The noble guardian gobots and the nefarious renegade gobots continue the war begun in the battle for gobotron across. Distributor, lbs communications worldvision enterprises. I hope sometime hasbro wil realize there are queit a few fans of the gobots had and give us a dvd release of it. The other nostalgic transforming robots cartoon is set to make a comeback on dvd via warner brothers online. Challenge of the gobots the complete miniseries 86 views. Challenge of the gobots complete series dvd collection youtube. Ironically, transformers owner hasbro later bought tonka, the owner of the gobots. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. Braxis, with headquarter on the planet moebius, wants to destroy earth and kidnapped some of their gobot defenders and their human comrades. On the distant planet gobotron dwell the gobots, a race of robots able to transform themselves into amazing fighting vehicles. The enthusiasm from the writing team and animators can seem to even leap off the screen.
This dvd retells the first 5 episodes of this animation classic. 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. He supports the democratic system of the guardians. Challenge of the gobots even managed to spawn a spinoff. The revenge of nazgar, is included as a special feature.
This movie was produced by hannabarbera productions the same company responsible for the challenge of the gobots series and released to theaters in 1986 by clubhouse pictures under the title gobots. I know the rights to the gobots are with hasbro now and has been lost to the flagship transformers. Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. The series volume 1 is a threedisc dvd collection from the warner archive collection. The gobots were a popular toy line imported from japan, produced here in america by tonka which.
A race of intelligent robots is hiding on earth, disguising themselves as ordinary cars and motorcycles. Im curious to find out how the movie holds up and thought id share my discovery as it nor the complete animated series has ever been officially released to dvd. Challenge of the gobots is a single disc, five part miniseries thats actually the first five parts of the gobot series. Challenge of the gobots streaming online justwatch. 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. In 1986, soon after the end of the challenge of the gobots television series, the gobots costarred with the rock lords in an animated feature film gobots. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series challenge of the gobots and followup film gobots. The world is as ready as theyll ever be for a gobots movie, and according to reports, one is in predevelopment. Challenge of the gobots tv series 19841985 the movie. The gobots, televisions amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length feature film, gobots. Jul 27, 2012 challenge of the gobots intro 1984 1985. The original miniseries 1984 from gobotron to your home, its the. Challenge of the gobots episode guide hannabarbera, page 3 by big cartoon database is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4.
Challenge of the gobots was infamous for competing against the transformers, both shows being cartoons about transforming mecha based on a toyline and sharing a few voice actors most notably peter cullen, arthur burghardt, and frank welker. These good robots in disguise also do battle with the bad robots. Challenge of the gobots the original miniseries dvd. Transformers combiner wars movie prime cut edition duration.
Cursed with the same production standards as the smallscreen version indeed, it was originally created for tv and suddenly upgraded as an opportunist big screen release and designed to sell a crappy toy idea robots that transform into err rocks. This actionpacked release includes the final 35 episodes of the classic 80s scifi cartoon challenge of the gobots. Its a shame the series wasnt produced in individual seasons. The complete miniseries is about as 80s and as saturday morning cartoonish as you can get. The 65episode series ran in syndication from 1984 through 1985, followed by the feature film, battle of the rock lords in 1986. Watch full episodes of challenge of the gobots and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Challenge of the gobots is an american animated series produced by hannabarbera, based on the gobots toyline released from tonka. Challenge of the gobots was produced in the united states by. Challenge of the gobots episode guide hannabarbera, page 3. 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. With lou richards, bernard erhard, marilyn lightstone, frank welker. Challenge of the gobots is a defender variant based on the tv cartoon series of the same name which is based on a toy line. Challenge of the gobots episode guide hannabarbera, page.
Although initially a separate and competing line of toys, tonkas gobots became the intellectual property of hasbro after their buyout of tonka in 1991. The gobots came from gobotron and the transformers came from cybertron. Challenge of the gobots is an american animated series produced by hanna barbera, based on the gobots toyline released from tonka. 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. Challenge of the gobots came out in the early 80s, right before the transformers i believe. Watch challenge of the gobots full episodes online free kisscartoon. Hannabarbarra has released one of their best cartoons in television history. Cheesy, lurid and downright silly, its story is a wholeheartedly conspicuous blending of such liveaction science fiction films as the star wars and superman franchises, flash gordon and more. Challenge of the gobots complete series dvd collection.
