5 Reasons Why The Transformers Are Better Than the GoBots

Posted on 03 06, 2007 under Stuff by gregoryng | View Comments

soundwave_toyApparently there is some debate to the statement I once made that the Transformers are clearly better than the GoBots. I thought it was an open and shut case but I guess I was mistaken. So to prove my statement I have produced the following. Ask and ye shall receive redhawk: I present to you my reasons why the Transformers are better than GoBots.

Reason #1: The Transformers had a way better theme song
The Transformers theme song is filled with useful knowledge explaining how badass they are. After listening to their theme song, you know that:

A: They are more than meets the eye
B: They are robots in disguise
C: The Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons
Plus, how many of you sang the theme song as a kid with your mouth behind an oscillating fan? Ah the memories.

The GoBots theme sounds like it was thrown together by some intern at Tonka 5 minutes before they began recording. Let’s review the words to the GoBots theme:
“The GoBots. The GoBots. The GoBots. The Gobots. The Gobots. The Gobotttttttttttts!”

Still need proof? Watch the Transformers Themesong in action:

Now watch the pitiful GoBots:

Reason #2: Who Said Metal Was Better Than Plastic?
One of the major arguments by GoBots fans is that GoBot toys were metal and the Transformers were plastic. Sure, when it comes to things like electronics and machinery, metal is better than plastic. But when it comes to toys, plastic is better. I cite 2 examples both ending in death to a kid.

Exhibit A: Metal Lawn darts. Result: Baby Kabob
Exhibit B: Metal Voltron Result: Lead Paint poisoning

The bottom line is the fact that the Transformers were made out of plastic, it did not take away from the enjoyment one got while transforming.

Reason #3: The Battle of the Movies
Even though the GoBot movie did better in the box office than the Transformers movie, it doesn’t mean it is a better show. The Transformers had Orson Welles in their movie! They had the death of Optimus Prime! And the transformation of Megatron to Galvatron! Can you remember anything siginificant from the GoBots movie? Besides, the He-Man movie tanked in the box office too. Does that make He-Man suck?

Reason #4: The Transformers had more Badass Names
Quick! Name 3 GoBots. Odds are you won’t remember any. You will just say something like, “Wasn’t the bad guy in GoBots a motorcycle?” You don’t remember the names because they were stupid. The bad guy in GoBots was named Cy-Kill. Get it? Because he is a motorcycle? Exactly my point. The creators of GoBots did not even try to manufacturer a world where you could be a hardcore robot and vehicle and have a kickass name. They had the Guardians and the Renegades from the planet Gobotron. The Transformers had Optimus Prime. Megatron. Soundwave. Skyscream. Bumblebee. And the Autobots and Decepticons from Cybertron.

Reason #5:Who is still around? Transformers? Or GoBots?
That’s right guys, the Transformers are still around. Sure it is the second and third generations of them and they are nothing like the originals. But so are the new GI Joes and Star Wars characters. The new Han Solo figure is more stacked than He-Man was. But does that take away the fact that Star Wars is awesome? The fact that the Transformers have lasted some 20 years is a testament to how superior they really are. In fact Hasbro eventually bought Tonka and even named one of the 2nd gen Transformers, “GoBot”

So what do you think GoBot supporters? Convinced now?

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  • hot shoot
    i am 13 now and i collect transformers but i never herd of gobots this year and i like them.not as cool as transformers but cool.i dont know one of there names expet cy kill but i thought he was a good guy.
  • Primal Convoy
    1/ Transformers DID have die-cast metal in ALL of their first wave releases. Most G1 toys also had some metal parts.

    2/ It\'s \"STARSCEAM\", not \"Skyscream\".

    3/ Gobots outsold TFs when they first came out as the TV show and the toys came out BEFORE the TFs. I think TFs won due to the old \"Betamax\" problem of supply and demand.

    4/ The Gobots liscence, but not the toy designs are now owned by Hasbro.Takara-Tomy. In fact, Hasbro has started to USE Gobot names, such \"gobot\", \"Leader-1\" etc as names for TRANSFORMERS.

    Takara also released a collection of repainted minibots, such as Bumblebee (not a great TF name when you think about it) as gobots, complete with similar colours to their gobot inspiration. The renegades became decepticreeps and the goodguys became autobots. The idea was that in the TF universe, the gobots are distant \"cousins\" to the tfs.
  • Hero
    By the way, great vote on USAToday.com on who should be the next villian in the inevitable Transformers sequel, and Soundwave (the decepticon picture above) won out over Shockwave and Starscream.
  • Hero
    I\'ll have to look into - the first one was the Voltron I watched - which I hear is also coming to the big screen and being produced by Mark Gordon of Saving Private Ryan fame (but that was from a clip in 2005, did a movie come out and flop already?). I thought there was another giant robot, who hands shot out of his arms to take out opponents? I think his head was a helicopter, or at least it shot out as well. We need a real fanboy for this one.
  • foodad
  • Hero_bcl
    Damn skippy the Transformers are way better than the Go-Bots. The Go-bots were dorks. They looked like children\'s toys: all blocky and their heads merged into their bodies, very little actual transformation. The Transformers looked like weapons, ministers of death praying for war. If sitting in a parking lot, it would be easy to identify the Go-Bot from 100 yards out, but you could strap yourself into a Transformer and never know it the difference unless you happened to notice the cool insignia on the steering wheel.
    Now, who is better, Voltron, or that other crazy robot of the 80s that was made up of cars?
  • BigDaddy
    WHY!?
    No matter which camp you fall into, the point is moot. No one, that I have heard, is planning on making a gobots movie.....

    Just post a review of how awesome the movie was, and oh yes, it was. Be done with it.
    Then let all the weird little fanbois pathetically cry about The GM sell out, Primes flames and my personal favorite... waaaaaa Bumble is suppose to be a VW instead they made him a sweet looking camero waaaaaa
  • Gobot Fan
    I honestly think the Gobot show intro is much better - more dynamic, interesting, and most of all fun looking, plus the theme music is faster and catchier. The transformers intro takes itself too seriously and is flat out boring. Plus, why do the autobots fly into the mountain at the end when none of them are supposed to be able to fly? Seems like a Gobots rip-off to me.
  • foodad
    Boy bands suck. But if not for boy bands, would I know that Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene were awesome? If everything was awesome, would anything be awesome? No. Everything would be average. Thanks for being the suck Gobots!
  • redhawk
    A very nice analysis, though it takes more of a global view of the toy concepts rather than focusing on the toys themselves. Obviously when you take into account the movies, TV shows, and comic books the Transformers come out ahead (although you have to subtract a couple points from the Transformers movie due to its use of \"Dare to be Stupid\" in a totally out-of-context fashion).

    I guess I like metal better than plastic.

    Regardless, thank you for addressing another item on my noodad wish list. Now if we can just get some more pictures of foodad the site will become a true online utopia.
  • BigDaddy
    I was trying to think if I had anything to add because the transformers were really after my time by a little. I mean I do like transformers but didn\'t really have any exposure to them except through younger cousins. Then it struck me, what the hell is a GoBot? I don\'t even remember them at all.
  • latiamh
    Another awesome thing: The Transformers theme song is sung by guys and girls.

    The GoBots theme song is not.

    Transformers: Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • foodad
    hell, there are Transformer Star Wars crossover toys. WTF?! Chewy and Han transform INTO the millenium falcon?!?!?
  • SIL
    Obviously! Didn\'t we all laugh at the kids with Gobots? Nicely done with the rationale though.
  • mudface
    Amen brother, I hear ya. Good post.
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