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 Nov 7 2011, 03:39 AM
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I'm in your Burger Bot eating burgers with your Isenburg! Group: Citizen Posts: 2,047 Joined: 10-February 03 Member No.: 2,267  |
e-HOBBY has posted a Museum article on their 2004 G1 GoBots exclusives.
There are some cool details for those with sharp eyes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-ironhide.gif) http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/museun_en/2194.html -Hydra -------------------- SELL ME THESE ITEMS!
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Nov 7 2011, 04:19 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 237 Joined: 25-February 08 Member No.: 11,403 Faction: Decepticon |
Sweeeeeeet~
This set is in my e-hobby top 5 list. I love it not just because I'm getting some minibots in funky colors, but also because of the thought that was put in the story behind it. You are probably not allowed to disclose such information, Hydra, but I'm curious: are these G1 GoBots getting a re-release like Sunstorm did? Are there OTHER G1 GoBots coming our way from e-hobby? |
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Nov 7 2011, 04:24 AM
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 Spooky. Group: Retired Staff Posts: 6,153 Joined: 22-December 01 From: Bay Area, CA Member No.: 87 Faction: Decepticon |
Nice recreation of the art there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif)
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Nov 7 2011, 05:10 AM
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 Unionized and proud of it.  Group: Supporter Posts: 8,679 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Germany Member No.: 5,642 Faction: Autobot |
Huh, so now e-Hobby is no longer scared of identifying the individual toys by name?
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Nov 7 2011, 07:22 AM
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Group: MORON Posts: 0 Joined: 19-February 07 Member No.: 9,988 Faction: Maximal |
I like the Spy Changers tie-in.
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Nov 7 2011, 08:06 AM
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 Group: News and Content Posts: 2,332 Joined: 25-February 10 From: Malaysia Member No.: 13,136 Faction: RIBFIR |
This is one of the best eHobby exclusives of all.
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Nov 7 2011, 08:12 AM
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 Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 29,915 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
Yup!
Not just because it opened the door to the Gobot invasion. It was because it combined the Gobot invasion with the miscolored toys in the old catalogs. So they ended up in a double dip of goodness rather than just being Hasbro toys repainted as Bandai toys. Something which I think a lot of fan-suggestions for Gobot repaints overlook. -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2011, 08:54 AM
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 President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 40,927 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 Faction: RIRFIB |
QUOTE(Meister79 @ Nov 7 2011, 08:06 AM)  This is one of the best eHobby exclusives of all. I agree and some of the most expensive. Pathfinder was the only one I ever thought to be a bit on the boring side due to being similar to Cosmos. I would like these color schemes applied to more modern figures as well (we do have Bugbite afterall). Randy --------------------  |
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Nov 7 2011, 09:02 AM
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 Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 8,196 Joined: 14-December 08 From: The Blasty Zone Member No.: 12,164 Faction: Cannonball's Pirate Crew |
So these guys are retroactively the first group "on Cybertron" to use the name Gobots, but they led to the Spychangers rather than... the Gobots. Of course, it's possible (likely) that the G2 Gobots bridge the gap, but there's only so many permutations of a thing you can squeeze into one paragraph.
I wonder what the story is for the guy actually named Gobots now... |
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Nov 7 2011, 09:07 AM
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Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 29,915 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
QUOTE(Lukeblast @ Nov 7 2011, 09:02 AM) I wonder what the story is for the guy actually named Gobots now... You are what you eat. -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2011, 09:52 AM
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 Suddenly, Batcure. Group: Supporter Posts: 18,822 Joined: 25-February 03 From: YES TOWN Member No.: 2,375 Faction: Lesbian Ninja |
QUOTE(Lukeblast @ Nov 7 2011, 09:02 AM) I wonder what the story is for the guy actually named Gobots now... What Lukeblast doesn't know is that he's about to be recruited into GI Joe under the codename "Transformers." --------------------  QUOTE(orionpax44 @ Jun 24 2012, 01:03 AM) Childrens toys? whaa the boxes seriously say ages 5+ I consider myself the plus. QUOTE(mx-01 archon @ Sep 9 2012, 01:53 PM) You're talking to ▲ndrusi. Assume everything that he posts is snark. |
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Nov 7 2011, 10:09 AM
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 The Weirdest Fan Experience Group: Citizen Posts: 2,003 Joined: 28-June 02 Member No.: 1,148 |
QUOTE Their colorings were based on unreleased recolors featured in an American catalog, but it seems that their names and characters originate elsewhere… Didn't they originate in a Japanese catalog? http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ehobbygobotscatalog.jpg http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Minibot-japanese-cat.jpg --------------------  |
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Nov 7 2011, 10:51 AM
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I'm in your Burger Bot eating burgers with your Isenburg! Group: Citizen Posts: 2,047 Joined: 10-February 03 Member No.: 2,267 |
Hmm, pretty sure some of the planning documents said an American catalog,
but that does seem to be the catalog in question, and darned if it's not Japanese. That can be changed in the article. Keep in mind, these were the same planning documents that originally had the chars. labeled as Bath Finder and Bat Boy. ^^ Good eyes, Monzo. Thanks for your suggestions, BTW. As for the GoBots, I'm not aware there are any plans to resissue them. -Hydra -------------------- SELL ME THESE ITEMS!
