The Wild Story of How Micronauts Keeps Getting Canceled
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2020
- Micronauts is a toyline created by Mego in the late 70's just before Star Wars swallowed pop culture and not long before Mego went out of business.
Micronauts, the toyline, was very successful but the numerous attempts at animated series, comic book series and movies since have definitely been less successful.
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Man, the original Micronauts comics by Bill Mantlo and drawn by the amazing Mike Golden were some of my very favorite comics when I was a kid. And, of course, I loved the Micronauts toys. My best friend and I had a deal that we would give each other Micronauts toys as birthday presents every year and that way build up an amazing collection between us.
Agreed. Bill Mantlo was a genius of a writer.
My cousin and I did the same and the comics were cool too
“If you love the toys...If you loved the comics...then you’re probably going to like the movie! This movie will be drastically different than anything you’re familiar with in the toy line and will be wildly different than the comic or the cartoon. We know you’re going to love it because you love the name and that’s what our movie will be called.” A successful Hollywood Producer
See: Masters Of The Universe
@@jasonpdsi The Masters of the Universe movie was a Mattel thing, and had nothing to do with the Filmation show. As far as Mattel was concerned, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe had no story line.
I hope they take the story from the comic where mad professor that actually a cyborg tries using the power from Micronauts universe, use as a superweapon and been chased by Baron Karaza Escapes into our Universe and takes refuge on Earth! And Commander antennas Rann Princess Mira, BUG,, Acrowyear, Biotron, Microtron Fight to Escape, and relies they got stop Madd professor or release Baron Kazarza on to Earth rule!
If they do anything actually original the fans will have nothing to compare it to and will hate it.
@@realmwatters2977 you mean the prometheus pit, (worth googling), and was put back in his place by Captain Universe. Curious to find a trade paperback with guardians of the galaxy with Bug and Captain Universe some years back. The old star wars comics used to feature them as a secondary strip as well.
Can confirm the late nineties animated series. Was brought in to audition for voice work it, and it was the first time I met Marty Abrams.
I have the Japanese series.
Giant Micronauts? Micro Nots. Cross promotion with Pizza Hutt? Micro Garlic Knots. The marketing writes itself.
Macronauts. I am so trademarking that... uh, or copyrighting... uh, WHATEVER!!!! Heh
When I get to the Pearly Gates ...there will be the entire Marvel run of Micronauts and every Mego action figure waiting for me .
I spent all my paper route money on anything Micronauts or Shogun Warrior related.
My brother & I would buy and paint and update Micronauts figures into Marvel and DC characters. Especially the Teen titans and the Xmen . Pharoids were the best to repurpose. Thank you for this
You took me back to my preteen days .
You and your brother were pretty cool.
@@funkyweapon1981 I really wish the Micronauts were part of the Marvel cinematic universe. They just seem tailor made for the Big screen.
That's cool as hell. You guys making decent customs WAY before that whole collecting subculture thing came into being. Awesome.
Wow. I had Micronauts and Shogun Warriors, but never went that far.
Micronauts...Shogun warriors...and "Battle of the Planets" (aka Gatchaman) on TV. I even had the Thundertubes pneumatic transport set (that was a Christmas I vividly remember to this day).
We're making a new version of $THING! I mean, it's a complete departure from everything that $THING has always been, but we paid a lot of money for the license, so we're still calling it $THING.
Finally, some love for Micronauts!
I met Ken Kelly a couple of years ago at a Rock and Roll convention where I had a table selling what I call art. He was a featured artist there and was being treated like royalty for his work on the Kiss album covers. He came by my booth very early in the first day of the show and was completely enthralled by a plastic skull I had painted, pretty convincingly, to look like dirty, rusted steel. We struck up a conversation about the piece and he said he had 16 skulls in his studio and this would be the 17th. Then for the rest of the weekend he would just randomly show up at my booth and we would chat about lots of things, even to the point of giving me crap for not being set up to take credit cards. Anyway, it wasn't until we finalized the deal for the skull that I found out that he was the artist for the Micronauts, which was much more exciting than his album cover work to me. He is a kind, friendly, gracious gentleman who even re-tweeted my tweet about selling him the skull. A treasured memory for sure.
Cool story.
Micronauts was dope. The wasp ship was glorious! Look it up. Also, they really could have brought over the newer Microman toys from Japan. Look those up too.
