Transformers UK CollectorBlaster (orange)
Blaster is a Guardian missile tank from Bandai's Missile Tank Robo, and this orange version came first in 1983.
2 Accessories
GoBots (1983-1987)
GoBots were Tonka's little die-cast robots that turned into cars, jets and trucks, and the first ones reached the shops in 1983, a year before Transformers. Most began as Bandai's Machine Robo toys in Japan, renamed as the Guardians and Renegades of the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon. Bigger Super GoBots followed, along with combiners like Puzzler and Monsterous. The spin-off transforming rocks have their own page: Rock Lords.
Complete checklist of 162 GoBots figures across 19 series by Tonka, 1983-1987. Updated 6 November 2026.
GoBots: Series 1
GoBots: Accessories
GoBots: Arco
GoBots: Playsets
GoBots: Series 2
Super GoBots Wave 1
GoBots: Tonka Exclusives
GoBots: Boomers
GoBots: Powersuits
GoBots: Series 3
Super GoBots Wave 2
GoBots: Wendy's Kids' Meal
GoBots: Dread Launchers
GoBots: Monsterous
GoBots: Puzzler
GoBots: Secret Riders
GoBots: Series 4
Super GoBots Wave 3
GoBots: Power Marchers
Weirdly easy collection tracking
GoBots: Series 1
The original 1983 GoBots: small die-cast robots from Bandai's Machine Robo range, renamed by Tonka for America. This first wave brought the stars of the cartoon, from Guardian leader Leader-1 and Turbo to the Renegade boss Cy-Kill and Crasher, and it beat Transformers to the shops by a year.
BuggyMan (blue)
BuggyMan is a Renegade dune buggy from Bandai's Buggy Robo, and this blue version came first, numbered 08, before an orange reissue.
Cop-Tur
Cop-Tur is a helicopter and one of the Renegades the cartoon used most, always at Cy-Kill's side and voiced by Bob Holt.
2 Accessories
Crain Brain
Crain Brain is a Renegade crane truck, first made by Bandai as Crane Robo.
1 Accessory
Crasher (black)
One of the few female GoBots, Crasher is a Porsche 956 racing car and one of Cy-Kill's closest Renegades, voiced in the cartoon by Marilyn Lightstone.
Crasher (white)
One of the few female GoBots, Crasher is a Porsche 956 racing car and one of Cy-Kill's closest Renegades, voiced in the cartoon by Marilyn Lightstone.
Cy-Kill
The Renegade leader himself, Cy-Kill is a motorbike that began as Bandai's Bike Robo, the very first Machine Robo, and Bernard Erhard voiced him in the cartoon.
Dumper
Dumper is a Guardian dump truck, first sold by Bandai in Japan as Dump Robo.
Fitor
Fitor is a Renegade fighter jet, first sold in Japan as Bandai's Jet Robo, and one of Cy-Kill's regular crew in the cartoon.
Geeper-Creeper
Geeper-Creeper is a Renegade jeep, first sold by Bandai in Japan as Jeep Robo.
3 Accessories
Hans-Cuff
Hans-Cuff is a Guardian police car, first sold by Bandai in Japan as Police Robo.
Leader-1
Leader of the Guardians and an F-15 Eagle jet, Leader-1 started out as Bandai's Eagle Robo and was voiced by Lou Richards in Challenge of the GoBots.
Loco
Loco turns into a Japanese D51 steam locomotive, first sold as Bandai's Steam Robo, and fights for Cy-Kill's Renegades.
Path Finder
Path Finder is a flying saucer Guardian, first made by Bandai as UFO Robo.
Pumper
Pumper is a Guardian fire engine, first sold by Bandai in Japan as Fire Robo.
Royal-T
Royal-T is a Guardian Harrier jump jet, first made by Bandai as Harrier Robo.
Scooter
Scooter turns into a motor scooter, one of the few GoBots to keep a name close to his Bandai one, and Frank Welker voiced him in the cartoon.
Screw Head
Screw Head is a Renegade drilling tank built for tunnelling, first sold by Bandai as Drill Robo.
Spay-C
A space shuttle Guardian, Spay-C began as Bandai's Shuttle Robo and later got a much bigger Super GoBots version.
