Crazy Ass Moments in Gobots
History
@assgobots.bsky.social
He/They
I post crazy moments in Gobots and Machine Robo history
@ or DM me with your submissions
I post crazy moments in Gobots and Machine Robo history
@ or DM me with your submissions
While I don't expect this was a reference, this was also kind of done with the Gobots in the IDW comic with characters like Hans-Cuff and Vamp.
Although the Gobots in that are human-created rather than the Machine Robo which are completely organic beings like humans.
Although the Gobots in that are human-created rather than the Machine Robo which are completely organic beings like humans.
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
While I don't expect this was a reference, this was also kind of done with the Gobots in the IDW comic with characters like Hans-Cuff and Vamp.
Although the Gobots in that are human-created rather than the Machine Robo which are completely organic beings like humans.
Although the Gobots in that are human-created rather than the Machine Robo which are completely organic beings like humans.
SORRY, WRONG PICTURE FOR PICTURE 3, MEANT TO USE THIS ONE
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
SORRY, WRONG PICTURE FOR PICTURE 3, MEANT TO USE THIS ONE
I don't know if this is the case for Rock Lords (I couldn't find enough evidence to get a consistent average price for the toyline) but in Japan the Rock Robo actually cost more than the Machine Robo 600 figures at 950 yen or 350 yen more, and considering the less complex... 1/2
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I don't know if this is the case for Rock Lords (I couldn't find enough evidence to get a consistent average price for the toyline) but in Japan the Rock Robo actually cost more than the Machine Robo 600 figures at 950 yen or 350 yen more, and considering the less complex... 1/2
Oh fuck
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Oh fuck
Magmar aka Devilrock's color scheme in Rock Robo is a lot more vibrant with brighter greens and bright purple instead of orange.
The Battle of the Rock Lords film however decided to take Magmar's already somewhat bland color scheme and make it even duller by removing the green.
The Battle of the Rock Lords film however decided to take Magmar's already somewhat bland color scheme and make it even duller by removing the green.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Magmar aka Devilrock's color scheme in Rock Robo is a lot more vibrant with brighter greens and bright purple instead of orange.
The Battle of the Rock Lords film however decided to take Magmar's already somewhat bland color scheme and make it even duller by removing the green.
The Battle of the Rock Lords film however decided to take Magmar's already somewhat bland color scheme and make it even duller by removing the green.
The Gobots show goes off model in terms of scale quite a LOT with the chart saying humans are roughly half the size of characters like Cy-Kill and then they're depicted as being miniscule in many scenes.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Gobots show goes off model in terms of scale quite a LOT with the chart saying humans are roughly half the size of characters like Cy-Kill and then they're depicted as being miniscule in many scenes.
Because Machine Robo Battle Hackers doesn't take place in the same universe as Revenge of Cronos (technically, it's kinda complicated), Baikanfu shows up in Battle Hackers for only a brief moment as do a few other Revenge of Cronos characters and don't really do much.
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Because Machine Robo Battle Hackers doesn't take place in the same universe as Revenge of Cronos (technically, it's kinda complicated), Baikanfu shows up in Battle Hackers for only a brief moment as do a few other Revenge of Cronos characters and don't really do much.
Individual Machine Robo are a race rather than individual beings so for example instead of Bike Robo being an individual character and the only one that looks like that, there are many that look like that. This also applied to the Rock Robo.
Interestingly they also share... 1/2
Interestingly they also share... 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Individual Machine Robo are a race rather than individual beings so for example instead of Bike Robo being an individual character and the only one that looks like that, there are many that look like that. This also applied to the Rock Robo.
Interestingly they also share... 1/2
Interestingly they also share... 1/2
Fuck it, here's every (transforming and also non-transforming because there's a lot less) Turbo / Supercar Robo figure ever:
1. Regular Gobots Turbo
2. Machine Robo 600 Series Supercar Robo
3. Machine Robo Best 5 Supercar Robo
1. Regular Gobots Turbo
2. Machine Robo 600 Series Supercar Robo
3. Machine Robo Best 5 Supercar Robo
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fuck it, here's every (transforming and also non-transforming because there's a lot less) Turbo / Supercar Robo figure ever:
1. Regular Gobots Turbo
2. Machine Robo 600 Series Supercar Robo
3. Machine Robo Best 5 Supercar Robo
1. Regular Gobots Turbo
2. Machine Robo 600 Series Supercar Robo
3. Machine Robo Best 5 Supercar Robo
The big gimmick of the Diarobo toyline was that the toys were 1:64th scale meaning that they were in the same scale as model cars like Hot Wheels.
To translate that to Transformers, that means an average toy was about the same scale as an old Legion Class.
To translate that to Transformers, that means an average toy was about the same scale as an old Legion Class.
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The big gimmick of the Diarobo toyline was that the toys were 1:64th scale meaning that they were in the same scale as model cars like Hot Wheels.
To translate that to Transformers, that means an average toy was about the same scale as an old Legion Class.
To translate that to Transformers, that means an average toy was about the same scale as an old Legion Class.
Diarobo was a transforming robot toyline starting in 2012(?), I added a question mark because that's the year of the first post I saw made about it. The line was made by Agatsuma from Japan. I don't know whether or not they were ever widely imported to other countries... 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Diarobo was a transforming robot toyline starting in 2012(?), I added a question mark because that's the year of the first post I saw made about it. The line was made by Agatsuma from Japan. I don't know whether or not they were ever widely imported to other countries... 1/2
Baikanfu Mk. 2 was a planned figure shown off in Machine Robo Wedge which would've been able to be taken apart and have each segment of the vehicle mode form one of the components that made up the normal Baikanfu design.