They did, but that was a blip in history since they had quality control issues. Takara brought the Microman series in America with the wave inspired by the Journey to the West novel; they were exclusive to Kaybee Toys. However, unlike the Japanese version, they had issues with the plastic cracking. Other than that, there were no difference other than the boxes being translated.
Warzard the Bored Timelord : The wasp ship? That was Hornetron, Hornetroid or something like that I think.
Lost it at that Happy Days photo. 😂😂😩😂 The in-jokes and sight gags are so good on these videos
The 'quantum realm' from the Marvel Ant-Man movies is the MCU translation of the Microverse from the comics, so we've got an in to bring Micronauts to the MCU!
Star Wars, Battle Star Galactica, and Micronauts pretty much defined my early childhood, so thanks for the nostalgia trip!
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Good point!
Hope it happens! Should be interesting to see who would be cast as Arcturus Rann & Princess Mari.
Starlord "Wait...MICRONAUTS ARE REAL?" Honestly I'm a little disappointed we didn't get a "Wait...Captain America is REAL?" from him, since we know Marvel Comics produced Captain America books in the MCU.
Yes and I was so excited when Ant-man shrunk into the QR / Microverse ... But they have not yet shown the vast races or Spacewalk etc, and maybe they won't. What a shame.
I thouroughly agree, Imagine the characters from the microverse crossing over into our realm. It could be AWESOME!!!
I used to own the original comic series. Michael Golden was the artist in the first 12 issues and was the cover artist for years afterwards. He has remained one of favorite comic book artists.
Yes finally.been waiting for Micronauts. They came from inner space you know
I was a Star Wars kid first and foremost, but Micronauts were my second love. The cross over play options were endless. I would love to see a 6" line today.
I crossed over from Star Wars to Micronauts. I hated Star Wars lack of articulation. Micronauts opened up a whole new world of action figures for me. I got into imported Japanese figures from a local shop.
I worked at SOTA at the time the Micronaut figures where being made and I had the privilege of sitting in our break room, which consisted of plastic lawn furniture and an old fridge, with Randy Queen as he sketched out concepts for the series. I helped pick out the designs with Jerry and another co-worker. I think there was also a few Acroyear sketches in there too.
All the great creations happen under limited conditions! Thanks for describing the scene for us!
Loved the Micronauts, Acroyer and Bug, were awesome. Would love to see them show up in the MCU in the Microverse.
1977 I was ten years old, my First Micronaut figure was a Time Traveler in clear white, followed by a "Photon Sled" vehicle, later I had some more sets.
the "Leave One For The Next Collector" shirt is the business.
The Micronauts curse (and recurring involvement with guys named 'Abrams') thanks for covering this one Dan! Hard to beat the late 70's original run of comics and toys. Palisades attempt at the toys was a labor of love!
I agree I hope Lego will break the curse
This guy is the king of passive aggressiveness and sarcasm... love it.
Holy cow, someone that properly pronounces Acroyear!
I always pronounce Acroyear as Ak-ro-year... boy I feel dumb
Baron Kaza still lives in the same bag as my Star Wars figures. Impressively strong magnets as I recall...
You just helped me solve a lifelong mystery! I had some of these as a kid after inheriting them from my older brother. I never knew what they were called or where they came from. By the time I was older and able to try and research said mystery, I couldn't find any info off of a memory of what they looked like. So thank you! It was honestly bugging me for so many years!
Micronauts / Microman was a very wide and deep toy line in Japan, with heroes and villains, and a great range of vehicles.
You wrote that it was "bugging" you. Get it? "Buggin" you? "BUG"ing you. Bug? Okay, I gotta go now.
@@dinkmartini3236 You're a lord and a scholar. Never let anyone ever tell you otherwise.
Takaratomy still makes new Microman toys every few years. There was even a Microman anime when I lived in Japan. I have no idea why these geniuses don't just bring that stuff over.
This channel just made me laugh like a lunatic with the word ouch!! My roommate thinks im crazy
Lol I heard it too 7:09... I was like wtf was that
@Sandman Slim There are millions of hyperbolists on UA-cam.(see what I did there)
Micronauts movie by Jar Jar Abrams......nah he can keep his mystery box. The Micronauts have been through enough,
I had loads of micronauts toys...still got my childhood hornetroid toy.