Tank
Tank kept the plain name Bandai had already used in the West, a Renegade battle tank voiced in the cartoon by Peter Cullen.
Turbo
Turbo is a futuristic supercar and Leader-1's closest Guardian friend, one of the trio the cartoon followed most, voiced by Arthur Burghardt.
GoBots: Accessories
Licensed GoBots extras: a collector's case for storing your figures and a battery-powered laser gun that converts into a robot.
Collectors Case
Convertible Laser Gun
GoBots: Arco
Arco made GoBots-branded play gear that changes into robots: cap guns and rifles, many first sold as Arco's Rogun robots, plus a pair of toy binoculars.
Desk-Bot
Binoc
Cap Pistol
Cap Rifle and Robo-Scope
1 Accessory
Destroyer
2 Accessories
Rogun Cap Rifle
Arco first sold its robot cap guns under its own Rogun name, then as GoBots from 1985.
Squirt Gun
GoBots: Playsets
GoBots playsets were Tonka's own designs: the Guardians' Command Center, which goes from spaceship to walker to multi-storey base, and the Renegades' Thruster headquarters.
Command Center
The Guardians' base flips from a spaceship to a walker, then opens into a multi-storey headquarters with a lift up the middle.
10 Accessories
Super GoBots Guardian Headquarters
Thruster
Tonka designed Thruster itself as the Renegades' headquarters, the villains' answer to the Command Center.
3 Accessories
GoBots: Series 2
The 1984 wave of original GoBots landed alongside the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon. Look out for Rest-Q the ambulance, Road Ranger's lorry, the Rolls-Royce Tux and the green mail-away Creepy, a reward you couldn't buy in shops.
Block Head
Block Head is a Renegade cement mixer lorry, first made by Bandai as Mixer Robo.
Creepy (Mail-Away Exclusive)
This green Creepy wasn't sold in shops: it was a free mail-away reward, while the shop version came in purple.
Dive-Dive
Dive-Dive is a Guardian submarine, first made by Bandai as Submarine Robo.
Good Knight
A Guardian vintage-style roadster, Good Knight is based on the Excalibur car and began as Bandai's Classic Robo.
Rest-Q
Rest-Q is the Guardians' ambulance, first sold by Bandai as Ambulance Robo, and Frank Welker voiced him in the cartoon.
Road Ranger
Road Ranger is a Guardian articulated lorry with its trailer, first made by Bandai as Trailer Robo.
Spoiler
Spoiler is a Renegade Lamborghini Countach, first sold by Bandai as Countach Robo, and Peter Cullen voiced him in the cartoon.
Spoons
Spoons is a Renegade forklift truck, first sold by Bandai as Forklift Robo.
Spoons ("Everytime" Autocon Exclusive)
Never sold in shops, this licensed promotional Spoons was a special order with an Autocon sticker on its forks.
Tux
Tux is a Renegade Rolls-Royce limousine, first sold by Bandai as Limousine Robo.
Water Walk
Water Walk is a Renegade float plane modelled on a Cessna, first sold by Bandai as Cessna Robo.
Super GoBots Wave 1
Super GoBots were the big ones: larger, more detailed robots from Bandai's Machine Robo DX and Big Machine Robo ranges. The 1984 wave brought sports cars like the Porsche Baron Von Joy and the Datsun Zeemon, the Volkswagen Beetle Bug Bite and the Leopard tank Destroyer.
Baron Von Joy
Baron Von Joy is a Guardian Porsche 930 Turbo, a large, detailed model from Bandai's Machine Robo DX range.
1 Accessory
Bug Bite
Bug Bite is a Renegade Volkswagen Beetle, a big Machine Robo DX model that Bandai also made in red.
1 Accessory
Cy-Kill
The Super GoBots Cy-Kill is a much bigger futuristic motorbike, from Bandai's Big Bike Robo in its Big Machine Robo range.
Destroyer
Destroyer is a Renegade Leopard battle tank, based on Bandai's Machine Robo DX Leopard A4.
