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Day 70: Aerobot

Aerobot was the largest of the Playskool Big Adventure bots, able to turn into a futuristic flying wing jet. His toy had light up and sound features. The Big Adventures line didn't last long before being rebranded as Go-Bots, a clever repurposing of Transformers' old rival toyline that Hasbro now owned the trademark for. Aerobot made the transition unchanged, but his name acquired a hyphen -- Aero-Bot -- under his Go-Bots incarnation. Both versions were available in 2002. 




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