Transformers patents

[Kin]

I was googleling around and I accidentally found this site:

http://www.devvi.com

http://www.devvi.com/patents.html

Lol there's some patents on the toys..

Lol I didn't knew Holland got diaclones... at intertoys.

OMG valkyrie pencil holder????

Edited September 20, 2004 by Kin

[BoBe-Patt]

haha! now that's pretty cool!

[Ladic]

I had that Vilkyre pencil holder and sharpener, but the red one.

[dr_vandermeer]

Ha ha! That's funny.

[Skull Leader]

lol, the patent for "Jetfire" has the image of the Takatoku VF-1S... funny..

[RFT]

Well, it is the applicable patent for jetfire...

or rather was. according to that scan, the patent was granted in 1984 for 16 years. does that mean anyone can make them now?

[promethuem5]

yeah, have you ever been on ebay. there's zillions of the VF-1S 1/55 bootleg out there. its well done too IMO, a great piece to get for like ten buckes at most.

[Kin]

Hmmm roadbuster's designer is the same as for the jetfire... that explains the good articulation of it.

[Hiriyu]

Hmmm roadbuster's designer is the same as for the jetfire... that explains the good articulation of it.

You're kidding, right? If so, ignore the following.

Though Matsushiro may have held the US patent for the designs, this does not make them the designer. Rather, Matsushiro was a manufacturer/distributor who had some of Takatoku's production tools for a period following Taka's dissolution. The patent appears to be for the outward graphic design or basic appearance of the toy.

I was actually a little surprised to see the Matsushiro name listed on the US patent for JetFire, instead of BW, Bandai or Hasbro. I suppose that Matsushiro must have been in posession of the tools when Hasbro made the decision to import them as Transformers.