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Nov 7 2011, 11:00 AM
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Group: MORON Posts: 0 Joined: 19-February 07 Member No.: 9,988 Faction: Maximal |
Maybe the G2 Gobots have been retroactively renamed Spy Changers? Or did these guys lead to the invention of the G1 Spy CHangers that had Optimus, Prowl, Jazz, Wheeljack, Hoist, etc?
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Nov 7 2011, 11:02 AM
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 Group: Supporter Posts: 4,496 Joined: 18-July 03 From: Australia Member No.: 3,210 Faction: Autobot |
'Bath Finder' sounds like a seedy phone App, and I won't even comment on 'Bath Boy'.
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Nov 7 2011, 11:14 AM
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I'm in your Burger Bot eating burgers with your Isenburg! Group: Citizen Posts: 2,047 Joined: 10-February 03 Member No.: 2,267 |
I would presume that the Spychangers were the eventual result of their technology?
However, keep in mind that in the unified Japanese animated continuity, the events of Car Robots precede G2 by decades, so the Spy Changers would have apparently come first. And it was BAT Boy. You know, like in baseball, I guess? I know Japanese people loves baths and all, but... -Hydra -------------------- SELL ME THESE ITEMS!
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Nov 7 2011, 11:46 AM
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Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 8,196 Joined: 14-December 08 From: The Blasty Zone Member No.: 12,164 Faction: Cannonball's Pirate Crew |
QUOTE(NightViper @ Nov 7 2011, 09:07 AM) QUOTE(Lukeblast @ Nov 7 2011, 09:02 AM) I wonder what the story is for the guy actually named Gobots now... You are what you eat.Gobots is eHobby Zod?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-bee.gif) QUOTE(Hydra @ Nov 7 2011, 11:14 AM) I would presume that the Spychangers were the eventual result of their technology? However, keep in mind that in the unified Japanese animated continuity, the events of Car Robots precede G2 by decades,so the Spy Changers would have apparently come first. Ah, good observation. I keep forgetting that the fiction isn't linear with toy release. Makes a lot of sense then that after the success of the Spychangers, a bunch of guys would be created (and/or RE-created) in that vein. Somewhere along the line then, "Gobots" was reattached to the group or maybe a sub-group of the Spychangers. QUOTE And it was BAT Boy. You know, like in baseball, I guess? Or those crazy Gobots just love their tabloids... |
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Nov 7 2011, 12:40 PM
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Unionized and proud of it. Group: Supporter Posts: 8,679 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Germany Member No.: 5,642 Faction: Autobot |
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ehobbygobotscatalog.jpg
I think Paul Hitchens has a larger version of that pic. He also has... package art of the jets in those colors? Sadly, Wayback Machine doesn't have the images, only the text. http://web.archive.org/web/20040407071353/...s/g1_protos.htm -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2011, 12:55 PM
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The Weirdest Fan Experience Group: Citizen Posts: 2,003 Joined: 28-June 02 Member No.: 1,148 |
The package art for those proto-coneheads appeared on both one of the Japanese laserdisc sets and in a random J-G1 guidebook. I made scans from the latter, which are... uh... somewhere...
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Nov 7 2011, 01:18 PM
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 I'm untouchable, bitch. Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 18,053 Joined: 13-February 02 From: Hollywood, CA Member No.: 649 |
I really wish I'd bought that set.
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