J.J Abrams attached is a kiss of death for a franchise.
And what they said about the script just makes me pull my hair out. "So uh basically it's completely different and is totally not Micronauts but....we're calling it Micronauts anyway."
@@kevinfisher5492 All that press release is missing is Rian Johnson's name
Ah yes because clearly after episodes 7 and 9 of Star Wars killed the franchise, in no way are they still making money
/s
@@commonwriternext Mandalorian was. Emphasis on the was. Star Wars is like the Titanic and Lusitania all rolled into 1. JJ scraped the ice berg. Ruin then turned the ship around and ran head long into it at full speed. Then KK decided to torpedo the only new Star Wars worth watching by firing Gina for being a strong independent free thinking woman.
@@commonwriternext it's profitability has tanked.
I've still got the Mobile Exploration Lab, Battle Cruiser and 6 Time Travelers (found in garage sales over the past few years) Wish I still had all the ones from when I was a kid.
Never had any of the toys, but I collected both of the 80’s comics runs by digging through back issue bins in the early 90’s. I still have them in a long box in my closet with my Transformers run and a few scattered issues of GI Joe.
Thank you for this. Loved Micronauts growing up, and have always wondered why they aren’t more popular today
One of my earliest toy memories was buying a pharoid back in 1980. I lost the figure pretty quick but that time chamber he came with stuck around forever, i think i might still have it somewhere
Had these when they came out in the 70s. They were some of my favorite toys.
My uncle had them
Mine too. I had Micronaut City. It was extremely cool.
@@brianborstein8456 My uncle had that.
Also I cant get Microman playstation game to play on PS1 emulation.
Back in the golden age when toys could shoot projectiles and kids everywhere weren't being blinded by or choked to death by their toys.
I remember Mattel getting sued for a Battlestar Galactica Scarab a kid shot himself down the throat with. Sad day when you saw the missle didn't operate on a new toy and the box having a choking warning due to small parts. I have two kids and neither of them went dum dum down the throat route.
7:11 they get a horse they can "combine" with....
Vivid girl's voice: "ouch". Lol
I noticed this………
I can't stop laughing.🤣🤣🤣
We had a store in Knoxville when I was a kid in the 70’s and they did these huge aisle end displays of toys, and to this day I still remember the gigantic (for a 5 year old) micronaut display. I loved these toys
Michael Golden used to draw Micronauts. I met him a few years ago. Really nice guy. Still have a couple of issues of the book.
Michael Golden's art was phenomenal. After his Star Wars run i tried to buy every comic he worked on. I had a lot of love for the Micronauts line and wish some company would bring them back in a modern way.
The in-jokes and sight gags are getting better and better
The original Micronauts comic 1-12 were amazing for their time. Really good stories and art.
For me as a kid, Micronauts were right there with ROM, wasn't a fan of the toys but the Marvel comics were great. If I remember correctly, the comic had tie ins with other Marvel superheroes and I'm pretty sure the microverse in the current movies is based on the old Micronauts.
intzbk1 Yeah, the Micronauts met at least the FF, S.H.I.E.L.D. Mentallo & The Fixer; and I particularly remember Rom acting as Galactus' herald, and working with Mystique's Brotherhood ("Sisterhood actually, being her Rogue, & Destiny), against his Dire Wraith enemies. Both were pretty well integrated into the Marvel universe. In addition to occasionally still seeing Marionette, Arcturus Rann, and Bugg; I remember Marvel once brought back Rom and some of his fellow cyborgs, with their human bodies restored, in a new series, The Space-Knights of Galador I think it was called. It used only Marvel created material from the old series so I thought maybe they'd be an ongoing part of Marvel's intergalactic community, but haven't seen them in a while.
Also, a few years ago, Marvel mega I.P. Venom took a turn as a Space Knight. I also recall Space Knights showing up in Hickman’s Avengers.
@@ronn-ammon8975 The Micronauts also crossed over with Dr Strange, Man-Thing, and the X-Men- there was even a four-issue X-Men and Micronauts limited series.
@@ronn-ammon8975 The spaceknights series had ROM conspicuously absent. He was killed off in a flashback, and they wouldn't mention his name and drawings of his armored spaceknight body were replaced with shadows.
Captain Universe was introduced originally because of the Micronauts comic, and is still part of Marvel comic continuity to this day.
