The Machines (Bob the Builder, 1998)

Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley and Lofty are the vehicles from the British Animated Series,.

Why They Rock

 * 1) They are all beautifully animated with fluent stop-motion.
 * 2) They are passionate and determined to get tasks done.
 * 3) They are all voiced by great actors, such as Rob Rackstraw, Neil Morrissey  and Kate Harbour.
 * 4) Each character has their own personality.
 * 5) Scoop is portrayed as the sensible, reliable and trustful leader.
 * 6) Muck is a funny but reliable vehicle who's happy to help.
 * 7) Dizzy is portrayed as a fun and reliable vehicle.
 * 8) Roley is portrayed as a calm vehicle who is equally as reliable as the others.
 * 9) Lofty is shown as a shy, and adorable coward who is equally relatable to those who feel the same way.
 * 10) They make the building sequences very enjoyable to watch.
 * 11) They all are caring towards Bob and Wendy and they all know when to tell the truth if they did anything wrong.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Muck can have his share of unlikable moments and the same thing can be said about Roley.
 * 2) The US Dub of these characters don't manage to keep the same charm.
 * 3) Speaking of the US Dub, Muck was changed to female in the US dub for some reason, it is very unnecessary to change him to a female as no one was complaining about the lack of females in this show, not to mention that it is also confusing for fans of both the UK and US dub (though the reboot changed him back to a male character).
 * 4) The characters were badly flanderized in the reboot.
 * 5) Scoop went from a sensible and reliable leader to a clumsy cuckoo clock lander and a careless goofball who constantly messes everything up, either unintentionally or on purpose.
 * 6) Lofty went from being friendly, shy and cowardly into being sarcastic, cynical, intelligent and is no longer even scared of anything anymore.
 * 7) Muck went from being a funny but reliable vehicle, into a more dumber idiot who equally screws up like Scoop.
 * 8) Roley and Dizzy were moved to side characters which angered fans.