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Toy line
Diaclone (ダイアクロン, Daiakuron) is a toyline by Takara Toys launched in 1980. It consisted of transforming vehicles and robots piloted by miniature, magnet-shoed figures spun off from the prior Microman toy line.
The toys in the 1980 line were designed by future respectively. Unlike Microman, which featured "full-scale" toys of its 10-centimeter-tall alien cyborgs, the figures in Diaclone represented full-sized human (and enemy alien Waruder) pilots, and were in approximately 1/60 scale.
In 1982, the line later featured the Car-Robots set of transforming robot toys, invented by
Constructicons
, who also came from the Car-Robots set. The Constructicons came from near the end of the series, at which point Takara was starting to abandon the Inch-Man pilot figures and being limited to the 1/60 scale. The six TrainRobo were also produced in the same sub-line as the Constructicons, but would only become Transformers (as the Trainbots) in Japan's 1987 line.
Takara eventually discontinued the Diaclone and Microman toylines in 1985 in favor of the
Transformers rebranding. Takara has since revived the franchise, however; first announced at Tokyo Toy Show 2015, the first proper figure of the new
Diaclone line was revealed at
Wonder Festival of 2015. The
BotCon storyline for 2015 also features several concepts from the Diaclone series, and several figures were based on Diaclone characters.
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