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DINOBOTS question?

Postby liveconvoy » Thu May 24, 2007 11:56 am

Now the proud owner of four G1 Dinobots (minus Grimlock, sadly), thanks to THIS guy:

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My question for anyone is:

Why do they have little compartments in their chests? Energon cubes or what? Thanks! LC
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Postby Core-1 » Thu May 24, 2007 12:05 pm

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In the original (Japanese) toyline that the Dinobots were taken from, they were supposed to have pilots. That's what the little compartments were for.
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Postby DREWCIFER » Thu May 24, 2007 1:03 pm

DIA-CLOOOONE!

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Postby Exulted Unicron » Thu May 24, 2007 1:05 pm

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they're pilot compartments, since the dinobots were part of the diaclone line, like many other transformers
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Postby Patrick Bateman » Thu May 24, 2007 1:32 pm

Core-1 wrote:In the original (Japanese) toyline that the Dinobots were taken from, they were supposed to have pilots. That's what the little compartments were for.


What he said.
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Postby liveconvoy » Thu May 24, 2007 1:50 pm

Thanks DOODZ
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Postby Raymond T. » Thu May 24, 2007 1:53 pm

DJDrew&ScoobyDoo wrote:DIA-CLOOOONE!

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Actually, the Dinobots WEREN'T Diaclones. They were part of the (Dinosaur) Robo line. Although both Robo and Diaclone were made under the banner of Takara and used the very same gimmick with the pilots, they were different toylines. :-B
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Postby DREWCIFER » Thu May 24, 2007 1:56 pm

Thanx!

So, did this line also have little drivers like Diaclone? Same principle or totally different.

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Postby Raymond T. » Thu May 24, 2007 2:02 pm

DJDrew&ScoobyDoo wrote:Thanx!

So, did this line also have little drivers like Diaclone? Same principle or totally different.

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Robo and Diaclone were spin-offs of the same concept, which is why they are often thrown together. And most dedicated fans even refer to the Robo line as Diaclone.

Insect Robo were the normal Insecticons. Deluxe Insecticons came from the Beet (or beetle) line which was not produced by Takara, but by Takatoku.
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Re: DINOBOTS question?

Postby jsmith41 » Thu May 24, 2007 2:09 pm

liveconvoy wrote:Now the proud owner of four G1 Dinobots (minus Grimlock, sadly), thanks to THIS guy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/niceley/se ... 227051068/

My question for anyone is:

Why do they have little compartments in their chests? Energon cubes or what? Thanks! LC



I also picked up acouple figures from his collection, including an awesome Wheeljack. I highly recommend him.
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Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Thu May 24, 2007 4:18 pm

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DJDrew&ScoobyDoo wrote:Thanx!

So, did this line also have little drivers like Diaclone? Same principle or totally different.

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Robo and Diaclone were spin-offs of the same concept, which is why they are often thrown together. And most dedicated fans even refer to the Robo line as Diaclone.

Insect Robo were the normal Insecticons. Deluxe Insecticons came from the Beet (or beetle) line which was not produced by Takara, but by Takatoku.


I wouldn't call them spin-offs, but more like sub-lines. Even then, some "lines" only have one figure at best, like the Jet Robos (Starscream and Thundercracker, not Skywarp)
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Postby Raymond T. » Thu May 24, 2007 4:24 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
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DJDrew&ScoobyDoo wrote:Thanx!

So, did this line also have little drivers like Diaclone? Same principle or totally different.

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Robo and Diaclone were spin-offs of the same concept, which is why they are often thrown together. And most dedicated fans even refer to the Robo line as Diaclone.

Insect Robo were the normal Insecticons. Deluxe Insecticons came from the Beet (or beetle) line which was not produced by Takara, but by Takatoku.


I wouldn't call them spin-offs, but more like sub-lines. Even then, some "lines" only have one figure at best, like the Jet Robos (Starscream and Thundercracker, not Skywarp)
Yeah, I guess the best way to describe it is comparing it to the Marvel Universe having titles like X-Men and X-Factor be of the same continuity, but being semi-seperate from each other.
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Postby shortround » Thu May 24, 2007 11:50 pm

So how many takara toy lines include pilot and were later turned into the orignal transformers series.
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Postby Raymond T. » Fri May 25, 2007 12:38 am

shortround wrote:So how many takara toy lines include pilot and were later turned into the orignal transformers series.
Diaclone, Robo, MicroChange & SuperChange. Also the Dasher series if you count the mail-away Powerdashers. These were all by Takara.

Roadbuster and Whirl were from the Armored Trooper Dorvack and the deluxe insecticons from Armored Insect Beetle line by Takatoku. Shockwave was released as Astro Magnum by ToyCo.
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Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Fri May 25, 2007 1:27 pm

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shortround wrote:So how many takara toy lines include pilot and were later turned into the orignal transformers series.


Quite a lot, though some lines were quite smal:

- Car Robo (Autobot Cars including Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus)
- Jet Robo (Starscream and Thundercracker)
- Insecter Robo (Insecticons)
- Attack Robo (Jumpstarters)
- Double Changer (Omnibots)
- Triple Changer (Blitzwing and Astrotrain)
- Dasher (Powerdashers)
- Dinosaur Robo (Dinobots)

And without pilot:
- Construction Vehicle Robo (Devastator)
- Train Robo (Raiden)
- Microchange (though Perceptor can transform into a riding cannon for a Microman to use)

Mind you, in commercials they use the Japanese names instead of the English ones.

And Raymond, baby, Super Change Robo aka Omega Supreme was by Toybox, not Takara ;) Here's a handy link:

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Postby DREWCIFER » Fri May 25, 2007 2:57 pm

Thanx JelZe GoldRabbit, that was a great page.

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