Union Fighter Blockman Combo Droid CD-1-L 1/18th scale prototype
Created by Ben Mininberg of Prometheus Rising Studios (photos courtesy of Prometheus Rising Studios)
Union Fighter Blockman is an obscure, short-lived Takara line that came out in 1984 as an offshoot of Diaclone and Takara's broader "SF Land" range of semi-related properties. The line featured two inch tall plastic and metal robots covered in 5mm pegs and ports. The Blockman sets came with little one inch tall chrome pilots with sculpts reminiscent of Diaclone drivers, which were the same size. The original toyline also was briefly re-released by Revell as part of its expanded Robotech model kit and toy line under the name "Robolinks" in the US and "Changers" in Europe. Prometheus Rising Studios’ Ben Mininberg wanted to thus explore how a Blockman would look scaled up to Microman (1/18) scale. The now fully-posable (and quite sizable!) Blockman features ratcheting joints in the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees, with additional articulation at the shoulders, biceps, wrists, waist, and hips. My Friend the Micronaut is proud to be hosting the first CD-1-L Blockman prototype from Prometheus Rising Studios! This first ever-released prototype can be purchased from the Grass Hut store here.
