Its obvious they done a great job restoring this classic cartoon, as the. The voice acting is pretty good with the talents of lou richards, frank welker, peter cullen,brock peters,arthur burghardt,marilyn lighstone, b. Challenge of the gobots feature some good stories for the series and some of the most interesting episodes of any tv show. Challenge of the gobots also known as simply gobots is an american animated series produced by hannabarbera productions, based on the gobots toyline released from tonka. The noble guardian gobots and the nefarious renegade gobots continue the war begun in the. Although initially a separate and competing franchise, tonkas gobots became the intellectual property of hasbro after their buyout of tonka in 1991. The original miniseries is actually a delightfully quirky and offbeat robot series. Gobots, theyre light hearted, funny, campy, and absolutely wonderful. Challenge of the gobots 1984, animated series additional voices. One example of this was in 2002 when hasbro released the. But im weird like that, i always end up liking things that arent as popular, or that people like to make fun of. The show picks up where the original five episode miniseries run left off by continuing the adventures that were seen in those earlier episodes with core characters and gobots. After michael halperin developed the original heman and the masters of the universe animated series, a member of the mattel team was hired by tonka the company that merchandised gobots. This release contains the first 30 episodes of the series 60 episode run.
Everything you need to know about challenge of the gobots. As a kid i always liked gobots better than transformers. Le defi des gobots challenge of the gobots, etatsunis. After achieving success in the japanese market on a rising tide of transforming robot toys, bandai decided to export the machine robo toys to the west. It jumpstarts the entire program with a great deal of determination and skill. Watch challenge of the gobots episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Battle of the rock lords is a 1986 american animated film based on the. This is an alphabetical list of gobots characters with information on their appearances, fictional biographies and histories. Original title challenge of the gobots tv series year 1984 running time 25 min. The gobots were a transforming robot toy put out by hasbro in 1983.
The series volume 1 is a threedisc dvd collection from the warner archive collection. The series dvd available for preorder move over michael bay. Transformers is a media franchise, produced by american toy company hasbro and japanese toy company takara tomy. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series challenge of the gobots and followup film gobots. Challenge of the gobots also known as simply gobots is an american animated series produced by hannabarbera productions, based on the gobots toy line released by tonka.
But now, you can relive the first five episodes every gobot fan calls the battle for gobotron. English film actor, director and author andy serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computergenerated characters as gollum in the lord of the rings film trilogy 20012003 and the hobbit. Facing defeat on gobotron, renegade gobots cykill and his cronies crasher and coptur, steal an experimental gobot weapon called astrobeam and fly off to earth to. Challenge of the gobots, which ran from 1984 to 1985. Good news for all you gobots fans out there, has listed a preorder for challenge of the gobots.
The gobots are reporting for action in this exciting animated series. Ward, kelly, ward and others each one give the characters some interesting. Meilleur film chretien complet en francais ou est ma maison dieu me donne une. Challenge of the gobots vostfr en streaming series streaming. Age of extinction, was the top performing film of 2014, grossing over a billion dollars. Wb shop offers apparel, collectibles, accessories from harry potter, batman, the lord of the rings, movies and tv shows from warner archive, and more at. Battle of the rock lords is a 1986 american animated film based on the gobots line of toys. Here are the titles from my 1986 uk vhs of challenge of the gobots the gobotron saga 1. This page contains catalogue images only, not a complete list of toys. Challenge of the gobots now on dvd at challenge of the gobots. Country united states director oscar dufau, ray patterson, arthur davis, volus jones, don lusk screenwriter. Hannabarbarra has released one of their best cartoons in television history. Challenge of the gobots was put together by hanna barbera and heres a quick.
Do u remember this,this show was ok but i didnt like it as much as transformers but i still watched it. Challenge of the gobots or simply gobots is an american animated series produced by hannabarbera, based on the gobots toyline released from tonka. Ive just updated the 2002 miss party surprise page with another playset called pony party set. Tomasos is offering a takehome prefixed easter meal. Challenge of the gobots the complete miniseries 85 views. Challenge of the gobots tv series 19841985 episodes. The inhabitants of the planet gobotron, they were once a humanoid race until the actions of the master renegade rendered their planet uninhabitable, forcing the last engineer to create a process by which their brains could be. The other nostalgic transforming robots cartoon is set to make a comeback on dvd via warner brothers online. Gobots is a toyline and media franchise created by tonka, which ran from. He requested halperin develop and create a new series based on the gobots toy line from japan. The noble guardian gobots and the nefarious renegade gobots.
Earth is the battleground in an interplanetary struggle between good and evil when a distant, scientifically advanced world erupts in war. Challenge of the gobots turbos been hit clip warner. On the distant planet gobotron dwell the gobots, a race of robots able to transform themselves into amazing fighting vehicles. Lord of his sceptre, magmar now only requires three more to complete his own. Gobots was a line of transforming robot toys produced by tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to transformers. Tonkas gobots began life in japan as bandais machine robo toyline.
Initially a line of transforming mecha toys rebranded from takaras diaclone and microman toylines, the franchise began in 1984 with the transformers toy line, and centers on extraterrestrial factions of sentient selfconfiguring modular robotic lifeforms often the autobots and. Challenge of the gobots episode guide hannabarbera big. It was produced by hannabarbera productions also responsible for the challenge of the gobots television series and released to theaters in 1986 by clubhouse pictures, the last film the company released. Transforming robots from the planet gobotron wage war across the galaxy. Challenge of the gobots episode guide hannabarbera 1984. The original miniseries 1984 from gobotron to your home, its the. Gobots is a line of transforming robot toys produced by tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to. Ready to take on the challenge to save earth from cykills evil clutches. The noble guardian gobots and the nefarious renegade gobots continue the war begun in the battle for gobotron across time and space in their epic series that comes to you factory fresh. Leader1 and the guardians set out on a dangerous mission to antarris 3 to find the man who they think is the last engineer but when a cruel twist of fate puts one of leader1s soldiers in a very dangerous situation the mans true identity is revealed. The well written, nicely animated, colorful and action packed stories of challenge of the gobots conclude in this hanna barbera classic collection of series volume 2, which include the final 30 episodes over 3 dvdr discs, with each disc clocking in at over 3 to 3. With lou richards, bernard erhard, marilyn lightstone, frank welker. The enthusiasm from the writing team and animators can seem to even leap off the screen. Challenge of the gobots describes the conflict between the two groups of titular gobots.
After a relatively failed attempt at marketing the first several figures in the us as machine men in 1983, badnai partnered. It was in 1984 that the big media push for the line began, with challenge of the gobots. Challenge of the gobots tv series 19841985 challenge. Im introducing my kid to one of the best things from my childhood and she loves em too. Most of the toys were imported from the japanese machine robo toy line. The show was first broadcast in syndication on september 8, 1984, then the show joined the weekdayweekend programming block the funtastic world of hannabarbera on september 15, 1985. As war rages between the noble guardian gobots and the evil renegade gobots, the renegades escape to earthwith a plot to enslave earthlings and conquer the galaxy. The guardians, led by the heroic leader1, must battle the evil of cykill and his renegades. Challenge of the gobots tv series 1984 filmaffinity. Bit of fun fact, challenge of the gobots came out one month before hasbros g1 transformers, but the latter got more recognition. The only reason why this show got cancelled is because it wasnt promoted as well as the transformers was. Tonka may have entered the planning phases later then hasbro, but it was able to beat hasbro to store shelves. They added a cartoon show and movie and compete against the transformers.
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