2 Accessories
Herr Fiend
Herr Fiend is a Renegade Porsche 928S, Bandai's big Machine Robo DX model of the car turned GoBots villain.
Leader-1
Super Leader-1 is a far bigger, more detailed F-15 Eagle, from Bandai's Big Eagle Robo.
Zeemon
Zeemon is a Guardian Datsun 280ZX, a bigger and more detailed model from Bandai's Machine Robo DX range.
GoBots: Tonka Exclusives
These GoBots weren't Bandai designs. Zod and Scales are Tonka's own motorised monsters, and Bubble Man is a licensed bubble pipe that folds into a robot.
Bubble Man (black)
Made by Tootsietoy under the GoBots name, Bubble Man is a bubble pipe that folds into a little robot.
Bubble Man (blue)
Made by Tootsietoy under the GoBots name, Bubble Man is a bubble pipe that folds into a little robot.
Bubble Man (green)
Made by Tootsietoy under the GoBots name, Bubble Man is a bubble pipe that folds into a little robot.
Bubble Man (red)
Made by Tootsietoy under the GoBots name, Bubble Man is a bubble pipe that folds into a little robot.
Road Ranger Long-Haul Rig
Scales
Another Tonka original rather than a Bandai design, Scales is a motorised Renegade race car that turns into a monster.
Zod
Zod is a big motorised monster designed by Tonka rather than Bandai, and a regular in the cartoon, with an episode named Ultra Zod.
1 Accessory
Space Hawk
GoBots: Boomers
The Boomers, Blast and Rumble, are big motorised six-wheel buggies from 1985. Press a button and they pop up into robot mode, press again and they fire a hollow message ball you could hide a note in.
Blast
Blast is a battery-powered six-wheel buggy that pops up into a robot at the press of a button and fires a hollow message ball.
2 Accessories
Rumble
Rumble is Blast's twin Boomer, a motorised buggy that springs into robot mode and launches a message ball you can hide notes in.
2 Accessories
GoBots: Powersuits
The Power Suits were four armour pieces GoBots could wear, plus a spaceship, that combine into a giant Power Warrior: Courageous for the Guardians and Grungy for the Renegades. Both were recoloured from Bandai's Battle Armor 5, and the pieces were sold one by one as well as together.
GBP1 (Courageous)
GBP1 (Grungy)
GBP2 (Courageous)
GBP2 (Grungy)
GBP3 (Courageous)
GBP3 (Grungy)
GBP4 (Courageous)
GBP4 (Grungy)
Guardian Armored Spaceship (Courageous)
The spaceship at the heart of Courageous, sold on its own as the centre section of the Guardians' Power Warrior.
8 Accessories
Power Warrior Courageous
Four wearable Power Suits and a spaceship join into Courageous, the Guardians' giant Power Warrior, recoloured from Bandai's Machine Robo Battle Armor 5.
9 Accessories
Power Warrior Grungy
Grungy is the Renegades' Power Warrior, the same Bandai Battle Armor 5 mould as Courageous in Renegade colours.
9 Accessories
Renegade Armored Spaceship (Grungy)
The centre section of Grungy, the Renegades' Power Warrior, sold on its own as a spaceship.
8 Accessories
GoBots: Series 3
1985 brought more 80s GoBots than any other year: monsters such as Pincher, Scorp and Vamp from Bandai's Devil Invaders, plus American cars like the Pontiac Fiero Sparky and the Corvette Stinger, which Bandai made just for Tonka. Reissues of Leader-1, Cy-Kill and BuggyMan in new colours came out too.
Bad Boy
Bad Boy is a Renegade A-10 Thunderbolt jet, first sold by Bandai as Fairchild Robo.
Bent Wing
Bent Wing is a Vought F4U Corsair, the Second World War fighter, from Bandai designs that never went on sale in Japan.
Bladez
Bladez is a crab-like Renegade monster that started out in Bandai's Devil Invaders range of villains.
Blaster (green)
The green Blaster is a later recolour of the Guardian missile tank, which first came out in orange.
2 Accessories
Bolt
Bolt is a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a Bandai design that never went on sale in Japan and was released to meet Western demand for more GoBots.
