Talk:Micronauts (comics)

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Contents 1 Vader/Karza designs 2 Fair use rationale for Image:Original.jpg 3 Added sources for latest edit 4 Image/Devil's Due series

[edit] Vader/Karza designs

Ralph McQuarrie began design work for Star Wars in late 1974, and according to "The Making Of Star Wars" book (JW Rinzler, 2007) the picture of Vader seen here ( http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/StarWars/starwars2.html ) is dated February 1975. The designs were used as part of a presentation to 20th Century Fox who were financing the film, but in late 1975, Charles Lippincott joined Lucasfilm to handle Advertising, Promotion, Publicity & Merchandising. He used McQuarrie's designs to make deals for various merchandising tie-ins (including comics) and the novelisation rights and (most importantly) the Star Wars toy line. Throughout 1976, Lippincott did the rounds at toy fairs, sci-fi conventions, and other related expos which included life-sized models of C-3PO and Darth Vader. Apparently Mego passed on the deal, and it eventually went to Kenner (who, as we know, made zillions from it). This information is also detailed in "Empire Building" by Garry Jenkins (1997), which is a fascinating read if you're into this sort of thing. 79.65.89.199 01:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Furthermore, the Micronauts www.innerspaceonline.com website states that the Baron Karza figure was not part of Mego's first series of Micronauts toys that were designed in 1976 and showcased in early 1977 at the NYC Fair. Karza was produced in 1977 and was released in 1978...which is after Star Wars came out in theatres. Check out http://www.innerspaceonline.com/megos1.htm and http://www.innerspaceonline.com/megos2.htm 79.65.89.199 01:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Original.jpg

Image:Original.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Added sources for latest edit

Next time please added sources, otherwise it is personal research and as such is not valid. Many thanks.

Asgardian (talk) 08:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image/Devil's Due series

I put the Devil's Due section in because that series focused on different characters and settings, with only the toy-related characters to show any connection with Marvel's series. As such it stands as a seperate series and should be given as much attention as the Marvel series.Rickremember (talk) 06:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)