, Gobots dealt with two opposing forces of transforming robots, the heroic Guardians, led by Leader-1, and the evil Renegades, led by Cy-Kill. The characters were based on the toy line released for the Japanese animated television series, Machine Robo.

Hasbro bought the Gobots name in the early 1990's in an attempt to remove their competition and either in spite or as a homage released a series of toys titled 'Transformers: Gobots', which has no attachment to the Challenge of the GoBots.

Other contemporary toy-based cartoon series include M.A.S.K. and Bionic Six.

Contents

1 Toy line 2 Episode list 3 See also 4 External links

Toy line

The initial Gobots toys were re-releases from the Japanese Machine Robo series, sold on blister cards. Other toys from the Machine Robo DX were also released as ‘Super Gobots’. Tonka also created a number of original toys for the line, such as the Command Centre, Thruster attack ship and the robot dinosaur, Zod. The initial Gobots were released in 1984.

The Gobots were divided into two factions, the Guardians and the Renegades. Unlike in the Transformers toy line, there was no clear divide between the two factions; the toys had no identifying insignias or markings to indicate their allegiance. Likewise, there was no commonality of design within each faction. The only “theme” to a side was that anything that turned into a “monstrous” looking robot or vehicle was a Renegade.

As the line continued, Tonka added more original toys to the, like the Power Suits and the Secret Raiders. A spin off line, the Rock Lords was launched in 1986, but it was a failure. The Gobots line was discontinued in 1987, the Dread Launchers being the last toys released.

Gobots were sold in Australia under the name Mighty Machine Men.

Episode list

Season 1

1. Battle For Gobotron
2. Target Earth
3. Conquest Of Earth
4. Earth Bound
5. The Final Conflict
6. It's The Thought That Counts
7. Renegade Alliance
8. Time Wars
9. Terror In Atlantis
10. Trident's Triple Threat
11. Lost On Gobotron
12. Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray
13. The Quest For The Rogue-Star
14. Ultra Zod
15. Sentinel
16. Speed Is Of The Essence
17. Genius And Son
18. Dawn World
19. Pacific Overtures
20. Forced Alliance
21. Invasion From The 21st Level (Part 1)
22. Invasion From The 21st Level (Part 2)
23. Doppleganger
24. Scooter Enhanced
25. Tarnished Image
26. Cold Spell
27. Crime Wave
28. Auto-Matic
29. Renegade Rampage (Part 1)
30. Renegade Rampage (Part 2)
31. Search For The Ancient Gobonauts
32. Gameworld
33. Wolf In The Fold
34. Depth Charge
35. Transfort Point
36. Steamer's Defection
37. The GoBot Who Cried Renegade
38. The Seer
39. Whiz Kid
40. Ring Of Fire
41. Cy-Kills Escape (Part 1 of 5)
42. Quest For The Creator (Part 2 of 5)
43. The Fall Of Gobotron (Part 3 of 5)
44. Flight To Earth (Part 4 of 5)
45. Return To Gobotron (Part 5 of 5)
46. Element Of Doom
47. Destroy All Guardians
48. Escape From Elba
49. Fitor To The Finish
50. Clutch Of Doom
51. The Third Column
52. A New Suit For Leader 1
53. Renegade Carnival
54. The Gift
55. Nova Beam
56. The Last Magic
57. Braxis Goes Bonkers
58. Inside Job
59. Element Of Danger
60. Mission Gobotron
61. Et Tu Cy-Kill?
62. The GoBots That Time Forgot
63. The Secret Of Hailey's Comet
64. Guardian Academy
65. Quest For New Earth
66. Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap

See also

• GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986)

External links

• Challenge of the GoBots (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139769/) at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).fr:Le Défi des Gobots