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Takahashi Matsuda (松田隆志 ''Matsuda Takahashi'') was a designer at [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] from about 1982 to 1996.
Takashi Matsuda (松田隆志 ''Matsuda Takashi'') was a designer at [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] from about 1982 to 1996.


==Known design projects==
==Known design projects==
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* Matsuda also designed a motorcycle robot<ref>https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-S61-077094/EC2AA753D864768ECAF51DDEB62A1055FDE7B926CAF20482A6DA6BD53ABF157A/23/en</ref> that got far enough into production to receive '''three'''<ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669200632648024064</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669200915662872576</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669201137210208264</ref> different deco and sculpt variations (including different heads!). Just which line this unreleased toy was meant for is hard to say, as it would have been outside the scale of ''Diaclone'', and ''Micro Change'' had largely moved away from making toys with [[Microman]] figure compatibility by the time its patent was applied for.
* Matsuda also designed a motorcycle robot<ref>https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-S61-077094/EC2AA753D864768ECAF51DDEB62A1055FDE7B926CAF20482A6DA6BD53ABF157A/23/en</ref> that got far enough into production to receive '''three'''<ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669200632648024064</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669200915662872576</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669201137210208264</ref> different deco and sculpt variations (including different heads!). Just which line this unreleased toy was meant for is hard to say, as it would have been outside the scale of ''Diaclone'', and ''Micro Change'' had largely moved away from making toys with [[Microman]] figure compatibility by the time its patent was applied for.
* He might have also designed the [[Superion (G1)#Watch|Superion]] wristwatch, but there is currently no documentation to prove it.
* He might have also designed the [[Superion (G1)#Watch|Superion]] wristwatch, but there is currently no documentation to prove it.
* Matsuda's first name is rendered Takahashi on the American patent for Eject / Rewind, but Takashi on all other English-language patents.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 designers]]
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Revision as of 04:58, 19 June 2023

Takashi Matsuda (松田隆志 Matsuda Takashi) was a designer at Takara from about 1982 to 1996.

Known design projects

Change Attacker
  • Starion Turbo 2000
    (his earliest patent)
Baku-Ten Attack Robo Insecter Robo



Transformers

Preliminary Designs Mini-Cassettes Watches
  • Galvatron
  • Maxitrek
    (unreleased)
  • Ultra Magnus
  • Duocons

    Notes

    • Matsuda also designed a motorcycle robot[1] that got far enough into production to receive three[2][3][4] different deco and sculpt variations (including different heads!). Just which line this unreleased toy was meant for is hard to say, as it would have been outside the scale of Diaclone, and Micro Change had largely moved away from making toys with Microman figure compatibility by the time its patent was applied for.
    • He might have also designed the Superion wristwatch, but there is currently no documentation to prove it.
    • Matsuda's first name is rendered Takahashi on the American patent for Eject / Rewind, but Takashi on all other English-language patents.

    References