Micronauts
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This article is about the toy line. Gordon Williams also wrote a series of unrelated novels called the Micronauts. See The Micronauts for the break/bigbeat musical group.
Micronauts was the North American name for the Japanese Microman toy line, which was imported by the Mego Corporation. The bulk of the line consisted of small 3.75" action figures that are known for their high poseability compared to similar sized toys. It also included vehicles and robots.
In its later years, the Micronauts line included an increasing number of Mego-designed toys and accessories that were never available in Japan.
[edit] Comic books
Main article: Micronauts (comic book)
Marvel published a Micronauts comic book, which proved popular enough to outlive the toyline and even Mego itself by a few years. The characters occasionally crossed over into the main Marvel Universe, and the Microverse was introduced in the Marvel Micronauts comic.
In the early 2000s, Devil's Due Publishing introduced an all-new Micronauts comic series.
[edit] In popular culture
- The Micronauts "Mobile Exploration Lab" vehicle can be seen in the 1981 film Time Bandits.
- The "Karrio" carrying case/vehicle can be seen in the 1982 film Poltergeist.
- Micronauts toys are the main plot device in Greg Pak's 2003 vignette "The Robot Fixer" from his indepentent film Robot Stories.
- A 2006 Robot Chicken sketch depicted several Micronauts climbing a "mountain" that turns out to be a sleeping woman's breast.
- A few Micronauts characters can be seen in Howard Hallis' The Picture of Everything.
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