{"id":973,"date":"2009-05-13T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=973"},"modified":"2009-05-13T00:25:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T04:25:06","slug":"gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Gobots &#8211; Transformers Rip-Off or Childhood Favorite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You decide&#8230; were Gobots simply a Transformers rip-off, or should Gobots be celebrated as a 1980s favorite?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Challenge of the Gobots\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/gobots.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"792\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While I still enjoy the opening theme music, I always felt that GoBots was a poor mans version of Transformers.\u00a0 That&#8217;s my two cents.\u00a0 Feel free to disagree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This ad comes from DC Comics published with cover date June 1986.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-973\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-973\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-973\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/gobots-transformers-rip-off-or-childhood-favorite\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You decide&#8230; were Gobots simply a Transformers rip-off, or should Gobots be celebrated as a 1980s favorite? 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