GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords was an animated movie based on the Gobots toy and TV franchise. This movie was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (the same company responsible for the Challenge of the GoBots series) and released to theaters in 1986 by Clubhouse Pictures under the title "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords" but renamed "GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords" for subsequent video releases. It featured the first appearance of the Rock Lord...
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GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords was an animated movie based on the Gobots toy and TV franchise. This movie was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (the same company responsible for the Challenge of the GoBots series) and released to theaters in 1986 by Clubhouse Pictures under the title "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords" but renamed "GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords" for subsequent video releases. It featured the first appearance of the Rock Lords who were given their own toyline after the movie. These new characters featured the guest voices of Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas and Roddy McDowall. The TV series regulars all reprised their usual roles.
The film performed poorly, pulling in about $US1.5 million domestically. When released in Australia (as Machine Men: Battle of the Rock Lords, to tie in with the line's name in that territory), only a few independent cinemas carried the film, rather than the major chains.
Several critics (Leonard Maltin amongst them) have suggested that...
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