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'''Takashi Matsuda''' (松田隆志 ''Matsuda Takashi'') 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.
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==Known design projects==
==Known design projects==
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===''Transformers''===
===''The Transformers''===
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Watches'''</u>
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{{bp-d1|[[Battlecharger#Toys|Battlechargers]]<br>(early design/mechanism, final designs by [[Hideaki Yoke]])}}
{{bp-a1|[[Throttlebot#Toys|Throttlebots]]<br>(early design/mechanism, final designs by [[Takayuki Ishizawa]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Mini-Cassettes'''</u>
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{{bp-a1|[[Eject (G1)#Toys|Eject]] / [[Rewind (G1)#Toys|Rewind]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Overkill (G1)#Toys|Overkill]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Ramhorn (G1)#Toys|Ramhorn]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Ratbat (G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Ratbat]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Slugfest (G1)#Toys|Slugfest]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Steeljaw (G1)#Toys|Steeljaw]]}}
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{{bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generation_2|Galvatron]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generation_2|Galvatron]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Maxitrek]]<br>(unreleased)}}
{{bp-a1|[[Maxitrek]]<br>(unreleased)}}
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{{bp-d1|[[Battletrap (G1)#Toys|Battletrap]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Flywheels#Toys|Flywheels]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Flywheels#Toys|Flywheels]]}}
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====Preliminary designs====
Designs for which Matsuda provided the initial concept/mechanism only.
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Battlecharger]]s''' (final designs by [[Hideaki Yoke]])</u>
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{{bp-d1|[[Runabout (G1)#Toys|Runabout]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Runamuck (G1)#Toys|Runamuck]]}}
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{{bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldbug|Goldbug]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Chase (G1)#Toys|Chase]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Freeway (G1)#Toys|Freeway]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Rollbar (G1)#Toys|Rollbar]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Searchlight (G1)#Toys|Searchlight]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Wideload (G1)#Toys|Wideload]]}}
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==Notes==
==Notes==
* 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 Patent for the triple motorcycle robot] at the online directory of the {{w|Japan Patent Office}}</ref> that got far enough into production to receive '''three'''<ref>[https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669200632648024064 Figures of motorcycle robot design #1] mirrored at the official TFWiki.net Twitter account</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669200915662872576 Figures of motorcycle robot design #2] mirrored at the official TFWiki.net Twitter account</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1669201137210208264 Figures of motorcycle robot design #3] mirrored at the official TFWiki.net Twitter account</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.
* Matsuda's first name is rendered Takahashi on the American patent for Eject / Rewind, but Takashi on all other English-language patents.

Revision as of 17:22, 19 June 2023

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

Known design projects

Diaclone

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

Micro Change

The Transformers

Watches Duocons

Preliminary designs

Designs for which Matsuda provided the initial concept/mechanism only.

Battlechargers (final designs by Hideaki Yoke) Throttlebots (final designs by Takayuki Ishizawa)

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

  1. ↑ Patent for the triple motorcycle robot at the online directory of the Japan Patent Office
  2. ↑ Figures of motorcycle robot design #1 mirrored at the official TFWiki.net Twitter account
  3. ↑ Figures of motorcycle robot design #2 mirrored at the official TFWiki.net Twitter account
  4. ↑ Figures of motorcycle robot design #3 mirrored at the official TFWiki.net Twitter account
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