This likely didn't release because of either... 1/3
This likely didn't release because of either... 1/3
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Baikanfu Mk. 2 was a planned figure shown off in Machine Robo Wedge which would've been able to be taken apart and have each segment of the vehicle mode form one of the components that made up the normal Baikanfu design.
This likely didn't release because of either... 1/3
This likely didn't release because of either... 1/3
There is a new Machine Robo Unitroborn box set that contains six different components and is called Arienaigattai Yokubari. The components are modular and can be made into multiple configurations. I don't personally recognize the bottom two on the right but I doubt they're new.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There is a new Machine Robo Unitroborn box set that contains six different components and is called Arienaigattai Yokubari. The components are modular and can be made into multiple configurations. I don't personally recognize the bottom two on the right but I doubt they're new.
The first series of Narlies was brought over to the European Robo Machines however the second series of Narlies wasn't, likely due to poor sales which is also almost definitely the reason why the third series of Narlies was canceled.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The first series of Narlies was brought over to the European Robo Machines however the second series of Narlies wasn't, likely due to poor sales which is also almost definitely the reason why the third series of Narlies was canceled.
The show design for Turbo gave the character a green windshield chest instead of the toy-accurate blue. This was done for seemingly no reason as no prototype has this color scheme.
The only toy that recreates this is X-Transbots Sonic with no official toy having it.
The only toy that recreates this is X-Transbots Sonic with no official toy having it.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The show design for Turbo gave the character a green windshield chest instead of the toy-accurate blue. This was done for seemingly no reason as no prototype has this color scheme.
The only toy that recreates this is X-Transbots Sonic with no official toy having it.
The only toy that recreates this is X-Transbots Sonic with no official toy having it.
The Last Magic Man episode of Gobots had Tinotchka an immensely powerful wizard who was threatened with death by Cy-Kill to work for him. At the end of the episode he dies and doesn't seem too fussed about the matter for someone who was so concerned about death earlier.
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The Last Magic Man episode of Gobots had Tinotchka an immensely powerful wizard who was threatened with death by Cy-Kill to work for him. At the end of the episode he dies and doesn't seem too fussed about the matter for someone who was so concerned about death earlier.
The Last Magic Man episode of Gobots had Tinotchka an immensely powerful wizard who was threatened with death by Cy-Kill to work for him. At the end of the episode he dies and doesn't seem too fussed about the matter for someone who was so concerned about death earlier.
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The Last Magic Man episode of Gobots had Tinotchka an immensely powerful wizard who was threatened with death by Cy-Kill to work for him. At the end of the episode he dies and doesn't seem too fussed about the matter for someone who was so concerned about death earlier.
Both Boulder and Slimestone used their toy prototype color schemes for the Movie design. This is most obvious for Boulder because of the black helmet and brownish arms. For Slimestone it is most obvious because the toy design is only silver while the prototype... 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Both Boulder and Slimestone used their toy prototype color schemes for the Movie design. This is most obvious for Boulder because of the black helmet and brownish arms. For Slimestone it is most obvious because the toy design is only silver while the prototype... 1/2
Bent Wing turns into a
Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and this is also the origin of her name with one of the nicknames for the Corsair during its service being "Bent Wing Bird."
Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and this is also the origin of her name with one of the nicknames for the Corsair during its service being "Bent Wing Bird."
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Bent Wing turns into a
Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and this is also the origin of her name with one of the nicknames for the Corsair during its service being "Bent Wing Bird."
Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and this is also the origin of her name with one of the nicknames for the Corsair during its service being "Bent Wing Bird."
Scales' design in the Renegade Rhetoric collage image is supposedly based on Beast Machine Thrust for the body and G1 Rippersnapper for the head. I say supposedly cause its really hard to tell imo on the picture but considering Scales' design and the restriction of using... 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Scales' design in the Renegade Rhetoric collage image is supposedly based on Beast Machine Thrust for the body and G1 Rippersnapper for the head. I say supposedly cause its really hard to tell imo on the picture but considering Scales' design and the restriction of using... 1/2
Something I think that is really neat is in Machind Robo Rescue the character Ken Minami presents a lot more femininely than most male characters in the show even into adulthood and this isn't portrayed overtly as being weird or wrong but instead just how they are as a person.
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Something I think that is really neat is in Machind Robo Rescue the character Ken Minami presents a lot more femininely than most male characters in the show even into adulthood and this isn't portrayed overtly as being weird or wrong but instead just how they are as a person.
This is the last time Spoiler ever shows up canonically btw in order of the timeline with every episode he's in taking place before this so this very well could've actually killed him.
JESUS CHRIST GUYS YOU DIDNT HAVE TO FUCKING KILL HIM
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is the last time Spoiler ever shows up canonically btw in order of the timeline with every episode he's in taking place before this so this very well could've actually killed him.
Shinkansen Robo was one of the only figures released in Machine Robo to have multiple color schemes, a blue and a green one. It is also one of the only ones to receive a version 2 with New Shinkansen Robo which was a completely new mold but based on the same train... 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Shinkansen Robo was one of the only figures released in Machine Robo to have multiple color schemes, a blue and a green one. It is also one of the only ones to receive a version 2 with New Shinkansen Robo which was a completely new mold but based on the same train... 1/2
Despite being released as part of Machine Robo at the same time as Gobots' prime, Combat Buggy was one of only 18 figures never brought over to Gobots. While most of the others have semi-reasonable explanations for why, there are none for Combat Buggy especially because... 1/2
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Despite being released as part of Machine Robo at the same time as Gobots' prime, Combat Buggy was one of only 18 figures never brought over to Gobots. While most of the others have semi-reasonable explanations for why, there are none for Combat Buggy especially because... 1/2