Delve into one Japanese toy company’s history and you will see just how Hasbro’s 12-inch G.I. More broadly, it is to trace how an idea travels from one country to another, gets adapted for local needs, impacted by geopolitical events and return in a completely unrecognisable form. To study Takara SF Land is to see how toy designs evolve across multiple lines over the course of decades. The line, which celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2019, has sold over 500 million toys and other products in over 130 countries.
Hasbro then combined toys from two major Takara SF Land lines, Diaclone and Microman, in 1984 to create Transformers and those rebranded toys returned to Japan the following year. Joe in 1964 and Takara transformed Joe into Henshin Cyborg, the founding figure of Takara SF Land, in 1972. Hasbro coined the term “action figure” for the original G.I. The most famous Takara SF Land toy line of them all would be Transformers, the result of a decades-old relationship between two storied toy companies from two different continents. The Magne Robo Koutetsu Jeeg figure, for example, certainly got a boost from the Nagai Go manga and the Toei anime but the toy, competing as it was with Popy Chogokin based on other manga and anime, was arguably a huge hit in the Seventies because of its innovative magnetic joints. There were, of course, toy-first Takara designs that benefitted immensely from the exposure manga and anime tie-ins provided. If some of the resulting toys were stand out designs far ahead of their time, it’s simply because they needed to be - they couldn’t rely on brand recognition as a crutch. Takara SF Land toys are notable for being original designs as opposed to being inspired by popular manga, anime or tokusatsu series. The umbrella term used by fans to describe various toy lines with sci-fi elements sold by Takara (Takara Tomy after the 2006 merger with Tomy), Takara SF Land encompasses lines like Henshin Cyborg (a 30cm-tall figure that could transform into other characters and into a vehicle), the groundbreaking Microman (10cm-tall action figures with stunning articulation for 1974) and the Diaclone robots and vehicles piloted by 3cm-tall figures with magnetic feet. Takara SF Land celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. Iguanite’s two primary forms are that of a stocky quadruped reptile creature with opening jaws and a barbed tail and the most (comparatively) humanoid of the three AcroMonsters.Updated on 7 November with Diaclone (2016) part 2
Iguanite: Comprised partially of translucent green plastic, Iguanite is otherwise colored in black, white and silver Iguanite is outfitted with a chest-situated port for a DemonAcroyer passenger (sold separately). He provides the lower abdomen/tail and legs for the most linear of the gigantic AcroMonster combinations. Hellpion’s two primary forms are that of a notable vicious-looking scorpion creature and a two-legged stinger-tailed robot mode. Hellpion: Colored in pink, black and shades of red, Hellpion is heavily laced with spikes, pinchers and claws Hellpion is outfitted with a chest-situated port for a DemonAcroyer passenger (sold separately). He provides the upper body, arms and wings for the most linear of the gigantic AcroMonster combinations. Vampiser’s two primary forms are that of a bat creature and that of a two-legged winged robot mode. Vampiser: Colored primarily in black and red, Vampiser features dart-tipped wings, segmented talons, and a torso-situated vertical maw Vampiser is outfitted with chest-housed, retractable chair for a DemonAcroyer passenger (sold separately). The DX-14 AcroMonster Box Set (Korean) includes the following: Generated by the King of Acroyers to reinforce the DemonAcroyers against Microman forces such as the Robotmen, the AcroMonsters are cybernetic organisms boasting multiple individual forms and are capable of combining with each other to form varying gigantic AcroMonsters.
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