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Re: Marauder
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Wed, 7 Jun 2000 21:43:19 GMT
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The original VF-1 Valkyrie toys were made by Takatoku toys back in the
early 80's. Eventually, Bandai bought the rights from Takatoku and
produced some of the later Valkyrie models (like stuff seen in Macross:
Do You Remember Love?).
After Transformers and Gobots started being produced in the US, they
used robots from various unrelated Japanese toy lines. Megatron and
Soundwave (and the tape-bots) were from a line called New Microman.
Gobots were from a line called Machine Robo. Most of the Autobot cars
and the Dicepticon jets were from a line called Diaclone, and there were
actually small metal figures that could "ride" in the vehicles (that's why
some of the 1st Gen 'bots have openable cockpits). Hasbro wasn't too
picky about which 'bots they used, they just wanted to make money off
them. So they got the rights for whatever they could... some Transformers
came from Takara molds, some from Bandai. One of the reasons you
didn't ever see Jetfire on the cartoon is because they didn't have the
rights to use the Veritech form on TV, but they could buy the rights to
make the toy. So they made up a very similar 'bot called Skyfire.
HTH,
~Mark
In lugnet.build.mecha, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> To All,
>
> > Mark Sandlin wrote:
> > > http://www.kent.net/robotech/mecha/zentraedi/glaug.shtml
> >
> > Mmmm. Good site. Very clean pics. I'm gonna haveta snarf this one • when
> no
> > one's looking.
> >
> > Another one, with lower-quality images (but much more of them, • including
> early
> > sketches :-) is found here:
> >
> > http://www.3dgamedev.com/robotech/ReferenceGuide.html
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - jsproat
>
> Hmm.. I was just looking through these two. If anyone remembers, they • did
> have the Robotech cartoon on the air in Flint, Michigan for a year or so,
> and that was my first taste of Robotech. I also got several Transformers • in
> that time, including the Autobot Jetfire, which was a dead on to teh
> Valkryies (sp?). Does anyone know how Hasbro got this, was it • sanctioned, or
> a ripoff? Any infor would be appreciated!
>
> Scott "Still liked the cartoon of Robotech" S.
> --
> P.S. Does anyone have information on the motorcyle / mech suits for • the
> humans?
>
> Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com
> LEGO Page -> • http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
> It's Almost Here! ->The Sanburn Systems Company
> http://www.sanburnsystems.com
>
>
>
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> > There are just SO MANY reasons to run for my life,
> > I'm having trouble settling on just one!
> > - Torg
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| (...) Speaking of licensing, a big reason why I dislike FASA (makers of Battletech) is their extreme misuse of designs that didn't belong to them... The Marauder, Phoenix Hawk, Stinger, Wasp, Rifleman, Warhammer, Longbow (i'm probably forgetting (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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