Vintage Review - Gobots PUZZLER

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  • @PositronRobo
    @PositronRobo 10 років тому +49

    I think overall Gobots tend to have a surprising level of quality. It's too bad that Tonka dropped the ball on their marketing - imagine if Puzzler was named something cool and imposing like "Menasor" - kids from the 80s might have different memories of the toyline :)

    • @MegaSilvabak
      @MegaSilvabak Рік тому +1

      Transformer combiner names are awesome you right..lol

  • @markellzey1531
    @markellzey1531 2 роки тому +9

    Gobots is severely underrated. A self contained combiner from the early 80's and the line itself was scaled very well unlike Transformers.

  • @BriansManCave
    @BriansManCave 8 років тому +33

    Still have mine! The best part is he doesn't require excess parts. Unlike Transformers that usually require fists, feet and a head.

    • @kithongsam4994
      @kithongsam4994 7 років тому +4

      Brian's Man Cave And convenient for storage, so you don't have to lose any parts.

    • @alphatrion100
      @alphatrion100 6 років тому +3

      And the square small heads on all the limb robots. They always look out of scale with the leaders

  • @devinleber5604
    @devinleber5604 6 років тому +24

    In an alternate universe, when Gobots were as popular as 80's Transformers toys: Cy-Kill: "Renegades! Merge to become Puzzler!"
    Puzzler: "NOTHING DEFEATS THE PUZZLER! NOTHING!"

    • @nurse425
      @nurse425 4 роки тому

      "NOTHING LITTLE ONE"? What would you say about ME"? LOL

  • @silverzeoranger
    @silverzeoranger 11 років тому +21

    while I'm a hard core transformers fan I gotta admit these toys and what they combine into were pretty advanced for their time and while I love transformers most of the gobot toys looked more impressive then most 80's transformers toys.
    while transformer toys from the 90's to today are much better then gobots.
    still I would love to have all 6 of these dudes

  • @thegreatowl5282
    @thegreatowl5282 6 років тому +21

    He actually looks and articulates better than the transformers combiners of the same time period.

  • @steadyalbatross
    @steadyalbatross 6 років тому +12

    Honestly it took a good while for transformers combiners to surpass this in terms of engineering and playability. Kudos to tonka for this gem, pathetic as its legacy ended up being

  • @georgeowain
    @georgeowain 7 років тому +25

    I really hope Action Toys decide to do release an updated version in their Machine Robo revamp.

    • @GodzillaLordofallMonsters
      @GodzillaLordofallMonsters 3 роки тому

      Yes! And Courageous and Grungy!

    • @balloonman8796
      @balloonman8796 2 роки тому

      My wallet winced, I don't know if I would be able to resist. They gotta do Hans Cuff and Crasher too. Fingers crossed!

    • @georgeowain
      @georgeowain 2 роки тому +1

      @@balloonman8796 If they did do a Crasher, it would be white instead of black. As the version that appeared in the anime show was white.

    • @balloonman8796
      @balloonman8796 2 роки тому

      @@georgeowain Hey that's cool with me, always liked that color scheme too

  • @RKStrikerJK5
    @RKStrikerJK5 5 років тому +4

    I know this is an old review, and you probably won't see this, but I gotta say. This is a great review of a really-underrated and overlooked combiner. I'm more than tempted to go through eBay and look for him, now!

  • @wgb01001
    @wgb01001 6 років тому +1

    Holy hell I remember this!!! I had all six! I haven’t thought about this in 30 years... The nostalgia is strong with this one.

  • @adoboawesome
    @adoboawesome 11 років тому +12

    I love how you dont have to add on a bunch of extra bullshit on him like you have to do on devastator.

  • @mikew2151
    @mikew2151 3 роки тому +1

    Just got done buying all of mine... using your video to help put them all together... thanks!

    • @peaugh
      @peaugh  3 роки тому +1

      Glad I could help!

  • @AoiKaze2000
    @AoiKaze2000 11 років тому +2

    It's nice to see a high quality review of this guy.... I've had his legs for the last two decades and have wondered what he looked like. It's amazing how advanced this GoBot was when compared to his contemporaries in the G1 line.
    If the rest of the GoBots would have been as advanced as he was, maybe that line might have survived.....

  • @Sarcasticron
    @Sarcasticron 11 років тому +1

    I agree with you completely, man. For 30 years ago, this was really excellent design. And I kinda like the way the pelvis car sticks out. Gives him some character. Thanks for showing him off!

