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This manga was subsequently compiled into stand-alone volumes and released by Kodansha Ltd. Microman: The Small Giant Comic BomBom manga (1998-1999)įrom October 1998 to December 1999 Comic BomBom serialized a new manga based on Takara’s new 1998 Magne Powers & LED Powers Microman toylines drawn by manga artist Hisashi Matsumoto. Hasbro’s new Transformers toyline and related storyline would supersede many of the concepts and ideas presented in Microman Secret File Volume 1.
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The manga portion of the Microman Secret File Volume 1 contained artwork by Yoshihiro Moritou the manga artist who created the original Kodansha TV Magazine manga in the 1970s. Its purpose was to establish the new direction of the Microman toyline and place the new Micro Change line in proper context within the larger Microman universe. Technically Microman Secret File Volume 1 was not a traditional, stand-alone manga one could purchase on their own it was a combination catalog and manga that was packaged with a few of the new toys in the 1984 Micro Change toyline such as MC-19: Binocular Robo Scope Man. Specifically, their new focus was on their line of transformable items in the Micro Change line. Microman Secret File Volume 1 catalog and manga (1984)īy 1984 Takara was continuing the trend of focusing their New Microman line away from the core 3.75-inch-tall (9.5 cm) Microman action figures to robots and other items. Additionally, a set of 30 Menko cards featuring Moritou’s manga versions of Microman characters and vehicles was released during that period as well. This serialized manga was compiled into six volumes released from 1978 to 1979. In 1977 TV Magazine-a children’s oriented magazine published by Kodansha Ltd.-began publishing an official, Takara approved serialized Microman manga drawn by manga artist Yoshihiro Moritou. Microman related anime & manga Microman Kodansha TV Magazine manga (1978-79)
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In 1984 Hasbro acquired the license for the transforming object toys from Takara’s Micro Change toyline as well as similar transforming Takara toys in the Diaclone toyline and the two were combined by Hasbro to create the Transformers toyline.īelow is a table showing which Transformers were based on which Micro Change toys and their variants: Transformers to Microman/Micro Change connections Transformers (Hasbro) The line featured toys that were seemingly ordinary items (such as cassette tapes, microscopes, watches and even guns) that could transform themselves and "change" into other forms to help Microman in their fight against the Acroyears.
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A few years later in 1983, Takara launched a new Microman series within the New Microman line dubbed Micro Change. In 1981 Takara produced a new Microman line called New Microman. Microman toyline influence outside Japan Micronauts (1976-1980) Some of the transforming Microman toys and vehicles from the Micro Change series created within the 1980s New Microman toyline were licensed by Hasbro, along with other similar transforming toys from Takara's Diaclone toyline, in the 1980s to be a part of Hasbro's Transformers toyline in the United States.
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The Microman toyline was licensed and released in the United States by Mego Corporation as the Micronauts from 1976–1980.
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Many of the Microman toys used interchangeable 5-millimetre (0.20 in) connectors and ports that allowed parts to be transferred and connected between different toys. The toyline also included vehicles, robots, playsets and accessories. The core of the Microman line consisted of 3.75-inch-tall (9.5 cm) action figures which were known for their high number of articulation points relative to other toys of similar size/scale in the 1970s.
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A photo of a vintage Microman M101 (George) 3.75-inch-tall (9.5 cm) action figure with capsule in the background.