There is something strangely admirable about the way these cartoons perfected the art of aggresively lore-dumping the entire premise of their show directly into a child's brain in under a minute.
All any discussion of war needs is a sick beat and some funny voices saying a clunky half-baked slogan and it’s got my interest. Probably how a certain funny voiced warlord got so many people to go to his massive parades/dance parties.
It took me 5 years to find this... I've had this on vhs and I had no idea what to search for. I serched like this: "80s cartoon two ships crashing frozen planet good vs evil robots transform with human pilots". I found noting untill today, my smile is from ear to ear
hmn sound like transformer to me - no wonder you can't find it , but i think robotix - description of there robot is more realistic than transformer robot men -- since ... look inrealistic term , so everyone here anyone realized that in transformer they just walking metal escaping from cybertron to here , no explanation - and this movies explain about that , nice.
Just so people know, Robotix was a construction kit line by Milton Bradley (subsidiary of Hasbro) in the same sort of toy as Meccano construction kits or Erector Sets and K'Nex. A short lived comic and cartoon were made to try and promote these sets. The comic was published by Marvel while Sunbow AND Marvel Productions produced the cartoon for the Super Saturday/Super Sunday/Super Week show, to promote this line with Jem, Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines and Inhumanoids, That's why they were able to recycle music pieces from G.I. Joe/Transformers and Inhumanoids as they were ALL by the same composers; Johnny Douglas and Robert Walsh and use the same Los Angeles based talent pool of actors for the characters. And YES four bars of the theme do sound like the song 'Ghostbusters' by Ray Parker Jr. It was a coincidence. The toys, cartoon and mini comic only lasted a year. The characters sadly did not appear like the construction kits, with the exception of Argus and there was no good vs. evil conflict. Just build the biggest motion toy that you can through multiple parts.
Josh Darnell OK then, but you see my point is that the majority of the characters didn't look like their cartoon counterparts. Venjurax for example was a space station kit or something like that.
chinito77 Some production companies were able to re-use tracks by the same composer, another fine example is Shuki Levy who's music gets re-used a few times in Saban and DiC productions. You're welcome. :)
Man, this takes me back!! Back in the 80`s during Transformers, GI Joe, GoBots, He-Man, Thundercats, Silverhawks, C.O.P.S, even the InHumanoids! This was a Golden Age of Cartoons.
Seems like we couldn't go a week without some sort of alien invasion back then. The younger generations owe us for taking up arms so they could live this peaceful lifestyle.
This is like (The Real) Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters, the latter which was done by Filmation and confused a lot of kids of my generation, making us think they were some sort of farm team to the much more movie like Ghostbusters cartoon.
I love how epic the mythologies and storylines were. Glad that the writers (and pretty much everyone else involved) took the creating of these cartoon seriously and didn't settle for just making 30 minute toy commercials.
i see this as the pilot for another robot show/toy line that could make a cross over with transformers both shows have the same narrator and deal with humans so its not a stretch but tossing that aside i do miss this level of cartoon entertainment and its done right short and sweet with some wiggle room for more
Except they did and that the people that whined about advertising ironically advertised their own whining to the world, as Fascist hypocrites tend to do in their lives.
This is art. I know some might point out anime but this takes the cake. The imagery, the colors, the designs, the architecture, the shadowing, the motion, etc. it’s like 😮
@@nicholashylton6857The propaganda was not lost on me. I watched as many of them as I could! However, some cable companies didn’t provide certain channels. For instance, my small town didn’t have the channel that showed “HeMan and the Masters of the Universe”. I could only see it when I went to visit my cousin in Dallas.
@@BlueMaxxW tfwiki.net/wiki/Robotix The Robotix are a race of warring, shape-changing robots: one side of peaceful heroes, the other of sinister villains! They used to all be organic creatures, a mammalian race and a reptilian race, but a cataclysm sent most of their population into stasis and four agents each of the heroic Protectons and evil Terrakors were turned into robots to rebuild their world of Skalorr... but the Terrakor leader wants galactic conquest! Their war is without end, but the arrival of humans into the conflict may save the day! Parts of this may sound familiar, and it should, for the Robotix are actually the Transformers in the Xobitor universal cluster! Their homeworld also includes a race called the Rock Lords that can transform to and from immobile rocks. Hey, that's also familiar!
