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: 6–96 īy downscaling their size, Takara sought to create the Microman line to offset the sheer cost of producing a full line of plastic-based 8-inch-tall (20 cm) & 12-inch-tall (30 cm) figures and related playsets as well as acknowledging that basic living space is limited-and considered a premium-to most Japanese households.

Joe figures - with their bodies molded in clear plastic, exposing their inner workings and supposed cybernetic parts. Henshin Cyborg figures were based on 8-inch-tall (20 cm) & 12-inch-tall (30 cm) Combat Joe figures - which themselves were based on Hasbro's G.I. Takara first released Microman toys in Japan in 1974 as a smaller version of their popular 8-inch-tall (20 cm) & 12-inch-tall (30 cm) 1972 Henshin Cyborg (Transforming Cyborg) line.

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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. The Microman toyline was licensed and released in the United States by Mego Corporation as the Micronauts from 1976–1980. 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. 4.4 Microman: The Small Giant Studio Pierrot Anime (1999)Ī photo of a vintage Microman M101 (George) 3.75-inch-tall (9.5 cm) action figure with capsule in the background.4.3 Microman: The Small Giant Comic BomBom manga (1998-1999).4.2 Microman Secret File Volume 1 catalog and manga (1984).4.1 Microman Kodansha TV Magazine manga (1978-79).3 Microman toyline influence outside Japan.2.2.4 Micro Change to Transformers (1984).

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