Actually Gobots came out in the north american market in 1983 a full year before the Transformers.

I remember when Gobots first came out. I thought that was the greatest toy ever. They did come out before Transformers. I had a ninja throwing star that my mom bought me from the grocery store that I traded to a kid that had a white ambulance gobot. Then the Transformers came out but that's another story.

I had some Go Bots from Wendy's. They gave them out one time in a kids meal.

these were the well fare version of transformers

While Transformers were obviously the high end transforming robot toys, GoBots were pretty cool. They were a heck of a lot cheaper, which meant you had a better chance of getting one at the store than a Transformer. Besides, they looked better as robots.

I had alot of GoBots. No Transformers, but alot of GoBots. I had 2 versions of the main bad guy (I can't remember his name) the black version & the red version.

The main bad guy was Cy-Kill. He was a motorcycle. The main good guy was Leader-1. It was an awesome cartoon back in the day. But I have to say the corniest one was Scooter. I really couldn't stand!

I loved Gobots, they paved the way for transformers.