BuggyMan (orange)
The orange BuggyMan is the later reissue of the Renegade dune buggy, numbered 39 instead of the blue original's 08.
Cy-Kill
The 1985 Cy-Kill reissue swapped red, white and blue for black, grey and green, and took the new number 45.
3 Accessories
Flip Top
Flip Top is a Guardian navy helicopter based on the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite, first sold by Bandai as Kaman Robo.
Fly Trap
Fly Trap is a Renegade rubbish lorry, first made by Bandai as Sanitation Robo.
Hornet
Hornet is another Renegade from Bandai's unused designs, never sold in Japan and only released in the West.
Klaws
Klaws is a Renegade sea monster, a Bandai design that never made it into Japanese shops.
Leader-1 (blue)
This blue Leader-1 is a recoloured reissue of the Guardian leader, numbered 44 where the grey original was 25.
Major Mo
Major Mo is a Nissan 300ZX, the car Japan knows as the Fairlady Z, first sold by Bandai as Fairlady Robo.
Man-O-War
Man-O-War is an Iowa-class battleship modelled on the USS New Jersey, first sold by Bandai as Battleship Robo.
Night Ranger
Night Ranger is a Guardian Harley-Davidson motorbike, first sold by Bandai as Harley Robo.
Pincher
Pincher is a Renegade monster from Bandai's Devil Invaders, its range of purpose-built villains, and Peter Cullen voiced him in the cartoon.
Scorp
Scorp is a robotic scorpion from Bandai's Devil Invaders, the Machine Robo range made up of out-and-out villains.
Scratch
Scratch is a Guardian GMC Jimmy, the first GoBot Bandai designed purely for Tonka rather than Japan, stamped MRT-41.
Slicks
Slicks is a Renegade Formula One car based on the Renault RE20, first made by Bandai as F-1 Robo.
Small Foot
Small Foot is a Guardian Toyota pickup truck and one of the few female GoBots, voiced in the cartoon by B.J. Ward.
Sparky
Sparky is a Pontiac Fiero, one of a handful of GoBots Bandai made just for Tonka, stamped MRT for Machine Robo Tonka.
Stallion
Stallion is a Renegade Ford Mustang, designed by Bandai especially for Tonka's American line rather than for Japan.
Stinger
Stinger is a Renegade Chevrolet Corvette, one of five American cars Bandai designed just for the GoBots.
Street Heat
Street Heat is a Guardian Chevrolet Camaro Z28, first sold by Bandai as Hot Rod Robo.
Tail Pipe (black)
Tail Pipe is a Nissan Skyline turbo, first made by Bandai as Skyline Robo, and came in both red and black.
Tail Pipe (red)
Tail Pipe is a Nissan Skyline turbo, first made by Bandai as Skyline Robo, and came in both red and black.
Twin Spin
Twin Spin is a Renegade twin-rotor CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, first made by Bandai as Vertol Robo.
Vamp
Vamp is a futuristic Renegade car from Bandai's Devil Invaders range, later remade as a much bigger Super GoBot.
Van Guard
Van Guard is a Guardian Dodge Caravan people carrier, made by Bandai for Tonka rather than for Japanese shops.
Wrong Way
Wrong Way is a Guardian Apache attack helicopter, first sold by Bandai as Apache Robo.
Zero
Zero is a Renegade Mitsubishi Zero, the Second World War fighter, first made by Bandai as Zero Robo.
Super GoBots Wave 2
The 1985 Super GoBots went heavy: the Peterbilt truck Staks (with or without his trailer), the Apache gunship Warpath, the Saladin armoured car Defendor and a giant Spay-C space shuttle. Psycho joined them, a car first made for the Space Adventure Cobra anime.
Defendor (long barrel)
The first Defendor came with the long gun barrel of Bandai's original Saladin armoured car, before Tonka swapped it for a short one.
Defendor (short barrel)
Defendor is a Guardian Saladin armoured car, and this later version has a short, fixed gun barrel in place of the long original.
Psycho
Psycho began as the Psychoroid, a vehicle from the Space Adventure Cobra anime, before Tonka made it a Renegade Super GoBot.
Spay-C
The Super GoBots Spay-C is a much bigger space shuttle, from Bandai's Big Shuttle Robo.