  • @devinrivers5808
    @devinrivers5808 5 років тому

    Wow...I played with some of these when I was kid... I’m nearly 40...brings back good memories 👍🏿

  • @finalsecretofchrono1339
    @finalsecretofchrono1339 5 років тому

    Wow! Toys I forgot I had until now. I think I had all, but the white and red one. The feet of the blue and black ones really stick out in my memory.

  • @timothelambert5147
    @timothelambert5147 10 років тому +2

    You these come together better then the Transformers with the support bar and how hands are combined.

  • @lipranditoys
    @lipranditoys 4 роки тому

    I've bought mine because of this video, I've bought my Exosquad because of your reviews... And I'm really grateful, these were some great toys! Ciao!

  • @Eviltot
    @Eviltot 11 років тому +2

    I had no idea this guy even existed! It is one serious amazing combiner.

  • @amitypredator9385
    @amitypredator9385 Рік тому +1

    As far as Gobots go, those are some pretty cool designed robots in both modes. The combined form is pretty cool too.

  • @ThunderPaladin
    @ThunderPaladin 11 років тому +1

    Holy crap that is an amazing combiner for the time period... WOW. Thanks Peaugh, first gobots I really respected.

  • @SuperFireDagwon
    @SuperFireDagwon 11 років тому +2

    I'm really glad you have Puzzler such a wonderful review Peaugh. Having collected Gobots for years I usually find myself defending them at Botcon by folks saying the normal 'they're not as good as Transformers, or 'they're just cheap knock offs) when in reality many of them are better converting figures that Transformers at the same price.
    I'm hoping more fans start respecting the toy line based on all the toys achieved even back then and not judge it by just the cartoon.

  • @Freak80MC
    @Freak80MC 7 років тому +2

    This is honestly really awesome for the time. Here's hoping a third party company comes along and creates a new version of him.

  • @fen4554
    @fen4554 8 років тому +1

    How have I never seen this thing, wow. My folks mostly got me gobots in the 80s but I never knew about the combiners.

  • @ghanighetok
    @ghanighetok 9 років тому +4

    +peaugh please do more throwback reviews like these! most of the younger fans need to know about classy vintage stuff too

    • @peaugh
      @peaugh  9 років тому +2

      ghanighetok Will do!

  • @Thortube1976
    @Thortube1976 Рік тому +1

    Im buying it on ebay a couples of day ago for 200 € and im very happy to buying it! It remembers my childhood!!!

  • @ConvoyGTR
    @ConvoyGTR 11 років тому +1

    I have that orange gobot too! Never knew it was part of a combiner. I found it in a old box, but never messed with it much. Now I kinda want to track down the others, the combiner form is quite impressive.

  • @PyrozPlayground
    @PyrozPlayground 11 років тому +5

    Actually this one is a lot more advanced than I expected ut would be, for being a Gobot combiner!

  • @strikerevimus
    @strikerevimus 11 років тому +2

    You may not realize this, but you just solved a mystery for me that I've had for almost 25 years. I own Crossword still, and never knew who or what the heck he was. I knew he was a combiner of some sort, but I never knew he was a Gobot, and let alone part of a six piece combiner. Thank you, Peaugh, thank you. Guess I might give the other five a little hunt down myself to finally checkout Puzzler.

  • @mechanwhal6590
    @mechanwhal6590 Рік тому

    I like how a good number of Gobots are just normal cars. The kind of cars you might be driven to school in.

  • @Punkninja12
    @Punkninja12 11 років тому +1

    Oh this was great! Brigs back so many good memories from childhood. I was one of the few kids that Preferred the go-bot cartoon/toys over transformers. Cy-kill, Crasher and Cop-tor FTW!! Would love to see more retro go-bot vids like this.

  • @robtimuscron1126
    @robtimuscron1126 5 років тому

    I've had Puzzler since the early 90's. Got it at a garage sale. Nearly 35 years old, and still in great condition.

  • @AM75G
    @AM75G 11 років тому

    Very cool review. I'd love to see more GoBots reviews from you in the future.

  • @CASTOWE1972
    @CASTOWE1972 11 років тому

    I never had these when I was a kid,but I wanted them,Awsome review.

