Before the Transformers we all know and love there was the Diaclone series. The series was a toy line created by Takara Toys and was launched in 1980. The figure line consisted of vehicles and robots ...

One of the biggest pop-cultural injustices of the last few decades, is how the origins of Transformers were lost to the mists of time. However, in recent years, there has been an interesting ...

Before Transformers, there were two toylines; Microman and Diaclone. The latter is what would make up most of the Autobots, with Optimus Prime being notable here. In that, Optimus Prime was originally ...

While he looks a lot like Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus in the Transformers franchise is an entirely different 'bot. The same goes for a nostalgic "repaint" of Ultra Magnus, who's now set to receive his ...

Before there were Transformers, there was Diaclone and Micro Change, the first series of transforming robots. After the bot line was discovered by Hasbro, a deal was struck, and that is when history ...

Ever since 1984, the Transformers franchise has been one of the premier mecha brands in the world. Now, Takara is taking this a step further with a three-way crossover involving the robots in disguise ...