Transformers Toy Patents
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Posting about cool Transformers patents!! (Reposting my Twitter content on the weekends)
I really like the two different base modes in figures 6 and 7. And he has a cool little grabby arm and a built-in ramp. It's too bad they decided to scrap this--I feel like this is better than Onslaught overall. Who wants to 3d model this...? :-)
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I really like the two different base modes in figures 6 and 7. And he has a cool little grabby arm and a built-in ramp. It's too bad they decided to scrap this--I feel like this is better than Onslaught overall. Who wants to 3d model this...? :-)
Nice!! I have never noticed that. I also think these briefly seen Lithonians from the beginning of TFTM also look fairly similar to Macross Valkyries as well.
October 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Nice!! I have never noticed that. I also think these briefly seen Lithonians from the beginning of TFTM also look fairly similar to Macross Valkyries as well.
Yep, Dropshot was patented the same month as the others: January 1985 and done by Akio Kitamura, who did the race car/bird/robot triple changer. (See attached post) I think all of the patented toys had some form of prototype, but perhaps just proof of concepts for some. bsky.app/profile/tfpa...
Patent for two unreleased triple changers: a horse/jet/robot (Dropshot) and a giraffe/tank/robot. Filed 1985-01-17. Invented by Akio Kitamura. JPS61121887U
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yep, Dropshot was patented the same month as the others: January 1985 and done by Akio Kitamura, who did the race car/bird/robot triple changer. (See attached post) I think all of the patented toys had some form of prototype, but perhaps just proof of concepts for some. bsky.app/profile/tfpa...