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 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. But that in no way diminishes the story line that they came up with for the gobots animated series. The series follows the story of a powerful race of alien robots who can transform into vehicles and who often use this talent to blend in with human society as they defend earth from the evil renegade gobots. Watch challenge of the gobots episode 01 battle for gobotron randomizer on dailymotion. This miniseries is 5 episodes or the length of a feature film. Fitor to the finish story by don glut, jeff segal, and kelly ward. Apr 17, 2020 challenge of the gobots complete series dvd collection. Its walltowall action and high tech fun as the heroic guradian gobots join the rock lords battle for. I remember watching the gobots along with the transformers. They even got a theatrical animated film called gobots.
The noble guardian gobots and the nefarious renegade gobots continue the war begun. Earth is the battleground in an interplanetary struggle between good and evil when a distant, scientifically advanced world erupts in war. But now, you can relive the first five episodes every gobot fan calls the battle for gobotron. In depth information about the quest for the roguestar, produced by hannabarbera studios. Hanna barberas challenge of the gobots is a true cartoon classic. In 1984, two gobot childrens books were published by golden books, an imprint of western publishing. 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 regroup and try conquer that planet first instead. Challenge of the gobots now on dvd at challenge of the gobots.
Challenge of the gobots turbos been hit clip warner. The noble guardian gobots and the nefarious renegade gobots continue the war begun in the. May 18, 2011 challenge of the gobots now on dvd at challenge of the gobots. But better than the series and movie that followed.
Challenge of the gobots episode 01 battle for gobotron. Battle of the rock lords is a 1986 american animated film based on the gobots line of toys. The guardians, led by the heroic leader1, must battle the evil of cykill and his renegades. In 1984, challenge of the gobots, a fivepart animated tv miniseries, set the stage and established two triosleader1, commander of the good guardian gobots, along with turbo and scooter, and. Battle of the rock lords was an animated movie based on the gobots toy and tv franchise. The show originally debuted in animated form as a fivepart miniseries, which aired in syndication from october 29 november 2, 1984. Challenge of the gobots also known as simply gobots is an american animated. It aired in some markets outside the us such as australia with the title challenge of the machine men. The original miniseries is actually a delightfully quirky and offbeat robot series. If reports are true, theyll eventually have to determine which gobots characters will make the conversion from 80s toy and cartoon to film. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Good news for all you gobots fans out there, has listed a preorder for challenge of the gobots.
Gobots is a line of transforming robot toys produced by tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to hasbros transformers. Original release, september 8, 1984 december, 1985. It jumpstarts the entire program with a great deal of determination and skill. The series dvd available for preorder move over michael bay. Watch challenge of the gobots online free kisscartoon. Transforming robots from the planet gobotron wage war across the galaxy. The series, volume 2, which contains the last remaining 30 episodes of the show, was released on march 10, 2015. Dumper was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the challenge of the gobots video game from your sinclair magazine. This release contains the first 30 episodes of the series 60 episode run. Bit of fun fact, challenge of the gobots came out one month before hasbros g1 transformers, but the latter got more recognition. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime. Watch challenge of the gobots episodes, get episode information, recaps and more.
An animated series based on a line of toys called gobots. It could happen now that hasbro has applied for a new trademark for the transformers knockoff from the eighties. He is a brave leader who cares deeply about his people. Challenge of the gobots or simply gobots is an american animated series produced by hannabarbera, based on the gobots toyline released from tonka. Well the folks at warner home want you to relive those painful yet fun moments of your past with the release of challenge of the gobots the original miniseries. Dumper is a fictional character in the gobots toyline, and the subsequent challenge of the gobots cartoon that transforms from a guardian into a dump truck. Challenge of the gobots was produced in the united states by hannabarbera and wang film productions in taiwan. Challenge of the gobots or simply gobots is an american animated series produced by. May 07, 2015 not to be confused with the transformers.
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