Sunday, 24 August 2014

Stallion Renegade Gobot

STALLION






Episode Appearance(s): 2
(08) 43. The Fall Of Gobotron (Part 3 of 5) & (49) 48. Fitor To The Finish 


Bio:


The first we see of Stallion he’s on Gobotrons Prison Moon moving Leader-1’s  body into Psychos’ disassembling chamber with fellow Renegade Stinger where he also he continues to guard the room whilst it’s under attack by Guardians led by Sparky along with Turbo & Smallfoot although he gets off a few shoots he’s ultimately the first to fall being defeated by Turbo with a shot to the chest. The next we see of Stallion it’s not until sometime later where he’s dispatched by Cy-Kill  to destroy a Renegade early warning system being led by Renegade 2nd in Command Fitor we learn from this episode that Stallion is considered one on Cy-Kill most loyal solider along with Stinger and Badboy. During the assault on the new UNICOM base he attacks break alongside Stinger he’s initial attack is cut short but yet a another defeat by Guardian Turbo whom convert to vehicle form and rams into both Stinger and Stallion knocking them both into the wall although this time he recovers quickly and is instructed by Badboy to continue the fight to help out Fitor but during this diversion of event he Stinger and Badboy then attacked by Matt, Nick Anya  & AJ being quickly stunned by their rifles but upon receiving orders from CyKill he is informed to tell Fitor that they’re to prepare for a return Astrobeam back to the Renegade Mothership Rouge Star. 

Power Abilities:


Standard Gobots with Fist blasters and foot rockets with ability to convert into a car

Character speculations and possibilities:


With a name like Stallion I’d like to think he’d have some form of high powered kick. As he was mostly seen with Stinger maybe they were brothers or a criminal duo or even both.










Stallion 1st defeat by Turbo
Vehicle mode with his buddy Stinger

Stallion 2nd defeat by Turbo

attacking Guardians

stunned by Matt, Anya, Nick & AJ




2nd defeat by Turbo on both Stallion & Stinger




Sore head following defeat by Turbo




Friday, 22 August 2014

Gobots Wondercon Panel 2014

Gobots: Warner Archive Collection And Beyond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsS0Y9RL6Jo

The panel included: 
Kelly Ward: Associate story editor and the voice of Fitor

Lou Richards, voice of Leader-1

Alan Burnett: story editor/writer

Matthew Patterson and D.W. Ferranti: WAC podcast hosts

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Challenge of the Gobots realigned

This list of episodes was taken from the Counter-X gobots page (http://counter-x.net/gobots/challenge/notes/order.html) and I totally agree with the episode order they've given visit there for more information.
The numbers in brackets are the realigned episode order and the ones next to them are the original airing order numbers.

The episodes in brackets are the realigned order and those without are the original airing order;

(01) 1. Battle For Gobotron
(02) 2. Target Earth
(03) 3. Conquest Of Earth
(04) 4. Earth Bound
(05) 5. The Final Conflict
(06) 41. Cy-Kills Escape (Gobotron Saga part 1)  
(07) 42. Quest For The Creator (Gobotron Saga part 2)
(08) 43. The Fall Of Gobotron (Gobotron Saga part 3)
(09) 44. Flight To Earth (Gobotron Saga part 4)
(10) 45. Return To Gobotron (Gobotron Saga part 5)
(11) 8. Time Wars
(12) 7. Renegade Alliance
(13) 17. Genius And Son
(14) 18. Dawn World
(15) 20. Forced Alliance
(16) 21. Invasion From The 21st Level (Part 1)
(17) 22. Invasion From The 21st Level (Part 2)
(18) 11. Lost On Gobotron
(19) 12. Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray
(20) 13. The Quest For The Rogue-Star
(21) 29. Renegade Rampage (Part 1)
(22) 30. Renegade Rampage (Part 2)
(23) 14. Ultra Zod
(24) 15. Sentinel
(25) 26. Cold Spell
(26) 28. Auto-Matic
(27) 25. Tarnished Image
(28) 31. Search For The Ancient Gobonauts
(29) 32. Gameworld
(30) 33. Wolf In The Fold
(31) 34. Depth Charge
(32) 54. Nova Beam
(33) 35. Transfer Point
(34) 36. Steamer's Defection
(35) 37. The GoBot Who Cried Renegade
(36) 38. The Seer
(37) 39. Whiz Kid
(38) 19. Pacific Overtures
(39) 46. Destroy All Guardians
(40) 47. Escape From Elba
(41) 49. Clutch Of Doom
(42) 50. The Third Column
(43) 51. A New Suit For Leader-1
(44) 52. Renegade Carnival
(45) 53. The Gift
(46) 55. The Last Magic Man
(47) 56. Braxis Gone Bonkers
(48) 57. Inside Job
(49) 48. Fitor To The Finish
(50) 65. Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap
(51) 23. Doppelganger
(52) 10. Trident's Triple Threat
(53) 16. Speed Is Of The Essence
(54) 27. Crime Wave
(55) 24. Scooter Enhanced
(56) 40. Ring Of Fire
(57) 58. Element Of Danger
(58) 6. It's The Thought That Counts
(59) 61. The GoBots That Time Forgot
(60) 63. Guardian Academy
(61) 64. Quest For New Earth
(62) 62. The Secret of Hailey's Comet
(63) 9. Terror In Atlantis
(64) 60. Et Tu Cy-Kill?
(65) 60. Mission Gobotron
Movie; Gobots:Battle of the Rocklords movie

