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Originally Posted by CPU
Transformers is a US-Japanese co-production from day 1. It was commisioned by Toei from scripts & designs from the USA. It was originally based on a Japanese toy line from Takara, but this was not called Transformers (I don't know what it was called). It become Transformers (in name) once Hasboro licenced the toy for sale into Western markets.
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I agree...just wanted to add that it was based on these Takara toy lines notably the
Diaclone and
Micro Change(Microman) series.
Also, the Autobots are known as
Cybertrons in the Japanese version, were led by Optimus Prime, who was known in the Japanese version as
Convoy, and their opponents, the Decepticons, called the
Destrons in the Japanese version.
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Originally Posted by CPU
Like Pokemon, Transformers is a series whose entire purpose is to promote the toy range (they make far more money on the toys)- what, you thought they make this crap for artisitic reasons  |
Well, Hasbro and Takara are primarily toy manufacturers so naturally, their prime directive is to sell more toys to the market...and they have been quite effective in it...i actually bought a G1 Optimus Prime and a G2 Megatron action figures right after watching the movie...
