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Serpentorslair Staff · March 4, 2025

The Making of the Original GoBots Cartoon: Hanna-Barbera’s Answer to Transformers

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 Serpentorslair Staff1980s animation, 80s Cartoons, Arthur Burghardt, Challenge of the GoBots, Cy-Kill, Frank Welker, GoBots cartoon, GoBots episodes, GoBots history, GoBots voice actors, GoBots vs Transformers, Hanna-Barbera GoBots, Hasbro GoBots, Leader-1, Lou Richards, Transformers origins0 comment

Before Transformers became the dominant toy-based animated franchise of the 1980s, Challenge of the GoBots hit the airwaves in 1984. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, the studio behind classics like The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and The Jetsons, the series was based on the Machine Robo toy line from Japan, which Tonka rebranded as GoBots in North America. The GoBots cartoon followed the battle between two factions: the heroic Guardians, led by Leader-1, and the villainous Renegades, commanded by Cy-Kill. The series ran for 65 episodes, making it one of the first transforming robot…

New Action Toys Machine Robo AKA Masterpiece Gobots Images!

December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Action Toys, Cy-Kill, Gobots, Leader-10 comment

When I was growing up, I was a big fan and collector of the Gobots and my favorite character was Cy-Kill. Now there is a new third party offering that really takes the Cy-Kill character and bumps it up several notches. Check out the new Action Toys Machine Robo AKA Masterpiece Cy-Kill, as well as the other Gobots set to be released in February 2016 by Action Toys, and share your thoughts AFTER THE JUMP! Cy-Kill Jet Robo / Fitor Drill Robo / Screwhead Turbo Leader-1 Tank Robo / Tank…