XDMan wrote:Now this reminds me of Diaclone, where the humans control the robots (mecha, in Japan). The toyline has the G1 toys before they were released as Transformers.
Here are examples of toys from the toyline:
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Not much of a big example.
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A real example would be the original Ratchet's toy, which has the shoulders in the wrong position, no back kibble and a seat instead of a face.
^ THIS!
I was thinking the same thing. Down to the mold e-HOBBY used to create Road Rage, as well as the homage Super-God Masterforce (possibly by coincidence) that can be explained when it comes to the Headmaster Juniors and Godmasters. But with the toy's... Nice examples! So I have nothing more to say about this.
Oh... And a piece of trivia: While both Ironhide and Ratchet generally share the same mold, and were sold by Hasbro in their 1984 line-up, they were Takara's 1985 mail-away figures. They also would not get an official set number until e-HOBBY's 2001 Collector's Edition.