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Set of Wendy's GoBots Kids Meal Toys

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Set of Wendy's GoBots Kids Meal Toys

Category

Recreation

Classification

CHENHALL - Recreational Objects - Toys - Toy

Object Origin
Producer:

Wendy's Restaurant

Manufacturer:

Tonka Corporation

Date Manufactured:

1986

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Set of six (6) toy vehicles that convert into robots, including a red car (.856, refered to as Object A in dimensions), a black truck (.857, Object B), a purple airplane (.858, Object C), a teal airplane (.859, Object D), an off-white and navy blue plane (.860, Object E), and a tan copter (.861, Object F). When in vehicle form, all objects sit horizontally. When transformed into robots, the toys are elongated and stand vertically. Each toy has a ...

Materials:

plastic

Measurements: Object A:
    Height: 0.075 in, Length: 2.75 in, Width: 1.375 in
    Weight: 0.053 lbs
Object ...

Credit

Gift of Jeff and Marilyn Escue, 1996.18.856-.861

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Set of Wendy's GoBots Kids Meal Toys

About: Set of Wendy's GoBots Kids Meal Toys

About: Set of Wendy's GoBots Kids Meal Toys

These miniature Tonka toys shaped as various transportation vehicles transform into GoBots. In 1986, Wendy’s, the fast-food chain, sold GoBots to promote the GoBot toys, animated series, and movie. GoBots were a line of transforming robot toys based on the Japanese Machine Robo toys by Poppy, a division of Bandai. Tonka acquired the rights to distribute Machine Robo toys in the United States in 1983 and rebranded them as GoBot toys. Tonka also partnered with Hanna-Barbera to create the animated series Challenge of the GoBots, which provided a backstory for the toys. The show premiered on September 8, 1984, just nine days before Hasbro’s animated series Transformers. In Challenge of the GoBots, the GoBots were once human-like beings who transferred their brains into shape-shifting robot bodies and engaged in a civil war between the heroic Guardians and the evil Renegades.


Wendy’s founder, Dave Thomas (1932 – 2002), opened the first Wendy’s restaurant on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. The fast-food chain gained recognition for its square beef patties and Frosty desserts. During the 1980s, Wendy’s, along with other fast-food chains like McDonald’s, Sonic, Burger King, and Subway, offered toys as part of their kids’ meals.

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