rich: i had a lame gobot and the way it transformed is you stood the stupid thing up on it’s back bumper
luna: i totally wanted a 2xl
luna: but my parents were too poor
luna: http://www.2xlrobot.com/
luna: 2xl was huge
optic: you had one gobot?
rich: yes, 1 gobot
luna: lol 1 gobot
optic: 2xl wtf
luna: it wasnt even 1 trasnformer
optic: what did the gobot fight

rich: we were poor
liz: i missed all of this as a child. they probably gave me a cardboard box and some markers, and fabric, and said hop to it.
rich: i was lucky to get that
luna: 2-XL was an educational toy in the shape of a robot that was introduced in 1978. 2-XL was the brainchild of Dr. Michael J. Freeman, who felt that toys should be both fun and educational. The toy was interactive, playing various tracks from a magnetic audio tape depending on the user’s actions.
luna: The toy was released in two different time periods. The 1978 release was produced by a toy company called Mego Corporation, and used 8-track tapes. It was brought back in 1992 by Tiger Electronics in a version that used cassette tapes rather than 8-Track.
optic: 2xl never heard of it
liz: i was 2 in 1978 so would have missed 2xL.
cnote: agrd
luna: well it didnt just disappear after 1 year
rich: luna in his extravagent transformer world probably had the millenium falcon too
liz: 😀
liz: lol
luna: dude i was lucky to have fucking r2d2
liz: im not kidding about my cardboard box, and markers.
rich: wow r2d2
rich: that’s the high life
luna: all the kids on my block had the millenium flacon and tie fighters
optic: i had some star wars figures
optic: lots of matchbox and hot wheels
optic: plenty of legos
liz: jason had all that crap im sure. he was a spoiled brat
optic: battlestar galactica!
rich: my brother had a bunch of legos
luna: all i had was r2 and that stupid sand hovercraft
optic: and the star wars droid factory which ruled almost as much as lego
luna: but at least that’s better than 1 gobot
liz: oh wait! we did have a giant roll of paper i drew all over
liz: my kids, if i have them, will get the same. and some dirt and lots of outdoors to play in.
optic: sounds boring
luna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy-Kill
rich: i had a tv
luna: lol cy-kill
liz: and as many books as they want. if books still exist.
luna: worst name EVER
liz: sounds like a mildew cleaner
optic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boy_(Gobots)
optic: lol
optic: thats a pretty crappy lookin transforming robot
optic: is that your gobot rich
rich: gobots sure were cheaper than transformers
rich: it was a car
optic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop-Tur
rich: and so so lame
optic: cop-tur is a pretty bad name
liz: did you eventually blow it up?
liz: cop-turd
optic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeper-Creeper
optic: is that your gobot rich
optic: lol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader-1
optic: thats a pretty good name
rich: hah they had a gobot that was a dodge caravan!
optic: i think i may have shoplifted some gobots in my time
liz: poor rich
luna: This led his former friend, Cy-Kill, to break away from the Guardians. He took command of the evil Renegades and became Leader-1’s worst enemy.
luna: that never happens in cartoons and comic books
optic: he should have changed his name to enemy-1
luna: that would have really burned leader-1
luna: i bet
optic: is THIS your gobot rich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_(Gobots)
optic: or leader-0
rich: that may have been it
rich: so so lame
optic: http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Zeemon/zeemon.htm
luna: Turbo is also one of the bravest Guardians, though he is sometimes rather stupid and headstrong
optic: you should look for one on ebay
rich: no it’ was turbo
optic: i like how they have a link to the patent for this gobot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loco_(Gobots)
optic: lol theres a gobot named Truck? i wonder what he transforms into
optic: haha their planet was called gobotron
luna: lol the name of hteir planet is Gobotron
liz: duh
rich: even now the gobot world gets mocked by the elite-snob transformer community
optic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnrEvJaFA1Q
luna: Rest-Q
optic: lol dive-dive
liz: poor rich
luna: i wonder if dive-dive and twin-spin were doin it
optic: theres a gobot named spoons?
optic: who for some reason turns into a forklift
optic: OH NO ITS SPOONS
luna: mighty robots, mighty vehicles!
optic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvSduwAZM_E
rich: you see how they transform?
luna: or vehicle in rich’s case
optic: lol nice alarm
rich: you just fold it and that’s it
optic: they transform by you pick them up and turn them sideways
optic: it appears
rich: yep
rich: so lame
luna: dude that command center
luna: haha
optic: these kids are having fun with their gobots
luna: you just left it up
optic: but it seems like itd be less fun with just one
luna: and then open it like a chest
luna: lift
optic: lol KREEPY SO SINISTER NOT IN ANY STORE
rich: i had an amratron though
rich: that was cool
rich: and a big trek
luna: haha creepy
luna: buy any four robots and get one creepy!
optic: wow check out that renegade gobot giant
rich: or was it trak
luna: rich you only need 3 more
optic: lol 3 more
rich: yeah a big trak
rich: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigtrak
luna: lol they even ripped off voltron
optic: you’re grounded cop-tur!
luna: you’d think tonka could do better than this
luna: did you ever have Turbo attack Amatron
optic: YOU CAN IMAGINE.. YOUR PARENTS BOUGHT YOU A REAL TRANSFORMER
optic: IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES
optic: lol leader-1
* lens/patches is now lens/chatter-1
luna: haha
* luna/the.dap.gee is now luna/dapper-1
* rich/cnote is a racist is now rich/lame-1
optic: are you not lu-na
luna: haha
optic: lol lame-1
* luna/dapper-1 is now luna/Lu-Na
* lens/chatter-1 is now lens/chat-chat
optic: UNHAND THAT POWER CRYSTAL LAME-1
luna: In the 2006 movie Clerks II, Gobots are referred to as “the Kmart Transformers”.
rich: i think if one had a transformer as a kid, they didn’t have a difficult childhood
luna: In the 1987 film Lethal Weapon, the character Roger Murtaugh says, “I bet you like the Gobots” when speaking to a child.
luna: diss!
luna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HkoKk_twXY
luna: lol
luna: this guy rules
luna: lol you just flip the cheeta feet out
luna: hahaha
optic: haha gobot review
optic: THIS IS NO TRANSFORMER
luna: haha
luna: There is no auobot OR decepticon logo on it
optic: its not so much a transformation as an evolution
rich: lol
optic: EVOLVERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
luna: best toy review ever
rich: evolution
optic: EVENTUALLY
rich: the way to find out what a gobot transforms into is you just push it over on it’s side and it’s transformed
optic: IT TRANSFORMED INTO A FALLEN DOWN ROBOT
rich: that’s not a fallen down robot, that’s a car!