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 | | Each Diaclone toy thus came with a little pilot figure (with magnetic feet), and many of the toys had cockpit areas for these figures to fit into (in case you were wondering why your Optimus toy had a chest that opened up to reveal a little seat inside). |
 | | The Diaclone toys also gave the Transformers line their first Triple Changer (Blitzwing), the two Autobot Jumpstarters, and the ever-popular Dinobots (originally created to help the Diaclone Taskforce fight off an army of dinosaurs plucked from the past by the Warudars). |
 | | In the original Diaclone, this mecha's name was Convoy, and the name survives today in the Japanese Transformers, where the Autobot with the personality and look of Optimus Prime is called Convoy to this day. |
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