Talk:Micro Machines

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I'm fairly certain that Micro Machines were a line of tiny metal/plastic cars made in the 1980s (and probably the early 1990s), upon which the games are ostensibly based. I was expecting this page to be about those, not the games. Does anyone have any information on those? --Milkmandan 06:31, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)

  • You can always add to the article and re-do it, but you are correct, micromachines were n scale cars made of plastic, sold back in the late 80s early 90s


Yea. Some of the later series included new city zones that were either compact(all single piece city and foldable) or separate pieces of locations that could be used whatever way the player wished and the "Micro Machines Military"(Tanks, military jeeps, soldiers and fighters etc...). I used to be an avid collector of Military and city series. Might be good to mention those at the site as the video games were inspired by them.

Can someone see if they can find any information about the upcoming PS2 and PSP Micro Machines game? It was featured in a brochure of Codemasters' upcoming games but their website doesn't say anything about it. --DK 03:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Micro Machines

Hi there, I added some information hoping to clarify some things, and adding additional info. I tried to keep the information concise. I also added a link to my webpage that is devoted to the micro scale cars.

I added a Wiki page for the Speedeez brand as well. --15:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)Donald (www.puremicros.com webmaster)

[edit] Stub

This article should be added to some stub category not sure which, also I think article should be split in at least two articles. One about games, one about toys...--Defufna 10:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logo

Thanks to whoever added the logo. We now need someone to add more info. I wouldn't know how do do it myself. 67.188.172.165 18:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reposted my website

Not sure why it was deleted.. but if it was because of the link on my website to my storefront, I have deleted that link. I feel that I had added enough relevant information to include my website as a reference link. If whoever deleted the link still does not like the link there, let me know and I will also delete all the other relevant info I have added as well.--209.168.33.16 08:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)PureMicros

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[edit] Sources

Are there any collectors' magazines or articles newspapers about collecting Micro Machines? Failing that where do collectors or enthusiasts turn for reliable information? At the moment this article is entirely unverified and some of the assertions look a bit like original research an the personal opinions of the authors.... -- Siobhan Hansa 12:09, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commercials

If I recall, the commercials all contained the words "just like the real thing, only smaller", but ended with "If it doesn't say Micro Machines, it's not the real thing" Can anyone back me up on that? --Othernash 07:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)