I used to love Micronauts, had all the original Marvel comics (both series) and a bunch of the toys, but couldn't get into the reboots/continuations.
August 2020: Bug says some really problematic stuff on twitter... -MICRONAUTS IS CANCELED FOR THE 10TH TIME!
Bug never could keep his mouth shut. Stuff some snail-loaf in there.
Hahaha a horse they could combine with... “ouch”.
6:42 I had that one in the early 80's, not sure if it was a Canadian thing but none of the shooting mechanics worked as the springs were taken out and I seem to remember the pieces were glued in. Same thing for Transformers but I got wise in my teens and figured out you could put click pen springs inside and they worked... maybe a little too well.
Technically “Bug” corresponds to the Micronauts’s toy “Galactic Warrior”. The one most often found in green that came with the spring missile shooter. The confusion that Bug was a wholly Marvel character and not tied to the toys caused some problems in recent years when James Gunn wanted to use him for Guardian’s of the Galaxy and found the licensing and rights surrounding him too complicated. (Marvel can still use Arcturus Aran, Marionette and Bug, rebranded as the “Microns” but only in comics. Not movies.)
This is exactly what I was talking about I don't get it who the hell owns the full property of micronauts, bug was Literally featured in a marvel comic who did a crossover with the guardians of the Galaxy
If there was ever an argument for monopolizing media, it's that it would simplify all this licensing garbage...then again...if we had Copyright/trademark/yaddayadda laws that actually made sense, most everything would eventually make it to the public domain so we wouldn't have to worry about it.
Andrew Taylor : Marvel/Bill Mantlo occasionally had Bug referee to as "a galactic warrior" but nothing about him was based on the figure. That's why they can still use him; Marionette- who doesn't correspond to any Micronaut figure I've ever seen or heard of; and somewhat surprisingly Arcturus Rann - who was was clearly a Space Glider, slept in a sarcophagus-like time chamber similar to Pharoid, and whose subconscious "created" the Time Travelers - but like Bug and Marionette, Mantlo/Marvel did create the Arcturus Rann name/identity. Of those three characters, I liked Bug's IMAGE comix counterpart, the proto-Antron insect humanoid, the best. A meeting between them might be fun to see, but highly unlikely since the new guy (whose name currently eludes me), being officially based on Antrons is more legally bound to the figures.
Andrew Taylor Arcturus Rann
@@anthonyhero9605 This wasn't the first time Marvel had a "who owns it" crisis. *Circuit Breaker* , a regular human "villain" in the Transformers comics, is technically owned by Marvel because she appeared ONCE in a cameo in Secret Wars II before her other 1st appearance in Transformers #9. Marvel UK's Transformers gave us *Death's Head* . Death's Head was introduced as a robot bounty hunter hired by Rodimus Prime to search for any sign of Galvatron after their battle inside of Unicron. After much activity in the years 2005 and 2006, eventually he gets downsized (to human proportions) and spends time in Marvel's Doctor Who books before getting his own Marvel Universe series(-es). What makes DH a Marvel character and not a Transformer/Hasbro Bradley property is one appearance in a Marvel UK anthology prior to his Transformers story arc.
I was too young for the toys, but I was given the whole run of comics by an older friend in the late 80s. They are unexpectedly great, and New Voyages ends in an epic fashion.
Dont forget the domed city seen in the background of Antman and Wasp when they were leaving the quantum realm "miroverse"
Re: the movie: If you're not going to follow through with a movie that is either based on the toys lore (though that seems to be very very thin) or on the comics (preferably in my opinion the original run of Marvel books), then don't bother. How many flops do they need to endure before they understand you need to be true to the story, lore and characters? Look at Jem and the Holograms? A huge flop, because they didn't even try to adapt the story. If JJ Abrams, or whoever ends up writing the movie, wants to do something "really really cool" but is not based on the comic...then call it something else and don't slap the brand name on it in a lazy attempt to get that nostalgia. Or...do right by the story, the characters, and give the fans of this property the movie they deserve.
But thy need the resultant friction between old guard and new to...something or other. Sock Gnome logic?
I'd argue that they even do this with movie sequels and did the same thing with Star Wars and strayed too far from the source material...
Yes!!! Why is that SO hard to do?! Just be true to the original story!
