>>11136873>>111368611.) That only applies to early Microman, which was influenced by Joe engineering rather than actually used any molds from it. Microchange has no connection beyond being under the same umbrella brand.
2.) I was never talking about marketing, because obviously Transformers and GI Joe would be marketed the same thanks to hasbro. I was talking about the development of the toys which have nothing to do with GI Joe.
>>11136945>>11136971This narrative makes absolutely no sense and is malinformed, because it assumes Microchange and Diaclone have fuck all to do with GI Joe toy development wise when they really, really don't. Engineering, play features, toy concepts, etc, totally distinct. The only connection is the early Microman toys being influenced by those Joe molds for henshin cyborg, but Microchange was a completely distinct toyline which shared and umbrella brand with said Joe influenced toys. At best you could say it was a funny coincidence that Joe molds were utilized by the same company, and that's it. Implying they evolved from it is horseshit. Totally ignoring the already existing diecast robots Takara was making such as Jeeg, Ga-Keen, and other Magnemo toys, and how most of the engineering from that line and popy toys from the era (rocket punch, transformation gimmicks, combining gimmicks, ratchet joints, magnets) is where Transformers really came from. GI Joe has no place in that evolution, its a piece of trivia that was hugely exaggerated to imply it does, the idea of diecast robots didn't magically evolve from GI Joe toys. G1 toys still actually homage and draw inspiration from those Magenmo toys, like the Headmasters gimmick and Wheeljack's head design being taken from Jeeg. Again, it's like those faggots who think Toei's Spider Man is single handedly responsible for the evolution of Sentai into Power Rangers, ignoring all of Shotaro Ishinomori's work.
