This figure had a revolving chamber, and came with either a brown or gold hilt. Likewise, the Japanese Soundwave came with Rumble instead of Buzzsaw. He came with fake earphones and microphone that were also included in Soundwave's Japanese release, and Pre- Rumble. Pre-TF Soundwave with "Cassette Man" molded on the cassette door. A redeco of this toy was re-released in the 1999 Microman line. The Jetheli transforms from a full-sized audio cassette into a helicopter for the included Microman figure. A redeco of this toy was released in the 1999 Microman line. The Battlebike transforms from a full-sized audio cassette into a motorbike vehicle for the included Microman figure. The version released as the Japanese exclusive Browning sported the blue parts, but with the silver body, though his animation model used in Super-God Masterforce depicted him using the gold body with the blue parts. Used to represent the Aligned incarnation of Azimuth in the pages of Ask Vector Prime.īrowning came either in Silver with red robot parts, or Gold with blue robot parts, in addition to a gold chromed contest piece. Inspired the Ask Vector Prime character Ephemeris. Inspired the Dreamwave comic character Meantime. Later repurposed as Vector Prime in the pages of Ask Vector Prime and as the Generation 1 incarnation of Azimuth in IDW Publishing's comics. Silver - Belatedly released in Transformers as Autobot in Generation 2.Each colorway met a different fate in Transformers: Before appearing in Transformers, the toy was released in North America as the title character of the Kronoform toyline and in Europe as part of Joustra's rather idiosyncratic incarnation of Micro Change' sister toyline Diaclone. It came in chrome, black, blue, and gold versions. To get into this figure's whole deal right now.Įh? Eh? This figure transformed from a robot to a watch. 03 Volkswagen ("red body", "blue body" or "yellow body"), Pre- Bumblebee.02 Familia 1500 XG ("red body", "blue body" or "yellow body"), Pre- Bumper.01 Porsche Turbo 924 ("red body", "blue body" or "yellow body"), Pre- Cliffjumper.Their subsequent Transformers releases were largely identical, but "Jeep" went from olive green to forest green in becoming Brawn. When they came out as part of that line, they were released in only one color scheme each. 04-07 were initially designed as part of the little-known Mysterians toyline but left unproduced, with the tooling used by Takara for Micro Change. They were released in red, yellow, and blue and had license plate stickers on the back of the head panel. 01-03 were designed by Takara and transform into super deformed toy cars in the style of Takara's own Choro-Q line (imported to English-speaking markets as Penny Racers). This small car assortment actually had two different origins. The other US toy line adapted from Microman started when some smaller transforming vehicles were imported to the US by Hasbro and combined with another, similar Japanese toy line known as Diaclone to become know as Transformers.We'll slip you a fiver if you tell the guy in charge of pre-Transformer redecoes at Hasbro that this is Glyph. The first is the 3.75 inch action figures and some accessories imported by the Mego Corporation that where known in the United States as Micronauts. Two popular US toy lines to come from the Microman toy molds. In the US these toy lines became very popular in their own right. When the toys were imported into the US they were divided into different lines by different US companies. The story of the Microman toys in the US is a very tangled web of toy lines and companies. These smaller toys had the advantage of being cheaper to produce as well as allowing a play pattern that included vehicles and accessories that the larger size prevented for cost reasons. The Microman toys were made in a smaller 3.75 inch figure that had a similar level of articulation to the 12 inch GIJoe. Interestingly, this figure was a modified doll produced in recycled molds originally used to produce Hasbro toy company's G.I.Joe doll. The Japanese toy company Takara made a toy series in 1974 called Microman that was a miniature spin off of their Henshin-Cyborg1 figure.
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