Great video!! Now you've got to do a part 2 and talk more in depth about the history of Microman in Japan and it's semi-successful relaunch in the late 90's!
Nice one, Mr. Larsen!
Had Mego's Antron & Lobros figures, but
I enjoyed Marvel's take on the Micronauts in the late 1970s- 80s even more. The comic was very well done. Acroyear, Microtron, Time Traveller, Cmdr. Arcturus Rann, Princess Marionette (one of the best looking heroines in comics IMHO) and Baron Karza were the best characters.
That Unit-E idea was wild. I remember in the Ant Man movie, I kept hoping that Paul Rudd would shrink down, way way way down, and we'd see some Micronaut Easter Eggs but I guess Micronauts aren't a Marvel property anymore.
Long ago, I came to call Micronauts "the cursed property." Nicely done, Toy Galaxy. I totally approve. :-)
The image I remember most from Micronauts is from the comics and it's where the commander has to sever his own hand using his wrist bracelet. I never forgot that image.
“Ouch,” lol. GOOD ONE. XD
what does it mean tho?
Think it has something to do with "combining with a horse" but I also don't really get it. Can anyone kind enough to explain it 🤔 ?
I loved my Micronaut toys when I was a kid. The fact that they had greater articulation made them more fun than my Star Wars action figures.
Great Video. I had a knockoff of the Black Tiger Tank from the mid 80s. I said the pilot was Destro's son from GI Joe because of his chrome head and younger appearance 😆.
Micronauts are the childs of Micronus Prime
You're not a comic book enthusiasts if you didn't collect The Micronauts😜
Yet another huge piece of my childhood influenced by the great Bill Mantlo. One wonders what he could have done if he he could have done if he hadn't been struck down so young.
I had the original Micronauts way back in the 70's
Biotron
And the other vehicles
And most of the pharoids
And have the SHOGUN Worriors 👍
Best days of your life
Every year or so, when news about the Micronauts movie comes out, i get as excited as i did in the 70s, when i opened an xmas present that turned out to be a Micronaut!
I remember the two page spread of toys in the Sears Christmas Wish Book.
I always *tik* pronounced Acroyear as *tik* “Acro-year”.
Jay Smith : The *tik* way he *tik* talked kinda *tik* bugged me at *tik* first, but I *tik* grew to *tik* appreciate it. *tik*
Me too. Never new they were the baddies.
If you didn't know the Micronauts story then they were just toys to play with along with my Star Wars figures. BRILLIANT toys.
Baron Kaza was obviously the baddie counterpart to Force Commander though. Always thought the latter looked like a Stormtrooper.
fun fact: Acroyear was actually the name of the main villain in Microman in Japan
@@ronn-ammon8975 He was my favorite character
Jay Smith : yeah, he *tik* and Acroyer were my faves (yeah I know in the Japanese prototype-toys Acroyers were the enemy, but with Bugg we're talking comix here). I luaus wished MEGO had released a figure that was based on Bugg, or at least better approximated him. Closest I ever got was customizing/creating a figure to be him. The green Galactic Warrior or an Antron seemed the best choices for customizing.
Too bad Marvel lost the rights to Micronauts: I'd love to see reprint collections of those comics.
Black Phoenix same here cause i wanna know more in the Macroverse
I'm lucky enough to have almost the entire run and its a fantastic read
IDW can reprint them like they did with Transformers and GI Joe
You & me both, brother. I was wondering if the x-men& micronauts series was going to be reprinted in uncanny x-men omnibus because of the rights going to IDW.
Especially since the writer of the series had his original character, Rocket Raccoon, gain renewed fame through his association with Guardians Of the Galaxy.
I read the first two series of comics. The end of the first run, starting when Karza rips himself free of Force Commander and leaves Force Commander a lifeless husk laying on the ground, got a tad.... Dark.
Yes. I had the Force Commander toy. Talk about “body horror “ for an eleven year old. Plus in the same issue, half the cast is killed off
I remember reading some of these as a kid it was way dark, I think they were making Karza a darker Darkseid, stuff about harvesting body parts and people, and people wallowing in mud and filth.
I recall being a bit disappointed by that. Even then, it seemed like the writers were running out of ideas for bad guys so lazily brought back Karza. But it was cool how he was depicted ripping out of Force Cdr.