Staks (black)
Staks is a big Guardian Peterbilt truck cab, from Bandai's Big Trailer Robo.
2 Accessories
Staks (blue)
Staks is a big Guardian Peterbilt truck cab, from Bandai's Big Trailer Robo.
2 Accessories
Staks (gray)
Staks is a big Guardian Peterbilt truck cab, from Bandai's Big Trailer Robo.
2 Accessories
Staks Transport (black)
Staks Transport is Staks boxed with his trailer, the whole rig as Bandai sold it in Japan as Big Trailer Robo.
3 Accessories
Staks Transport (blue)
Staks Transport is Staks boxed with his trailer, the whole rig as Bandai sold it in Japan as Big Trailer Robo.
3 Accessories
Warpath
Warpath is a Renegade AH-64 Apache gunship, from Bandai's Big Jet Heli Robo.
1 Accessory
GoBots: Wendy's Kids' Meal
Six simple GoBots made by Tonka for Wendy's restaurants in America, offered alongside kids' meals to promote the toys, the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon and the film.
Beamer
Breez
2 Accessories
Guide Star
Odd Ball
Pow Wow
Sky Fly
GoBots: Dread Launchers
The Dread Launchers were among the last GoBots, three 1986 Renegades that each split in two: Chaos becomes an X-29 jet, Re-Volt a mechanical hawk and Traitor a robot insect, each with the vehicle that launches it.
Chaos
Chaos splits into an X-29 experimental jet and the truck that launches it.
2 Accessories
Re-Volt
Re-Volt splits into a mechanical hawk and the crawler that fires it into the air.
2 Accessories
Traitor
Traitor splits into a robot insect and the launcher that sends it flying.
2 Accessories
GoBots: Monsterous
Monsterous is the GoBots monster combiner: six Renegade beasts, Fangs, Fright Face, Gore Jaw, Heart Attack, South Claw and Weird Wing, that build one huge robot. Like Puzzler, they came singly or as a set.
Fangs
Fright Face
Gore Jaw
Heart Attack
Monsterous
Six Renegade monsters join up to make Monsterous, the beastly answer to the Puzzler car combiner, sold singly or as a set.
6 Accessories
South Claw
Weird Wing
GoBots: Puzzler
Puzzler is the GoBots car combiner: six Renegade sports cars, a Porsche, a Countach, a Corvette, a Celica, a 300ZX and a Mercedes, that join into one giant robot. They came on their own cards or all together in a gift set.
Cross Word
Cross Word turns into a Porsche 930 and makes up one sixth of the combiner Puzzler.
Jig Saw
Jig Saw is a Toyota Celica XX and one of the six pieces of Puzzler.
Pocket is Puzzler's Lamborghini Countach, one of six Renegade cars that combine.
Puzzler
Six Renegade sports cars lock together to make Puzzler, the GoBots' car combiner, sold one by one or all together in a gift set.
6 Accessories
Rube
Rube is the Mercedes-Benz among the six Renegade cars that build Puzzler.
Tic Tac
Tic Tac, the Chevrolet Corvette, is one of the six Renegade cars that combine into Puzzler.
Zig Zag
Zig Zag is the Nissan 300ZX of the six cars that join up to form Puzzler.
GoBots: Secret Riders
The Secret Riders were a trio of Guardian GoBots from 1986, the Ford Ranger pickup Tork, the Honda three-wheeler Tri-Trak and the helicopter Twister, all borrowed from a different Bandai range rather than Machine Robo.
Tork
Tork is a Guardian Ford Ranger pickup, one of three Secret Riders that Tonka took from an existing Bandai range.
3 Accessories
Tri-Trak
Tri-Trak is the Secret Rider that turns into a Honda three-wheeled all-terrain bike.
3 Accessories
Twister
Twister is the helicopter of the Secret Riders, the trio of Guardian GoBots drawn from Bandai's existing toys.
3 Accessories
GoBots: Series 4
The final small GoBots of 1986 were mostly Bandai designs that never went on sale in Japan, released to meet demand for more robots in the West. Planes rule this wave, from the P-51 Mustang Ace to the F-14 Tomcat Sky-Jack, along with the SR-71 Snoop, which barely made it onto a GoBots card at all.
