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News Credits: 5 · by **Maz** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:32 pm

It's been a decade since the origin of the Finnish Diaclone Black Tracks was finally revealed and discovered by the community outside Finland, but even then pictures and stories about it existed for years before, so it wasn't a surprise.

Has there been anything discovered since that was based on established early vintage Generation 1 figures, but completely different? One example that comes to mind is the Japanese Diaclone "Black Sideswipe", that was actually all black, not like Deepcover. Again, another Diaclone example, but quite groundbreaking...although not to anyone who wasn't a G1 car or Diaclone aficionado. And it was still a black Countach, not that new.

This may not be quite as big as those two official releases, but it is good, and it will surprise. For something to make my jaw drop simply because it has gone undiscovered for so long is rare and hugely welcomed. There can't be too many of these moments left in this hobby.

Spanish KO Minibots Overview <- CLICK TO READ

This article collects together all the "Big Reveal" chapters from my Square One blog:

Square One: A Big Reveal......is coming
Square One: A Big Reveal (Part 1)
Square One: A Big Reveal (Part 2)
Square One: A Big Reveal (Part 3)
Square One: A Big Reveal (Part 4)
Square One: A Big Reveal (Part 5)
Square One: A Big Reveal (Part 6)
Square One: A Big Reveal (Finale)

All the best
Maz

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:58 pm

Holy crap, that was an amazing story. Awesome detective work, Maz!

News Credits: 5 · by **Maz** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:05 am

Blurrz wrote:Holy crap, that was an amazing story. Awesome detective work, Maz!

Cheers man!

It's so very rare that things like this pop up any more, just felt like it needed to be celebrated!

All the best
Maz

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:03 am

Whilst I abhor bootlegs designed to deceive the purchaser, figures like this still have the power to make me smile. First time I've seen these though, and they're definitely on a par with the bonkers Brazilian recolours, IGA or GiG releases.

Thanks a bunch for posting these up!

News Credits: 5 · by **Maz** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:58 pm

Minibots got everywhere. They were in Generation 1 in North America and Europe on cards, they came out in Japan in boxes and then cards, they originated in Japan in boxes with different colours to Transformers, they were available in a rainbow of new decos in a number of South American countries, moulds were re-purposed as new characters and painted as such in Mexico (with new colours thrown in for fun). There were vintage model kits and gumball kits in Japan too of certain moulds. More recently reissues have introduced new and interesting variants and interpretations, and there were also keychain versions with convention exclusive repaints. That’s a very general overview, but as if that wasn’t enough headache for the minibot completist, there are also vintage bootlegs, and they are something entirely different.

The Lost Tribe | Source Blog <- CLICK TO READ

All the best
Maz