Psycho Renegade Gobot

PSYCHO:

Episode Appearance(s): 2

(02) 2. Target Earth & (08) 43. The Fall Of Gobotron

Bio:
The Renegade that disassembled Leader-1 and laughed his head off doing so...

The first we see of Psycho he is manning a control panel in the Renegade HQ on Gobotron and is the bot Fitor explains there tricky situation to, as he isn't allowed to use Zod(Main) to stop the constant Guardian bombardment.

However the next and last time we see Psycho he is ordered to be the Renegade that 'disassembles' Leader-1. Which he does followed by a Psychotic laugh but sadly this near defeat of the Guardian is very short lived because as soon as he's switched the dissassembler on he Blasted my Turbo, Lightfoot and Sparky.
                                        
Power Abilities:
Most likely had the ability to fly and the use of fist blasters. Given his alternate form, I think it would be best assumed that he had great speed.


Character speculations and possibilities:
It would've been nice to see more of Psycho like with most under/unused characters in the Gobots. Using his name it would be good to assume that the Psycho isn't the full ticket, I would like to think he would've been the bot that others would go to, to get unspeakable things done. 
I think his story would be a bit tragic maybe as a result of an experiment by Dr. Go/Herr Fiend to be the fastest Gobot (lets say on par with Blurr from Transformers) the experiment was a 'success' but with dire side effects for as fast as he went he would also get more insane.

(originally posted on http://copturgobotrenegade.blogspot.co.uk/)







Psycho - defeated



Crainbrain Renegade Gobot

 CRAINBRAIN


Appearance(s): 2

(02) 2. Target Earth & (06) 41. Cy-Kills Escape.

Bio:
Well not much can be said of Crainbrain's screen time.

We first see that he is one of the Renegades that are Guarding their Gobotron city/base. He and Screwhead were the two Renegades called by Fitor to release Zod (Prime). Was this one of Crainbrains jobs to guard and monitor Zod if anything went wrong with his 'cell'?

He must have helped defend the Renegade base as he is not part of Cy-Kills earth bound force, but the battle for the Renegades HQ on Gobotron is ultimately lost to the Guardian assault.

The next time we see Crainbrain he is imprisoned on the 'Prison Moon' following the Renegades defeat at their Gobotron HQ. Crainbrain would then take part in the great jail break as he and Geeper Creeper are seen charging out of their cells by Nick and Scooter whom were monitoring the situation in a different location.

It is not known whether Crainbrain survived his escape attempt or any of the subsequent battles that followed...

Power Abilities:

Most likely had the ability to fly and the use of fist blasters.
Given his alternate form, I think it would be assumed that he had great strength and vast heavy lifting abilities.

Character speculations and possibilities:

What I would’ve liked to of seen is back story with Crainbrain, Spoons, Blockhead, Steamer, Dozer and Dumper as a unit similar to the Constructicons from the Transformers.
Instead of the team being completely bad the war could've split the unit down the middle as one half believed Cy-Kills' doctrine and the other half believed in the way of the Gobotron Council and the Guardians. Steamer being pendulum between the two factions.