Ace
Ace is a P-51 Mustang, the Second World War fighter, an unused Bandai design that only went on sale outside Japan.
Bugsie
Bugsie is a bug-like Renegade monster, an unused Bandai design that was only ever released in the West.
Bullseye
Bullseye is a B-1 Lancer bomber, an unused Bandai design that only went on sale outside Japan.
Creepy
Creepy is a spider-scorpion monster from Bandai's Devil Invaders, sold in purple in shops while a green one was a mail-away reward.
Dart
Dart is a Renegade Honda VF1000R sports motorbike, a Bandai design never sold in Japan.
Dozer
Dozer is a Guardian bulldozer, first sold by Bandai in Japan as Bulldozer Robo.
Gunnyr
Gunnyr is a Renegade MiG-21 fighter, a Bandai design that never went on sale in Japan.
Heat Seeker
Heat Seeker is a Guardian F-16 Fighting Falcon, first sold by Bandai as Falcon Robo.
Mach-3
Mach-3 is an F-4 Phantom II jet, first made by Bandai as Phantom Robo.
Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto is a Guardian three-wheeled all-terrain trike, from Bandai designs never sold in Japan.
Sky-Jack
Sky-Jack is a Renegade F-14 Tomcat, first sold by Bandai as Tomcat Robo.
Snoop
Snoop is an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, and on a GoBots card he's one of the line's great rarities: only a tiny number have ever turned up.
Treds
Treds is a Guardian M1 Abrams tank, a Bandai design that never went on sale in Japan.
Super GoBots Wave 3
The final Super GoBots of 1986 were designed by Bandai but never sold in Japan. The wave runs from the BMW motorbike Throttle and the F-4 Phantom Raizor to the 1930s Ford Super Couper and the Mi-24 Hind Night Fright, plus a big new Vamp.
Clutch
Clutch is a Ford F-250 pickup truck from the final Super GoBots wave in 1986.
Night Fright
Night Fright is a Renegade Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunship from the last Super GoBots wave.
1 Accessory
Raizor
Raizor is a Guardian F-4 Phantom from the last Super GoBots wave, designed in Japan but never sold there.
1 Accessory
Spy-Eye
Spy-Eye is a Panavia Tornado jet from the final Super GoBots wave.
Super Couper
Super Couper is a Guardian 1930s Ford coupe from the final Super GoBots wave in 1986.
Throttle
Throttle is a Guardian BMW K100 motorbike from the last Super GoBots wave, designed in Japan but never sold there.
Vamp
This Vamp is a much bigger futuristic Renegade ship, sharing a name with the small Devil Invaders Vamp.
GoBots: Power Marchers
The Power Marchers came right at the end in 1987: Hitch Hiker for the Guardians and Quick-Step for the Renegades, walking robots worked by remote control rather than transforming GoBots.
Hitch Hiker
Hitch Hiker doesn't transform: it's the Guardians' Power Marcher, a robot that walks under remote control.
1 Accessory
Quick-Step
Quick-Step is the Renegades' Power Marcher, a non-transforming walking robot steered by remote control.
1 Accessory
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GoBots FAQs
- How many GoBots figures are there?
- Grayl's checklist has 162 GoBots figures across 19 series, released between 1983 and 1987.
- What year did GoBots come out?
- The first GoBots toys came out in 1983 with GoBots: Series 1, and the line ran until 1987.
- Who made GoBots toys?
- GoBots toys were made by Tonka.
- What GoBots series are there?
- Series 1 (1983), Accessories (1984), Arco (1984-1985), Playsets (1984-1985), Series 2 (1984), Super GoBots Wave 1 (1984), Tonka Exclusives (1984-1986), Boomers (1985), Powersuits (1985), Series 3 (1985), Super GoBots Wave 2 (1985), Wendy's Kids' Meal (1985), Dread Launchers (1986), Monsterous (1986), Puzzler (1986), Secret Riders (1986), Series 4 (1986), Super GoBots Wave 3 (1986), Power Marchers (1987).
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