It is definitely interesting how so many 80s and cartoons had some of the same voice actors. This one, Transformers, GI Joe, Voltron, and even a few Disney cartoons Duck Tales, Winnie the Pooh, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck. This is one of those rare occasions I remember Peter Cullen voice a bad guy. The other few times when he voiced Venger in Dungeons and Dragons and when he voiced Shawn Berger in Transformers' second season and the Decepticon Slugslinger in the final three episodes of the original series.
I honestly wondered, where there any Terrorkors who, Similar to Drift, Jetfire, or Knockout who defected to the Autobots in transformers, like some Terrakors decided to join the Protectons, if the show went on longer, this concept would possibly been done here
I was 14 years old when this cartoon came out this is really classic watch it after all these years it would be great to do some kind of remake using CG animation
Having some of the top 80s voices from back then absolutely made this cartoon stellar!! Having transformers, GI Joe and mask coming together this way was absolutely impeccable!
I remember the toys, even played with them.....no clue it was a cartoon too! First time ever hearing of this. All voices and sound effects are really familiar.
Wow this is a great find. I don't think I've even seen the series but when I remember a VHS movie of Robotix I used to rent from time to time when I was a kid. This is even better than I remember!
wow its really bringing me back. i cant remember if ive ever seen this before but there are so many of the same sound effects, background music, voice actors, and even backdrops as transformers
Sunbow/Marvel produced this show originally for their Super Saturday/Super Sunday line up, that also included Inhumanoids, Jem and Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines in 1985 and yes the purpose was to help sell more Hasbro toys.
I watched the re-runs probably, but yeah I could still remember glimpse of this. The reason why I love robots and love to take them apart, breaking many of my toys when I was but a toddler.
Actually, this is a lot like Rebirth / Headmasters in Transformers. And somehow Tyrannix sounds like Galvatron and Starscream combined. And the chubby guy is pretty much what I imagine Ironhide looking like as a human.
I was given a robotix sticker when I was about 5, and was always intrigued by it but never knew where it came from. Mystery solved and most impressed, thanks for uploading!
Ooh yeah! i remember this, watched it growing up when it ared, never recalled the name, or wondered what happend to it, after it stoped coming on TV, but man, this was / IS a fun show! thanks for uploading, nostalgia to the max! loved the looks of those robitix
Wow! What a throwback! I remember this being on TV and having a few of the toys aswell. They were great, and I used to use them for my Star Wars and Action Force figures too. Happy days 1985/86 :-)
finally I have found this gem!!! looked everywhere and couldn't find it nor did I remember what it was called! thanks for the awesome uploads and the childhood memories!
Micheal Bell has done a immense amount of stuff. I don't know if you play games, but he does VOs for them too. Famously known for Raziel from Soul Reaver.
Thanks for uploading this video. exactly 25 years ago that I last see this cartoon . And he does not remember his name . Just remember robots designs . Never forget . Greetings from Argentina.
I remember this being advertised at the start of a Go-Bots vhs tape I had back in the late 80s/early 90s. So glad someone took the time to upload it. RO-BOT-IX!
Loved watching this as a kid. Each Saturday morning was exciting when Robotix came on. I didn't even have the toys. The story premise was (is) really good. Even in 2022, it would be cool to redo this as a movie with modern computer animation, I think it would sell. The plot / idea is really good, and the direction this could go would be new and exciting.
This show is 30 years old now, I used to watch it when I was 9 years old. Too bad they didn't make any new episodes. They had this cut down to under 10 minute parts because there were 2 other shows that came with it.
You said it James Best Jr.! I'm ecstatic I was an 80's kid! Our cartoons had innovation, uniqueness, and challenged a child's capacity of imagination. Quite advanced and ahead of their tome mant 80's cartoons were. Most of today's toons are brain dead, doofus, goofy humor, with poorly drawn animation. The VERY FEW good modern day cartoons get cancelled too quickly. So sad. :-(
I had the two big good guy robotic figures. They tended to break at the joints, but they were easy to fix. The wires were strong, the motors good and durable. The ratchet pieces sucked though.
Yeah, I remember trying to watch this cartoon through the static on channel 3 (we didn't have cable when I was a kid). I remember the snake with wheels, but could never, for the life of me, remember what this series was called. I'm excited to finally have an answer. Thanks for posting this.
How could they have made more? They killed off all the antagonists in the pilot! This cartoon is infamous as the first (and AFAIR, only) programme to be cited by the censors for violence against ROBOTS.
