Kronoform

Following Diakron, the Kronoform line was an unsuccessful attempt by Takara to market various Diaclone and Microman toys in North America which had not been licensed by Hasbro for The Transformers franchise.

Also included in the line were "Time Machine" transforming watch toys, many of which were taken from Takara's Watch Q toyline in Japan. Three of the watches, Autoceptor, Deceptor, and Kaltor were released in The Transformers packaging, with a smaller Kronoform logo also printed on the boxes.

The Robot Time Machine (as Autobot) and Scorpia toys would later see official releases as Transformers in the US by Takara during the Transformers: Generation 2 toyline in 1993.

Toy Range (Incomplete)

Joint Transformers releases

• Autoceptor
• Deceptor
• Kaltor

Others

• Robot Time Machine - Originally released in Takara's Micro Change line as "MC-06 Watch Robo," this toy would go on to inspire a flurry of characters in the pages of Ask Vector Prime.
  • Silver deco: Pre-Autobot, later repurposed as Azimuth.
  • Gold deco: Not released in Transformers but did later inspire the appearance of another Azimuth.
  • Blue deco: Not released in Transformers but did later inspire the appearance of Ephemeris.
  • Black deco: Not released in Transformers but did later inspire the appearance of Meantime.
• Scorpia: Pre, um, Scorpia.

Notes

• Prior to the launch of the Kronoform toyline, Takara released the Robot Time Machine/Autobot mold in the US as a one-off release, with the individual figure named Kronoform. As Kronoform, the toy was granted a commercial which rather ambitiously claims it can transform into five different modes "and more".
• The Autoceptor and Deceptor figures were apparently unique to the Kronoform toyline, their designs not having been previously released in Takara's Watch Q toyline.
• A potential fourth Transformers Kronoform figure, Maxitrek, was shown in Takara's 1986 US product catalog, but was ultimately never released.

External links

• Kronoform watch commercial at YouTube
• Article on the Watch-Q toyline at Soundwaves Oblivion