Editing 1983

{{yearofthe|1983}}
The year '''1983''' (MCMLXXXIII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by one year.

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==Fiction==
===2007 Movie===
* [[Sector Seven]] is at least partially aware of the events of their universe's [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] as early as 1983, as they are mentioned in the [[Hungry Dragon|Takara Agreement]].

====March====
* [[March 15]] To control the previous year's leaks about the Transformers to the public, [[S7 Industries]] collaborated with Japanese toymaker [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] to produce a movie based on the 'video game' about giant robots they were developing, allowing them to dismiss any claims relating to the Transformers or their world as fictional characters- hiding them in plain sight.  This operation is codenamed [[Hungry Dragon]].

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* The '''[[Family Computer]]''', commonly abbreviated as the '''Famicom''', a video game console and the Japanese equivalent of the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System]] is released in Japan by Nintendo.

* [[Saban Entertainment]] is formed.

* Hasbro approaches [[Sunbow Productions]] about a television series based on their toyline of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] action figures.

* The [[Dragonfly]] is introduced to the G.I. Joe arsenal and immediately becomes their standard assault helicopter.

* In the fall of 1983, [[Richard Marcej]] graduates from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and begins working for Hasbro.

* [[Robin Riggs]] begins working for the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Marvel Comics]] department.

* [[Don Hudson]] begins working for Marvel Comics.

* The [[Microman]] story is being told exclusively through text and manga pages in the toys' pack-in catalogues, with no tie-in fiction.


* [[GiG]] acquires the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara.

* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s orignal toy the [[Diaclone]] "4WD Hi-Lux" (as the [[Diakron]] "DK-3" Car/Robot), the red Diaclone version of [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (as Diakron "DK-1" Car/Robot) and the black Diaclone version of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (as the Diakron "DK-2" Car/Robot) are being sold by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in [[North America]], seemingly just a few months before the toy would be rebranded as a Transformer.

* The mold that would become [[Autobot (G2)|Autobot]] is released in the 1983 Microman Micro Change line as MC-06 Watch Robo, available in four different colors.

* The mold that would become [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is released under the Diaclone line.

* A new "[[Micro Change|Microchange]]" theme in the [[Microman]] toyline is introduced, under which all but a few of the robots and vehicles made to interact with the figures will have the ability to disguise themselves as ordinary household objects.

* The toy that would ultimately end up as the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] toy is originally released in August as No.17 Battle Convoy from Takara's Diaclone Car Robo toyline in Japan.

* [[Henry Orenstein]] convinces [[George Dunsay]], [[Hasbro|Hasbro's]] Vice President of R&D, to acquire a license for releasing [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Diaclone]] and [[Micro Change]] toys on the North American market 

* In late 1983, Hasbro first approaches [[Griffin Bacal]] and asks them to adapt two Japanese toy lines, ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'', for the American market. Hasbro later approaches [[Marvel Comics]] to create a storyline around a series of transforming toy robots they had licensed from Takara.

===Births===
====April====
* [[April 5]] — [[Andrew Elder]]

====May====
* [[May 20]] — [[Josh Perez]]

====July====
* [[July 29]] — [[Tania Gunadi]]

====December====
* [[December 22]] — [[Yui Kano]]

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