Had the Diaclone back in the 80s. It was fairly easy to find in US toy stores, sold as Diaclone Man or something. At the time, I thought it was a really inferior vehicle Voltron but what did I know. Still have one of the Diaclone pilot figures, minus his arms. The fact that he FIT inside the driver's seat of my G1 Transformer cars was what opened my eyes to what was really going on with Takara and Hasbro.
Pretty sure they sold these in the UK as 'Convertors' during the 80s Transformers craze. Remember seeing that Gestalt effort. Omega Supreme was also released as a 'Convertor! They were in my local shop. I was pretty impressed with them at the time.
I remember either me or my brother receiving that one robot that was composed of fourteen sub-component vehicles back in 1983 as a Christmas present. It was advertised in the JC Penney Christmas catalogue along with an early version of the toy that would be reissued as Shockwave for the Transformers line,
DIAC--CLONE!
DannyBoyMRPG 5 months ago
So who or what was it that the Diaclone battle mechas were constructed to fight against?
trence5 8 months ago
Had the Diaclone back in the 80s. It was fairly easy to find in US toy stores, sold as Diaclone Man or something. At the time, I thought it was a really inferior vehicle Voltron but what did I know. Still have one of the Diaclone pilot figures, minus his arms. The fact that he FIT inside the driver's seat of my G1 Transformer cars was what opened my eyes to what was really going on with Takara and Hasbro.
LeinaStol 11 months ago
@tshippy36 Yup. Vehicle Voltron is what I always called it. I have a mostly complete Large scale version of it to boot!
carnut015 1 year ago
besides the "lion" robot, wasn't there a Voltron that looked alot like this?
tshippy36 1 year ago
Pretty sure they sold these in the UK as 'Convertors' during the 80s Transformers craze. Remember seeing that Gestalt effort. Omega Supreme was also released as a 'Convertor! They were in my local shop. I was pretty impressed with them at the time.
Jaimetron1 2 years ago
Because they didn´t transform in individual robots i think
ShockUzer 2 years ago
I remember either me or my brother receiving that one robot that was composed of fourteen sub-component vehicles back in 1983 as a Christmas present. It was advertised in the JC Penney Christmas catalogue along with an early version of the toy that would be reissued as Shockwave for the Transformers line,
charlesk1974 2 years ago
But not this Shinkansen.
If he was a Tranbot. he should transform and kick Waraudaros's ass. or crash it HEAD ON!
:P
DiscothecaImperialis 2 years ago
I guess that's why this particular Diaclone toy wasn't reinvented in America as a Transformer.
Loader2K1 2 years ago