  • @JayGeter
    @JayGeter 11 років тому

    Now that brings back memories. Had this as a kid for many years. It sure could survive a beating. I made him apart of my autobot army

  • @JuanGarcia-vh7zo
    @JuanGarcia-vh7zo 5 років тому

    I dig this set. I always wanted this as a kid, but never got it until not to long ago. And I lucked out on it. Some guy was selling Gobots for a dollar a piece and this set was in the bunch. So I only paid $6 for Puzzler. I have him displayed next to my Devastator. They look good together.

  • @ModelZoneStudio
    @ModelZoneStudio 11 років тому

    i had these as a kid....loved them!

  • @jlnokleby6306
    @jlnokleby6306 4 роки тому

    We still have these in our toy collections. My great nephew is here and playing with the T
    ransformers now. Can't locate the Gobots...some place SAFE!

  • @seanwilliams7655
    @seanwilliams7655 Рік тому

    I always trashed this toy, but now hearing you point out it came out the same year Devastator did, I can appreciate it more.

  • @MatthewCaunsfield
    @MatthewCaunsfield 4 роки тому

    I had the red and yellow as a child, so at least they could connect!
    Finally got a complete set a few years ago

  • @DoraKage
    @DoraKage 8 років тому +7

    Damn... I remember conning a friend into trading His Tic Tack for my Zig Zag... doesn't sound right when you say it out loud...
    anyway #remorse

  • @EksCelle
    @EksCelle 9 років тому

    Oh man, this brings back memories! I have all of them, except Rube. I swear I had him in the past, though, I just probably lost him in storage, just like half of my Superion and almost all of Menasor...

  • @jerman2003
    @jerman2003 11 років тому

    I'm impressed by how these guys look.

  • @chad017
    @chad017 8 років тому +1

    I still have mine from when I was a kid. I didn't know they were sold separately, I think mine came as a set. It was well played with. I loved GoBots when I was a kid. I never owned any Transformers.

  • @ronniemckinney6808
    @ronniemckinney6808 4 роки тому

    Devastator came out in 1985. Puzzler is great as far as swivel in the waist and the arms. Puzzler doesn't have the extra connection parts like Devastator, which is a plus.

  • @Dylanio21
    @Dylanio21 5 років тому

    Fantastic video, I love this guy, might need one

  • @johnnymason2460
    @johnnymason2460 9 місяців тому

    I remember these Puzzler toys. I always regret not getting the entire set. In my world, the Puzzlers were heroic Guardian robots. They were the opposite of the Monstrous team of Renegade monster robots.

  • @emilflognoid1532
    @emilflognoid1532 11 місяців тому

    Gobots got as much love as teansformers in the eighties... yes we made fun of them, like a red headed step child, but we ALL had them and played with them amd watched the show, and loved them... they were all over the playground at recess

  • @ssdko
    @ssdko 11 років тому

    Wow I've had Pocket hanging around my house for ever. Nice to know what he was from finally.

  • @troylandzerep8045
    @troylandzerep8045 10 років тому +6

    This totally needs a 3rd party version..

  • @Fu-Reviews
    @Fu-Reviews 11 років тому

    While watching your review, I dug my Puzzler set out
    and transformed it with you. I've had it since it originally
    came out and traded with a friend to get it. It's funny, but
    over the years, the friend has come and gone, but the memory
    and this toy still remain. It's weird to think that next year the
    toy will be 30 years old.

  • @Methusalen
    @Methusalen 11 років тому

    I'd picked this guy up a few years back & thought he was a pretty cool figure, *especially* for a Gobot.
    I managed to find all 6 figures together in a bag of misc. cars at Goodwill, but even the current 'going' price is pretty nice these days!
    I *LOVED* the fact that he didn't need any misc. combiner pieces like all the TF combiners did...

  • @milesdevlon
    @milesdevlon 6 років тому

    I had pocket and jigsaw as a kid, since I didn't have a prowl n sunstreaker at the time I used them as substitutes with my Autobots.

  • @varkadegames
    @varkadegames 7 років тому +1

    Me and my kid were just looking at one of these last night on eBay and wouldn't you know it...UA-cam has your video on my UA-cam homepage. How creepy is that? Nice vid.

  • @trydowave
    @trydowave 4 роки тому

    Its pretty damned good. Loved the gobot toys.

  • @bluegel1977
    @bluegel1977 11 років тому

    Great review dude! I remember seeing the commercial for Puzzler when I was a kid. Alas I never got him. Cool looking combiner though.

