Talk:Mighty Orbots

Untitled
It's not that big a deal, but I'm pretty sure there's no "The" in the title. Gladrius 23:13, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Bases
I just recalled that, in several episodes, Rob would call the Orbots together from various bases or recharge stations or whatever, using the voice command, "Orbots, activate!" spoken into his wrist communicator. Does anybody recall where each Orbot "slept?" --Joe Sewell (talk) 17:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I feel like hazard up some guesses to kill some time. The only one's on 100% sure on is Oh-No's location. Her location is Rob's lab. So guesses are the rest of the Orbots are as followed: Bort (Mayan pyramid), Boo (Siberia), Tor (Rocky Mountains), Bo (The Grand Canyon -- Not show. Reason: Bo transports thought a dessert region with stereotypical cactus), and Crunch (Tokyo, Japan. Reason: Crunch's is junkyard somewhere in a city.) -- Dr. Thinker


 * It's a tad bit trivial to be mentioned in the article, and remember that this is a place for discussion about improving the article itself, not a general discussion forum. Xihr  08:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Some missing facts (Tonka lawsuit & Godmars)
I am recalling this form memory and I would like to leave it up to you all to find sources to back these statements up. Assuming anyone cares enough.

First, the mech in the Mighty Orbots was derived from Bandai's Godmars, which ABC did not have the rights to. If you see the Godmars article you will notice that Mighty Orbots (when combined) is virtually identical to Godmars, yet with different colors. Although a mock-up Mighty Orbots action figure distinct from the Godmars has been seen in old advertisements from 1985, the actual toy that was produced in Taiwan (back in 1985) was simply a Godmars figure repainted to match the Orbots colors.

In the US, Tonka had the rights to the Bandai robot toys which they were using for the Gobots line. However, they were not using the Godmars toy in the US. However, Tonka executives felt threatened by the Orbot's show as they were having enough trouble competing with Hasbro's Transformers. So, Tonka started a spurious lawsuit stating that the Orbot's was a rip-off of the Gobots (not Godmars!). As a consequence, ABC pulled the Orbots off of the air.

Even though an entire season was produced, most networks in the US (if not all of them) only aired a hand full of those episodes. Annoyed with fanboys (talk) 03:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

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