Goob Toob
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- Goob Toob is a member of the Techie Team from BotBots.
You either love Goob Toob, or you hate Goob Toob. If you hate him, then that's because you think he's going to kill your brain cells. However, his screen has been stuck on the same "program" for a long time. That "program" happens to be a show about four blocks of color that don't do anything and is called "Technical Difficulties".
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Fiction
BotBots Official Sticker Book
Goob Toob had the power to mesmerize other BotBots that would watch him. BotBots Official Sticker Book
Musical Mall Madness
This stop motion singalong was a remake of the "Official Digital Commercial" below.
Commercial appearances
Official Digital Commercial
After the energon surge brought the BotBots to life, Goob Toob disabled a mall security camera. Official Digital Commercial
Toys
BotBots
- Greaser Gang (8-pack, 2018)
- Series: 1
- Level: 2 Star
- Known designers: AJ Piejko-Brown (packaging), Ryan Glantz (instruction designer)
- Part of the first Series of BotBots, Goob Toob transforms from a 1-inch tall robot to an antenna TV with a technical difficulties screen.
- Goob Toob was available in one of the "Greaser Gang" 8-packs, packaged with Angry Cheese, Batsby, Fottle Barts, Sippy Slurps, Sticky McGee, Venus Frogtrap, and Lost Bot Clogstopper.
- This mold was also used to make Blindspot, TV Cop, Yule B. Bored, and Telly.
This pack is a "recommended minimum buy" for a complete set of Series 1 BotBots.
- Jock Squad (8-pack, 2018)
- Series: 1
- Level: 2 Star
- Known designers: AJ Piejko-Brown (packaging)
- Goob Toob was also available in one of the "Jock Squad" 8-packs, along with Fit Ness Monster, Fottle Barts, Grit Sandwood, Laceface, Nrjeez, Point Dexter, and Lost Bot Clogstopper.
This pack is a possible "recommended minimum buy" for a complete set of Series 1 BotBots. Grit Sandwood is the only BotBot needed in that pack, but he also appears in another Jock Squad pack where he is also the only BotBot needed in that pack. Yeah it means a bunch of redundant Bots either way, sorry!
Notes
- Goob Toob is the "example" character used for the "2 MODES" demonstration illustration on the Techie Team's cardfront.
- Goob Toob's name comes from the term "boob tube", a US slang term for a television.
- Goob Toob's not the first Transformer to have an antenna-topped television as his alternate mode. That honor goes to Gogglebox, who shares Goob Toob's four-color test screen pattern. However, Goob Toob's the first one to get a toy.
- Goob Toob's stock artwork shows his face in robot mode as a visor then the TV screen. It also includes an orange and second blue color bar for a total of six bars, versus four in TV mode. His power button also is blue in the art instead of red on the final figure.
