Toy Comic 18

...OK, OK, we've all had our laughs at the expense of the "other" transforming robot toys from the 80's. Now it's time to face facts: as far as toys go, the Go-Bots actually kicked a not-inconsiderable amount of ass. Sure, they didn't have the comic or the established universe/personalities, the cartoon sucked ass (like most late-80's Hanna-Barbera, and this is from an H-B groupie), and many of the toys tended to wear down and get all wobbly if you played with them too much...for a kid whose family was on a tight budget, though, they were cheap, looked fucking sweet, and could take a serious beating (let's face it...most G1 Transformers would snap into pieces if you sneezed on them). My first "fan characters" were an entire roster of Autobots and Decepticons that were made of re-named Go-Bots and various swap meet bootlegs...until college, I only actually owned 3 or 4 legitimate Transformers toys.
SO...come on, all you closet Go-Bots fans! The toys rocked even if nothing else did really, so declare that loud and proud to the next sneering TF fan badmouthing our bots!
...just...just don't mention the Rock Lords. Seriously. That's grounds for manslaughter in many states.
BTW, the two Go-Bots here are Vanguard and Rest-Q, the former being my favorite (despite him turning into a mini-van...hey, it was a better disguise than a fucking Formula-1 race car!) and the latter being the first transforming robot toy I EVER owned.
RESPECT THE G'S!