20 GoBots That Remind Us Why the GoBots Sucked So Incredibly Hard

The GoBots have never had it easy. These transforming robot toy contemporaries of the Transformers were always seen as second-class… uh, transforming robot toys in the ’80s; Tonka’s cheap knock-offs to Hasbro’s real deal, even though the GoBots came out slightly before the Transformers (…because Tonka rushed to import them from Japan after they heard of Hasbro’s Transformers plans, but still). But you know what? This scorn, this prejudice, this hate — it is totally fine. Completely justified, in fact. The GoBots sucked, and they deserved all the scorn we heaped on them in the ’80s, and then some. Here are 20 painful reminders of why the GoBots were so godawful… read more >