This would’ve made for a great episode or two.







Crainbrain - during Prison Moon jail break




Destroyer Renegade Gobot

Destroyer - Robot Mode

Destroyer - Vehicle Mode













Episode appearances: 3
Destroyer - Third Mode

(06) 41. Cy-Kills Escape, (10) 45. Return to Gobotron & (21) 29. Renegade Rampage.

Bio:
Destroyer is a Renegade under Cy-Kill's command in his few appearances we don't find out much about him.
He was a prisoner on the Gobot Prison Moon during the prison break Destroyer took command of both Cop-Tur and Crasher in the prison breakout without even so much as crossed word from either of the other two Renegades. He obtained the weapons packs that granted all the escaped prisoners their weapons and other abilities.
Next we see that Destroyer has somehow obtained a Thruster and is already on earth waiting for what we never find out because Scooter and Smallfoot detect his Thruster in their power suit. He steps out to investigate whom or what has de-cloaked his Thruster and un afraid by what both Guardians are wearing he then Challenges them but before he's allowed to open fire Scooter uses his power suit telekinetic powers to bring down the mountain Destroyers Thruster is next too, he fall crushing him and putting him out of action. Destroyer would then make one more appearance where he is a part of the assault on Tri-Ceti. Now how he got there could've been by astral beam but why he's there is anyone’s guess maybe Cy-Kill wanted some extra muscle with all the Zod drones, Cop-Tur and Crasher but watching the episode the viewer would get the impression that Destroyer got destroyed when Tri-Ceti blew up. Or the astral beam could've saved him in time!?!?

Power Abilities:
Destroyer has the ability to convert between three different forms Robot, Tank & Battle platform. He is able fire from his turret in all three modes (not seen on screen but it would make sense). As a warrior with a high rank in the Renegade cause it would be best assumed also that he has the standard flight and fist blasters.

Character speculations and possibilities:
Destroyer is an interesting Gobot character as he is one of a very few that can boss around both Cop-Tur and Crasher without so much of a crossed word being uttered as both characters took orders and instructions as though he had some higher importance to him. This has led me to think that he is either a high ranking general or just a very powerful advisory NOT to be messed with.

He was stationed far in advanced of any of the other Renegades on Earth during the 'Saga of Gobotron', again we're not sure why Cy-Kill sent out a lone Renegade if he wasn't more than able to defend himself without additional support but ultimately the power suits were more than match for this highly under used and in my opinion very potential character.

(this was originally posted on http://copturgobotrenegade.blogspot.co.uk/)

Destroyer telling Cop-Tur what to do

Riding with Cy-Kills elite











Destroyer defeated

Bugbite Renegade Gobot

BUGBITE:















Appearance(s): 1

(59) 61. The GoBots That Time Forgot

Bio:
Bugbite is the lieutenant under Gunnyrs' (also known as the 'Lord High Gobot') level 17 regime, he and Gunnyr are the only Gobots in this level of Gobotron that can convert, use fist Blasters (although not seen in the episode) and Fly due the use of what they call 'scramblers' which blocks the effects of what is also referred to as the Crystal Mountain. Due to his upper hand on this level of Gobotron he manages to defeat both Scooter and Turbo in single combat.

Bugbite and Gunnyr are both eventually defeated and put under arrest and placed into the Gobotron Prison Moon.

Powers and Abilities:
Standard Fist Blasters (although not seen on screen but as he's a warrior its best to assume he does)

Head mounted cannons (not fired on screen but they look like guns of some sort)

Head sensor located behind the head cannons (again no evidence on screen but the aerial isn't seen whilst in vehicle mode)

Built in 'Scramblers' to avoid effects of 'Crystal Mountain' enabling him to convert on level 17.

Character speculations and possibilities:
It would've been nice to have seen more of Bugbite and Gunnyr in prominent roles adjusting to life under Cy-Kills command and the issues that may have caused maybe they might’ve joined together Zero and built a new Rouge Renegades faction.

(Originally Posted on http://copturgobotrenegade.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/bugbite-renegade-gobot.html but for some reason I can't access that anymore)