Comments on: Mego Introduces the Micronauts

By: rockettubes

rockettubes — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:17:45 +0000

A bit late, but in answer to Tom, no that is the Japanese original Microman release, and was never released in the US with the Japanese missiles. Very few Micronauts releases had non-rubber tip missiles (Battle Cruiser's smaller ones, Giant Acroyear, the magno figures such as Karza/Force Commander and their horses come to mind), and many of those were glued in place with the springs removed in the last set of releases.

By: Seventiesfan

Seventiesfan — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:05:33 +0000

I'm happy to say that I recently bought all three of the Trons- Alphatron, Betatron, and Gammatron, with the original boxes, catalogs, and all working. They now join my Biotron, Microtron, Giant Acroyear, two Time Travelers, Membros, Antron, Repto, and the robot from the Rocket Tubes. I also have a Cosmo-man (Time Traveler lookalike) and Mighty Max (by Tomy), who looks a lot like a Micronaut.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:00:07 +0000

I received the Astro station and a handful of vehicles and figures for Christmas of '77 or '78. My Astro Station had the bulbous darts as shown in the catalog, but I've seen pictures with pointed darts like these: http://www.microforever.com/images/connig-4.jpg. Was the Astro Station ever released with these darts or were they pulled after the Colonial Viper incident?

By: Danny Cruz

Danny Cruz — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:43:04 +0000

always wondered if baron karza resembling darth vader was just a bit of serendipity or what..

By: Shlomo Ben Hungstien

Shlomo Ben Hungstien — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:34:52 +0000

what a great toy line, in so many ways well a head of it's time. the innovation, the articulation and interchangeable parts I just loved em.

By: Umbratikus

Umbratikus — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:13:28 +0000

Micronauts spent some time as my favorite toy line. My introduction was a yellow Time Traveler figure that was given to me by my best friend as a birthday present. The rest of it is history. However I remember the rollout differently than presented in this 1977 roll out. I remember Pharoid, Force Commander/Baron Karza, the Orbiter Vehicles, Battle Cruiser, and the Building Sets as coming later than the rest of the items pictured. Maybe its just my failing memory. Next for me was Space Glider and a Photon sled, but I eventually had almost everything pictured in these pages.