Loco (GoBots)

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Loco
Challenge of the Gobots and Robo Machines character
Locogobot-patent.png
Image of Loco from the toy patent
First appearance

Challenge of the Gobots episode "Conquest of Earth"
Last appearance

Challenge of the Gobots episode "Et Tu, Cy-Kill"
Japanese name

Steam Robo
Release number

MR-05
Information
Species Gobot
Abilities

Energy blasts, flight, shapeshifting, superhuman durability, superhuman strength
Affiliation

Renegade Gobot
Alternate mode

JNR Class D51

Loco is a fictional character from the Gobots series. He is an evil Renegade Gobots who turns into a steam locomotive.

Gobots

Loco is one of the soldiers of Cy-Kill.[1]

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]

Animated series

Loco was a long-serving Renegade, fighting in the defence of the Renegades' fortress on Gobotron. He was used sporadically after that, most notably helping the cyborg arms dealer Trident hijack a shipment of UNICOM materials. Loco appeared in "Renegade Carnival" episode #52.

Eagle Comics

Loco appeared in the Eagle Comics 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]

References

  1. Matt Caracappa (November 2007). "Going, Going, Gobots". Toyfare 1 (123): 80–82. 
  2. "YS Compo Challenge of the Gobots". Your Sinclair 1 (20): 77. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue20/Pages/YourSinclair2000077.jpg. 
  3. http://www.google.com/patents?id=0fY8AAAAEBAJ&dq=Katsushi+Murakami

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