Gobots: Everything You Didn’t Know | SYFY WIRE

The Gobots came first, kids. And Optimus Prime and Megatron worked for them. Journey with us back to Gobotron as we look at this oft forgotten 80s cartoon. ►►Subscribe To SYFY Wire: More About Gobots: GoBots is a line of transforming robot toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to Transformers. Although initially a separate and competing franchise, Tonka’s Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991.