MR-18 Truck Robo | Road Ranger

Challenge of the GoBots has endeared and found a cult following after the toyline and its animated series went off-air. The concept and stories that built the mythology was not as polished as Transformers, but presented a solid range of transforming figures that populated the world of Gobotron. Since being acquired by Hasbro they have incorporated some of the characters in their stories even producing toys that have “Go-Bots” or just straight up Gobots in them. But the comicbooks were these characters shined in 2018/2019 run of the mini-series redefining their narrative introducing Road Ranger as its New Leader.

Go-Bots #2 | Leader by One

01.12.2019 – Tom Scioli’s take on the classic Go-Bots is not the one you saw in Hanna-Barbera’s cartoons, but something dark and sinister like any science fiction tropes an inspiration from what has come before when you talk about the narrative elements of this miniseries. Previously in the first issue gives you a fresh take of classic cartoon series based from the toys imported by Tonka. The Go-Bots rise from being the human’s tool has taken its toll taking violent actions led by Cy-Kill, a gladiator bot hell bent in leading his compatriots to his vision of taking over planet Earth after having found independence. In this second issue the violence has been intensified to a civil conflict with the human beings. But this is only a tip of the iceberg as remaining Go-Bots still want to protect their human partners from the sheer violence that Cy-Kill is bringing to the human race. Unlike in the original cartoon the Go-Bots depicted here are violent machines using their bare hands without energy beams firing from their fists. But a barbaric action over their own kind that ensured a vicious war that Cy-Kill is pursuing to be the top bot on the Go-Bot food chain. Of course, Scooter and Turbo with their human companions Matt Hunter and A.J. Foster are in the center of this conflict that most Go-Bots are starting believe in what Cy-Kill has to say that revolted with an uprising.

Go-Bots #1 | Renegade Ascension

12.29.2018 – Tom Scioli’s vision of Go-Bots gives a fresh perspective of the characters that was popularized in the Hanna-Barbera produced animated series. Most of the toys by Tonka were largely popular not due to the cartoons. But being affordable than the more popular Transformers brand by Hasbro and how they marketed the property. The Go-Bots became relevant again due to the cult following as a ‘poor man’s Transformers’ and the in-joke that followed. The toys only got support from the Saturday Morning cartoon series, but there were no other media aside from storybooks and no comicbook series produced around the property’s popularity. But with Tom Scioli’s capable hands being the artist behind Transformers VS G.I.Joe takes the veritable Go-Bots property and gives older fans and new readers a new look at the iconic characters that once rivaled the Transformers brand. With that, the Go-Bots has enough room to give long-time fans their origins to be told in this limited series that is getting some interesting fan reactions.

Incoming | Go-Bots #2 Cover & Details

12.21.2018 – In case you’ve been living under a Rock Lord you’ll probably wonder what’s happening lately? For the comic book fan out there looking for something to sink in after the finale with the Transformers series you may want to get nostalgic with this one. Go-Bots by Tom Scioli was underrated just like the toys themselves back in the 1980s. But would you give these Gobotronians a shot?

Hasbro to Release Gobots in Generations Series!

04.01.2014 – Transformers is celebrating 30 years of the brand expect some more surprise release that you might be interesting to see. The brand continues to expand with some interesting characters from comics, animated series and movies. The Generation line based on the classic characters and reintroduced in the modern era continues to release some surprises. For 2014 Hasbro leaked images of two characters that will be added in the line namely Crasher and Cop-Tur from Challenge of the Gobots!