  • @MatthewRudge51
    @MatthewRudge51 11 років тому

    Great find, and good review mate!

  • @pumpernickelherbert
    @pumpernickelherbert 11 років тому

    Peaugh, I really want to thank you for doing this review for two reasons.
    1. Everyone I know only knows about Transformers and I really like Go-Bots.
    2. In the 4 years I've had this figure, I never figured out how to secure the chest using that metal piece near the head of the main robot.

  • @animatedplastic
    @animatedplastic 11 років тому

    Cool to see you do a vintage review. This is like the Stunticons of Gobots. This was probably one of the coolest Combiners. I still am not understanding how the Toyworld's figures are a hommage as they aren't even the same style of vehicle.

  • @TF80s
    @TF80s 3 роки тому

    This looks like a really good set.

  • @AnthonyOnBass
    @AnthonyOnBass 8 років тому

    I kind of think of Toy World's Throttlebot combiner as a tribute to Puzzler. Awesome!

  • @toegone
    @toegone 11 років тому

    I so miss this toy / set!!! I got this set and Monsterous as gift sets and I LOVED THEM!!! Seriously payday I am hunting ebay for both.

  • @ytfeverguy8367
    @ytfeverguy8367 5 років тому

    GO BOTS are cool because of their simplicity, lower cost to collect, smaller footprint on shelf

  • @NeoSaturn69
    @NeoSaturn69 11 років тому

    Thanks for doing that review Peaugh, I had that toy as a child never really knew the name of it. I will have to keep my eye out for one know.

  • @UltraPrimal
    @UltraPrimal 11 років тому +1

    It's pretty sad that Puzzler looks to be the better combiner, at least as far as bang for your buck goes, than TFC's Uranos. I really like how the front of the cars for part of the torso. It's a unique aesthetic that I wish other combiners would use. I'm honestly tired of the whole "this guy is the torso and these guys are the limbs" thing. I wish there were more non-Scramble City combiners. If that Toy World Throttlebot combiner is as self-contained as Puzzler, I may have to try and get it.

  • @JunkGaragehome
    @JunkGaragehome 11 років тому

    i also bought this on ebay a few months back on a wim
    surprisingly a really nice toy for the era

  • @Blestyr
    @Blestyr 11 років тому

    The "pointy car section" cannot be unseen!

  • @brownsugar4593
    @brownsugar4593 10 років тому +3

    The combined mode makes up for the bad robots

  • @nurse425
    @nurse425 4 роки тому

    Wow, didn't realize Puzzler and Devastator came out the same year. Not a bad Combiner for its time!

  • @Pimpczar2011
    @Pimpczar2011 10 років тому

    The other Gobots had from my youth were:Scooter,Tux,Renegade,Spoons,Stalion,Streetheat.Personally I preferred the more costly Hasbro Transformer toys line to Tonka's Gobot toy line!

  • @CDcooper3876
    @CDcooper3876 9 років тому

    One of if not The best pieces to come out of the gobots line and still inexpensive

  • @T2rx6
    @T2rx6 11 років тому +2

    Puzzler is FAR better than devastator. As a playable kids toy, puzzler is far superior. Pieces of Devastator just fall off all the time.
    If you want a bit more obscure try monsterous, he's not bad either, puzzler I think is better, but monsterous isn't bad either.

  • @DudleyDawg
    @DudleyDawg 11 років тому

    I really wanted this when I was a kid.

  • @PrimaryRavioli
    @PrimaryRavioli 11 років тому

    I remember having these guys, much akin to all my Transformers, G.I.Joes, Go-Bots, and Macross toys, they were well played with, stored poorly and became a nasty mess...
    As long as they were enjoyed, they had a good life

  • @erikswanson3221
    @erikswanson3221 7 років тому +2

    this set is so cool!!!! baltmatrix gave puzzler every negative comment possible..........

  • @cyberwolf28086
    @cyberwolf28086 11 років тому

    nice, used to have this when i was a growing up.

  • @RyanUybengkee
    @RyanUybengkee 11 років тому

    great review!

  • @MrTheMighty
    @MrTheMighty 11 років тому

    And all with no combiner kibble! Take that, Devastator! Of course I only say that in the kindest way possible.

