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Really? I thought that only Bandai produced the G1 "Macross" Jetfire after the Takatoku/Matsushiro stock ran out. If Takara made any Jetfires in thier factory for Hasbro, did they put their manufacturers' stamp on it? I've seen a LOT of G1 Jetfires, and I've never seen one that says "Takara" on it, just the usual variations with Bandai and Matsushiro  . |
Yes it did.
I've seen a rare few over the years.
A friend owned one and I saw at leat 2 at different TF conventions I've attended.
I'm not sure how many were made or for what market they were made for, U.S. or international, but I have seen them.
I had a pic of one on my pc once....I'll see if I can dig it up.
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The thing is, Bandai still had the total rights to Daimos (and Dangard Ace, etc), and Bandai wasn't in trouble like Takatoku and needing to sell off designs.
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Did Bandi
"OWN" the product at the time or was it under licensing?
Because if it was under licensing I could see how the concepts were being shopped around for a new buyer.
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Even if we overlook the fact that those robot and alt-mode designs are weird mix-ups and deviations from the Transformers concepts of 1985, why would Takara be tasked with creating concept designs for Hasbro based on robot designs they didn't own?
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A Hasbro exc that may have been considering buying the rights to those robots may have commissioned someone at Takara to have them made as a tool to show his bosses.
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Remember that Skyfire looked nothing like the Jetfire toy, but those robot paintings still resemble their design sources.
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But that was done by intent.It was so the character could be seen on Japan tv.
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I think this is one of those cases where Occam's Razor applies (ie: the simplest solution is the most likely).
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That may be.
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If the guy who owns that artwork hasn't attempted to get an answer from Takara to clear up the issue, there's probably a reason, and that reason might be that it's fan-art or bootleg art.
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Or that he's unawer of how to contact Takara.
Truth be told I dont.