Loco (GoBots)
Loco is a fictional character from the GoBots series. He is an evil Renegade GoBots who turns into a steam locomotive.
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GoBots
Loco is one of the Ranagade soldiers of Cy-Kill. He turns into a train.[1]
Fictional biography
As crazy as his name, Loco loves to turn into a locomotive and send his enemies into locomotion.
Reception
Loco was one of the names in a word find that had to be solved to win a copy of the Challenge of the GoBots video game from Your Sinclair magazine.[2]
Abilities
Like most GoBots, Loco has numerous abilities because of his robotic body. He does not age, can survive in space and is super-humanly strong and tough. He can fly in robot mode and project energy blasts from his hands. His body heals quickly when supplied with energy. He can turn into a JNR Class D51 locomotive.
Animated series
In Challenge of the GoBots Loco was a long-serving Renegade, being a member of the Renegades before Cy-Kill defected from the Guardians, as seen in a flashback in the episode "Et Tu, Cy-Kill."
Loco first appeared in a seeming animation error sitting among Guardians in the episode "Conquest of Earth." He was later seen fighting in the defense of the Renegades' fortress on GoBotron.
He was used sporadically after that, most notably helping the cyborg arms dealer Trident hijack a shipment of UNECOM materials.
Loco appeared in episode #52, "Renegade Carnival" where worked on the Renegades' unsuccessful attempt to kidnap the psychic Mira.
Eagle
Loco appeared in the Eagle story The Robo Machines. He is a member of the Renegade Robo Machines working for Strom Domez.
Toy
- GoBots Loco (1983)
- Loco’s toy was a re-release of the Machine Robo Steam Robo figure (MR-05). It was first issued in 1983, and was available until the end of 1984. It was also released in Europe. [3]
Gallery
Loco illustration from the toy patent
References
- ↑ Matt Caracappa (November 2007). "Going, Going, GoBots". Toyfare 1 (123): 80–82.
- ↑ "YS Compo Challenge of the GoBots". Your Sinclair 1 (20): 77. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue20/Pages/YourSinclair2000077.jpg.
- ↑ http://www.google.com/patents?id=0fY8AAAAEBAJ&dq=Katsushi+Murakami
