File:G One to Dimicron Prime.jpg
A collage summarizing the connection between the Statue of The One and the Microman prototype Giant Robo G-1, the design evolution from Giant Robo G-1 to the Diaclone flagship Great Robot Base, and the connection between Great Robot Base and Dimicron Prime.
Now for the hard part. From left to right:
Far left
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Primus clutches the The One's statue in the Ivory Towers as he cries out to The One for guidance.
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Top row
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- Very early test shot of Microman 1979 "Giant Robo G-1" designed by Tsutomu Inoue, later repurposed as a statue of The One. Scan of the 1979 TakaraTomy trade catalog from Oriental Technology.
- Later Microman Giant Robo G-1 prototype. From Takara SF Land by Kōji Igarashi, p49. Note the Microman pilots visible inside the dome.
- Concept exploration by Tsutomu Inoue workshopping a redesign of Giant Robo G-1 for the Machine Saurer toyline. From Takara SF Land p117
- Further concept art for Machine Saurer by Ken Ishikawa. From Takara SF Land p117
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- Early prototype for the "Robot Base" overhaul of Giant Robo G-1, now for what would become the Diaclone line. From p80 of Diaclone World Guide, also by Kōji Igarashi. Note the prototype Diaclone pilots.
- Later Robot Base prototype with refinements from Shōji Kawamori. From Diaclone World Guide p82
- Near-final block model of Robot Base. From the "Legend of Diaclone" feature in Figure Ō No. 213 (November 2015) by Kōji Igarashi and Kōji Shimada.
- Photography of the final production Robot Base toy from Diaclone. From Diaclone World Guide p44
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Dimicron Prime's Town Commander profile sticker from the Cybertron Satellite promotion. Photo from this review (dead link) of Transformers Prime Dark Guard Optimus Prime. Artist unknown.
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Credit
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Full credit to Necronomitron on Twitter for discovering the connection between these two toys, which is explicitly confirmed in Diaclone World Guide on page 104.<ref>"The large robot's transformation mechanism was based on the prototype for the unreleased Microman toy, Giant Robo G-1. This would later evolve into Diaclone Robot Base. - Takai Chikashi, translated by Necronomitron</ref>
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