Editing Go-Bot (G2)

{{disambig3|GoBots}}

[[File:FlashForward3-Nightracer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Guess which one is the girl.  We'll give you a minute.]]

The '''Go-Bots''' are a cross-factional subgroup of land-based Transformers whose [[alternate mode]]s are finely tuned for maximum speed. Several Transformers have had their forms altered to gain these benefits even at the cost of reducing their advantages in other areas. Ironhide traded in his famed armor plating and Bumblebee has become easier to track by the Decepticons.

The Go-Bots include:

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* Autobots:
** [[Blowout]]
** [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
** [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]]
** [[Firecracker]]
** [[Gearhead]]
** [[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]]
** [[High Beam]]
** [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
** [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
** [[Motormouth]]
** [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
** [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* Decepticons:
** [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
** [[Crash Test]]
** [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
**[[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]]
** [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
** [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*Jhiaxus's clones:
**[[Bumblebee (G2)|Bumblebee]]
**[[Frenzy (G2)|Frenzy]]
**[[Ironhide (G2)|Ironhide]]
**[[Mirage (G2)|Mirage]]
**Nightracer
**[[Sideswipe (G2)|Sideswipe]]
**[[Soundwave (G2)|Soundwave]]
}}

==Toys==
===Generation 2===

[[File:G2-toy Firecracker.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Firecracker]]
[[File:G2-toy HighBeam.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|High Beam]]

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* Go-Bots (1995) - Wave 1
** [[Blowout]] - ''Porsche 959''
** [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]] - ''Lola T94 Indy car''
** [[Firecracker]] - ''Lamborghini Diablo''
** clear [[Gearhead]] - ''Ford Thunderbird''
** [[High Beam]] - ''concept car''
** clear [[Motormouth]] - ''Ford F150''
* Go-Bots (1995) - Wave 2
** [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] - ''redecoed Blowout''
** [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]]
** [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] - ''redecoed Firecracker''
** [[Gearhead]]
** [[High Beam]]
** [[Motormouth]]
* Go-Bots (1995) - Wave 3
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] - ''redecoed Blowout''
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] - ''redecoed Double Clutch''
**[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] - ''redecoed Firecracker''
**[[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] - ''redecoed Gearhead''
**[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] - ''redecoed High Beam''
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]] - ''redecoed Motormouth''}}

:Released in 1995, the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Go-Bots are small 1:64-scale Transformers cars, the same size as "Matchbox" and "Hot Wheels" brand cars. In fact, Go-Bots were developed to be used with tracks and playsets from those brands, sharing the same smooth-rolling axle/wheel construction that lets the toys be quickly zipped along smooth surfaces.

:During ''Generation 2'', three different sets of Go-Bots were released. The initial set consisted of 6 original molds, each representing a new character.   The second set was largely the same, replacing all of the transparent plastics with opaques of the same colors. Firecracker and Blowout were replaced by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] in this set; Gearhead and Motormouth got to keep their original identities; Double Clutch and High Beam never had any transparent plastics to begin with.

:As was the case for most of late ''Generation 2'', the complete set of six were completely [[redeco]]ed and made into new versions of returning [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] characters.

:For [[BotCon 1995]], an [[exclusive]] redeco of High Beam was released as [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]].  All six molds were later re-used as the [[Spy Changer]]s for [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)]]; they were redecorated several times and re-released even more times for that toyline and for [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]].

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==Unreleased==
[[File:G2GoBotsUnmadeJeepAndCar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We don't even exist among stuff that doesn't exist.]]
[[File:G2Greasepit-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The unreleased Greasepit toy.]]

A second set of six new molds were developed for late ''Generation 2''. Though all six were complete down to the paint jobs and were close to release, the ''Generation 2'' line was ended before they could be finalized. One of them appears to be a new form for the Generation 1 [[Decepticon]] [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Rumble]], as the toy has the word "Rumble" printed on either side its front bumper, while the Jeep has telling [[Hound (G1)/toys#G2Gobot|''19HOUND960'']] tampographs on either door.   Three more were given the designations "[[:File:G2Go-BotGTPRacer.jpg|GTP Racer]]", "[[:File:G2Go-Bot911PoliceCar.jpg|911 Police Car]]", and "[[:File:G2Go-BotBlackViper.jpg|Black Viper]]" in the [[BotCon 1996]] "Toys For Tots" charity auction listings, along with the lesser seen "Purple Mercedes Benz SL500 sport coupé".  They have no known names or character associations, though the GTP Racer was made into the character [[Crash Test (G1)|Crash Test]] by [[Fun Publications]].

Of particular note is the vendor samples of all six exhibit a ''nasty'' design flaw.  The hood joint is squared off on one side and the opposite side on the robot body, likely with the intent that the hood would securely "snap" into place.  Unfortunately, this actually ends up putting far too much stress on the plastic, cracking the hood joint in one or more places.

Four of the six molds would later finally see retail release in the ''Robots in Disguise'' line as the second wave Spy Changers [[:File:RID-toy Daytonus.jpg|Daytonus]], [[:File:RID-toy Prowl2.jpg|Prowl (2)]], [[:File:RID-toy SideBurn-Spychanger.jpg|Side Burn]], and [[:File:RID-toy SideSwipe.jpg|Side Swipe]], then later as Generation 1 characters for the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|2003 ''Universe'']] line.  These releases also corrected the above noted design flaw as well as having some other minor tweaks. The Jeep and Mercedes Benz molds were lost somewhere between 1995 and 2001; their future release remains unlikely.  As of [[BotCon 2002]], [[Hasbro]] employee [[Andrew Frankel]] said that even with the then-recent release of the other four "lost" molds, there had never been searches for the molds for the final two at that point in time.

An early prototype of a Go-Bot "Road Rig" has surfaced, with a proposed redeco of Gearhead as [[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]]. All information suggests this toy never made it past the hand-made, hand-painted state.
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==Notes==
*Even more than the [[Cyberjet]]s, it's not clear what truly distinguishes a Go-Bot from a more ordinary automotive Transformer, and even their appearance in [[Generation 2: Redux|fiction]] didn't really clear it up.
*The Go-Bots had the preliminary name of '''Superfast Wheels'''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Go-Bot''' (ゴーボット ''Gō-Botto'')
*''French:'' '''Turbo-Transfo'''
*''Italian:'' '''Tecnobot'''

==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/subgroup/gobots.htm Go-Bots at TFU.info]


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