TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
KnotStronger
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
generationofswine
I don't know if you readers were ever little boys before...but I was...and I can assure you that when you are 5 you have serious--in all caps--SERIOUS debates with your friends about which is better the GoBots or the Transformers."Are you kidding me? The Transformers leader is a Semi-Truck...the Gobots have a an F-14 as their leader!!!!!" Or something like that.The GoBots...The GoBots....The GoBots.I'll be honest, I was a MASK fan. I needed that human element to relate to. Nah, just kidding, I just liked the toys more.Anyway, it is basically the Transformers with the names changed to protect the innocent and less of a problem making the good robots into weapons of war rather than harmless trucks and little VW bugs.Other than that...its all in the name and somehow Transformers won that serious debate.Someone needs to make a GoBots movie just to spite Michael Bay.
Terryfan
Growing up I love Transformers, everything about Transformers just hold my attention.Only a few times that I got to see Challenge Of The Gobots now I am a huge fan of Hanna Barbera cartoons and they have created some of the most memorable series ever like "Yogi Bear" and "Scooby-Doo" Gobots came out as the main challenger to the popular Transformers.Now this is not going to be a "Transformers is better" or "Gobots is better" review it just my thoughts on the series in general. Challenge Of The GoBots did have some interesting ideas and characters in their own right they had some good episodes of the series as well. The two factions at war were the Good Gobots known as the Guardians lea by Leader-One, some of The Guardians members are Turbo, Scooter, Small Foot, Path Finder, Van Guard, Road Ranger,Flip Top,Rest-Q, Heat Seeker and others. They were the protagonists of the series.The Evil Gobots known as Renegades lead by Cy-Kill, some of the Renegades are Crasher, Cop-Tur, Fitor, Loco,Fly Trap, Bad Boy, Pincher, BuggyMan, Geeper-Creeper, Vamp and others. The human characters: Matt Hunter, Nick Burns, Allison Janmoria "A.J." Foster, General Newcastle help the Guardians. Master Renegade help the Renegades. Challenge of the Gobots feature some good stories for the series and some of the most interesting episodes of any TV show. The Voice acting is pretty good with the talents of Lou Richards, Frank Welker, Peter Cullen,Brock Peters,Arthur Burghardt,Marilyn Lighstone, B.J.Ward, Kelly, Ward and others each one give the Characters some interesting voice effects and that's not something easy. And the animation of the show is pretty good as well and smooth animation. Yes Challenge of The Gobots was a challenger to The Transformers but The Gobots did have something going for it so if you are a fan of robots then check out Challenge Of The Gobots you might be surprise
Aaron1375
Yes, if they made a live action version of this cartoon all they would have to feature is Leader-1, Turbo, and Scooter on the good side and Cykill, Copter and that evil car that may have been a gal on the evil side. The toys numbered probably close to the hundred the amount of robots and week after week these six were the only ones really focused on. Which is one of the reasons I did not like this cartoon as much as Transformers or that Mighty Orbots show this inferior show got canceled. The robots just shot lasers from their hands, they had a stupid plot device of only so many gobots could transport to earth at a time hence why there was only the six old standbys (you know it was mainly cause it was easier to draw the same characters week after week), Scooter was lame and considering he could not shoot lasers you would think the bad guys would have a major advantage till you realized their leader was simply a motorcycle while the good leader is a fighter jet. Another thing that bugged me about the show, all the toys were relatively small and affordable. Yet they had certain ones called deluxe Gobots who were fairly expensive and bigger than the other normal sized ones, but for some reason in the cartoon they made these Gobots smaller than their counterparts. What the heck was up with that?
Nic_hse
Think of Transformers with simpler stories & cartoony robot designs and you have good idea of what the GoBots are about. Hanna Barbera's influence is all over this show. I mean C'mon a robot named Scooter that transforms into a child's scooter. Only Hanna Barbera would think that this would be cool. OK it's a fine cartoon if you don't compare it to Transformers. I have to admit GoBots is probably one of Hanna Barbera's best TV shows. GoBots is a good juvenile cartoon that posed no threat to the Transformers.
