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.

This is the Kronoform Robotic World. The originators are protectors of the universe directed by Diakron Commanders.
The Terminators are evil robots attempting to enforce their rule. Create your Kronoform Robot World with this space age concept.The entire Kronoform story

Toy Range (Incomplete)

The following list covers all Kronoform releases that were released or later rereleased as Transformers toys or otherwise inspired Transformers concepts. Kronoform molds with no Transformers relation are generally not listed as they fall outside the purview of this site.

1983 - Robot Time Machine

Kronoform's first year centered around novelty watches derived from the Micro Change and Watch-Q lines.

• 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.

1984 - Robotic World

While basically none of the Diaclone-derived toys that made up the bulk of Kronoform's second year made their way into The Transformers, some have inspired later toys or fiction-only characters.

Pilot mini-figures

• Presumably the enigmatic "Diakron Commanders", these unnamed accessories were slight retools of Diaclone's heroic Dianaut pilots to replace their foot magnets with cheaper inert metals. Used as inspiration for the toy characters Dia, Cline, and Diac, as well as the fiction-only character Chifumi Takahashi.

Originators

• Multi-Force - Originally the Diaclone Gats Blocker toy and pretty much a straight reissue of Diakron's Multi-Force 14 Robot. Used as inspiration for an unnamed background comic character.

Terminators

• Attackon - Originally the Diaclone Dia-Attacker toy. Used as inspiration for the original form of Exarchon, arch-villain of the 2019-2022 IDW comics.
• Wargon - Originally the Diaclone Warudaros toy. Used as inspiration for the Storm Rider toy.

1985 - Joint Transformers releases

Kronoform's final year saw the line pipe toys straight into Transformers proper via rebranded packaging, following a similar trajectory to adjacent European lines such as Trasformer and Joustra's Diaclone.

• Autoceptor
• Deceptor
• Kaltor

Fiction

The Terminators unleashed the chronal bioweapon Hytherion against the Originators in their war at the end of time as the Big Crunch loomed in Cymond 772.0 Beta. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/15

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".
• Kronoform's pilot figures were not distributed with any particular regard for the toyline's factions. What that means for the Diakron Commanders, who knows.
• 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

• Robot Time Machine commercial at YouTube
• Article on the Watch-Q toyline at Soundwaves Oblivion