However, with Diaclone, things were a bit more difficult, especially with characters like Ironhide, because many of the alternate "robot" forms weren't meant to be characters at all.

The reason: Rachet and Ironhide began life as a Diaclone toy, and unlike the Transformers, the Diaclone robots were ‘operated’ by little humanoid figures.

The mighty lineage of 'Diaclone'. One of the biggest pop-cultural injustices of the last few decades, is how the origins of Transformers were lost to the mists of time.

And, while technically not an accessory, there’s also the vaguely troll-like Diaclone “face,” which is visible through Ironhide’s windshield in vehicle mode. Bustin’ Deceptichops For fair reasons, not ...

The Transformers x Zoids x Diaclone Takara Tomy Synergenex Shield-D-Prime is priced at $299.9,9 and pre-orders are already live on Hasbro Pulse with a February 2026 release.

Activision has revealed two more characters to be playable in the upcoming High Moon-developed Transformers: War for Cybertron. Autobot Ironhide and Decepticon Skywarp are the Transformers this tim… ...

Following on from the breakdown of the new Diaclone Big Powered GV toy, it seems only fitting to cover the flipside to that and feature the bad guys of 'Diaclone', the voracious Waruder.