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Originally Posted by T.MAC
What's a Diaclone?
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Can of Worms indeed...
It all happened 4 million years ago on a planet called Cybertron....
Actually I think the guys at Hasbro discovered the guys at Takara at one of the New York Toy shows shortly after they had started making the diaclone.
Whats funny is that Jetfire is the one story that's totally different because Takara did not own the rights to that design originally.
The mold for Jetfire was based on the original veritech fighter that was made by Takatoku. When they went outta business Bandai bought the design and licensed it out to Hasbro to make Jetfire who for all intents and purposes looks exactly like the VF1S which Takatoku produced. The VF1S came out I think in 1981 or 1982...I would have to check the box. Jetfire came out in 1985.
There were many other Veritechs made by Takatoku but the VF1S remains the most elusive to find and the best!
I own both the VF1S and of course Jetfire and they look pretty cool together. Even the Armour mold is the same except Jetfires is red and the VF1S is grey. Eye colour and decals are also different.
If you look on line all the info is out there with pics of the toys on various sites.
As well all have popped up on eBay at one point or another.
Yeah..I'm a Transformer nut...my favorite property. I collect everything from the toys to my favorite part which are the original cartoon cels from the 1984-85 seasons of the cartoon series as well as Transformers the Movie from 1986.