  • @maymaystudio1702
    @maymaystudio1702 2 роки тому

    why did they take such a badass robot design and name it “puzzler” of all things. literally the nerdiest dorkiest name possible

  • @daveh013
    @daveh013 11 років тому

    I still have a handful of Go-Bots, they where a lot of fun & normaly only a dollar or two at KBToys. They just suffered from bad marketing, still fun toys with diverse transformations

  • @1981guss
    @1981guss 3 роки тому

    De gran utilidad el video, mil gracias 🖖🏼

  • @windrazor2003
    @windrazor2003 11 років тому

    peaugh ty for posting this vid of these go-bots i actually have one of them and now i know wat he is and wat he belongs to ty ^^

  • @chibang492
    @chibang492 5 років тому +1

    Ive always felt Puzzler looks better than Devistator, and much more solid.
    Plus the articulation for differant display poses are better too.
    Gobots were so underrated in my opinion.
    Plus I like that most Gobots have more diecast metal than transformers.
    Also, Gobot toys actually look and transform very accurately to their cartoon.
    Transformers toys didnt transform like cartoon.
    Gobot vehicle modes look more realistic too.
    I'm one of those rare people that have always preferred Gobot of TF.
    However, the TF cartoon show was way better than Gobots..
    Hanna Barbarra could of made more of an effort of not making the Gobots show and story line so tacky.
    Scooter was pretty awful. LoL.
    Scooter is equivalently to Gobots what Jar Jar Binks was to Star Wars.
    LoL..

  • @mikelnator
    @mikelnator 11 років тому

    Very cool ! I like gobot !

  • @RBrown803
    @RBrown803 11 років тому

    Honestly this is a pretty well engineered figure (for the time it was made)

  • @SigmAnalog
    @SigmAnalog 11 років тому

    Ooh...I kinda dig this guy. Six-man combiner? Check. Innovative (for its time) design choices? Check. Team comprised entirely of 80s sportscars, at least two of which are classic Japanese designs that I have a massive fanboner for? Oh, hells yeah.

  • @TabbithaAnne
    @TabbithaAnne 6 років тому +1

    So cool

  • @capmodesty
    @capmodesty 11 років тому

    this guys looks pretty damn cool.

  • @Paxtin
    @Paxtin 11 років тому

    I've been wanting to pick up one of these guys for a few years now, but there's always been something else I wanted to spend my money on more.

  • @PaulNat360
    @PaulNat360 3 роки тому

    they're basically the Stunticons in the Gobots universe...

  • @ReinaHW
    @ReinaHW 11 років тому

    They could really do with being remade with today's toy tech, like a Classics/Universe/Generations style. They look pretty good.

  • @THEPAINE552
    @THEPAINE552 11 років тому

    wow i had all of them wen i was a kid never knew they fit togather

  • @prowannab
    @prowannab 4 місяці тому

    I actually prefer puzzler over transformers combiners, simply because it was all in one. You don't need 20 other parts to put it together. I just wish they would've continued!

  • @BrainComm487
    @BrainComm487 11 років тому

    They really went all out with these names didn't they.
    I still have a load of Gobots at home. I wonder if they'll ever be fully embraced into mainstream Transformers instead of just cameos or stolen names.

  • @RickyIcecubes
    @RickyIcecubes 7 років тому +4

    I asked for the Constructicons for Christmas 1985 and got this instead.

    • @peaugh
      @peaugh  7 років тому +10

      You may have gotten a better deal.

    • @RickyIcecubes
      @RickyIcecubes 7 років тому +5

      All my friends made fun of it and said it sucked, lol.

  • @Geoffimus
    @Geoffimus 11 років тому

    Forgot all about this guy. Never was a Go-Bot fan, though I do admire a gestalt that does not have all the fiddly bits that most of the TF combiners had. Would have been curious to see a side-by-side with G1 Devastator.

  • @xianthefurcorn3855
    @xianthefurcorn3855 Рік тому

    i'm a transformers guy but this looks cool
    i could say it looks better than the cartoon version of itself

  • @ahchiu9
    @ahchiu9 11 років тому

    Wow! Totally fun review! Thanks. Though I'm not too impressed by their individual bot modes, their alt-modes and combined mode look great!

  • @fracturedkoi1
    @fracturedkoi1 11 років тому

    I bought Puzzler about a year ago and, yeah, he's just about my favorite combiner. I'm thinking about buying the other GoBor combiner 'Monstrous' next!

  • @sebgamer2079
    @sebgamer2079 3 роки тому

    Amazing!