I love those Bill Mantlo Micronauts comics. And that early Michael Golden artwork? Amazing.
Bruv! I loved these back in the mid-late- 70's-early-80's. 😎👍🏽 I used to have the entire comics series too. These were Great toys back then. Very innovative for their time. Great Nostalgia! Thanks for posting/sharing this!
I had all of those in the 70s. They were awesome. I still have 80% of them.
Even when it’s a line I know little about or don’t really care about, you guys make the subject incredibly interesting! I love these “History Of” videos!
PS. Please do Monster In My Pocket!
"Hasbro: Til All Are One."
I had a bunch of these and LOVED them. The pneumatic capsule track was a big favorite of mine.
Just a little clarification on the Image Comic series. That series was also by Devil's Due. It was just while the studio was under the Image umbrella. They left Image about a year or so later and went into full publishing mode. So at this point only three publishers have existed - Marvel, Devil's Due - under Image and then solo,, and IDW.
Great video btw. Love this franchise. Just wish we could see the property back at Marve for comicsl where it was handled the best.
Exactly follows the publishing rights for G.I. Joe Comics doesn't it.
@@Beelzeboogie Joe was published by Dark Horse also for a brief bit during early 90s but otherwise yes.
@@derektyler5817 Reckon I can be forgiven for forgetting about G.I. Joe Extreme:)
Good thing we could watch this video before it gets cancelled.
At last THE MICRONAUTS enter the TOY GALAXY. New MICRONAUTS cartoon and live action feature film are coming.
I LOOOOVED these guys, I had many of the toy sets as a kid. That vaccum tube toy was my favorite, turned off the lights and ran the glow in the dark vehicles through it. Good times.
Ohhh that "We will return after these messages" took me Back !!!
Poor Micronauts....trapped in the same black abyss as M.A.S.K., Inhumanoids, Jem, Visionaries and so many more. Even if Hasbro finally gets a movie done we'd probably get nothing but redesigned 6" figures and an expensive kickstarter to max out everyone's credit cards. Kinda pi$$es me off that Hasbro is sitting on so many IP's that they have no interest in.
I remember tons of Micronauts in Sears. Had a lot back in the day.
I do have a few graded pieces.
Acroyer in the Marvel run had such an awesome design, would love a Marvel Legends type of figure from those days.
Hasbro could do it, they could also not be greedy and let Marvel reprint the original comics.
Oh I would dig the idw version of Acroyear.
Every so often I remember Marvel's version of the Micronauts was a thing and I get sad and mourn it. And that inevitably reminds me of ROM and how great that was and I think about how both are so tied in legal bullshit that they will never see any screen large or small. And I get even sadder.
Just want to say almost everyone I talked with from high-school to first job, if the subject of childhood toys came up (which oddly happens a lot with me), they had no idea what on earth a Micronaut was and I was always a bit disheartened. (Same with Brixo Blocks that I thought were Brix o Blocks) I only had the toys as the cartoon never aired in our region. I was so excited, joyful, dumbfounded and grateful when my parents got me those guys. A prayer of thanksgiving went up to God I recall. I loved the idea of the modularity as I explained it in seven year old speak and that they moved as vehicles when combined. It was such a great time filled with possibility and fun. I never knew why no one else ever heard of them. Same with Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors or Ziv Zulander and the Bots Master. Toons & toys lost to time. Thanks for bringing the knowledge on the backstory - and a smile to my heart. Thank you, Thank you - I love this series. Subscribe Accomplished. DJ xSUBn ({^_^ })
That commercial immediately made my son's and my jaw drop. Why don't they make things that cool today!
I couldn't get enough of star blazers as a kid.
This opening montage is really growing on me. I love the series, but the production quality is amazing too.
Again, cool retrospective. Let's not forget that it was Michael Golden who was another driving force behind the 'nauts. Too bad he is no longer allowed to sell his prints I wanted from him at the comic con.
Even Ken Kelly can't sell his reprints! ☹
The comic was very well done. I loved that series.
Takara in the early 2000's had success with a reboot of the series 'Microman'. The toys had a more anime design and heavily focused on magnetized pieces that would allow you to display the figures on household items like refrigerators
Dan, are you coming to San Diego Comic-Con next week?? OH WAIT.. EVERYTHING WE LOVE IS ON PAUSE!
"It was Schrödinger's toy line..." Made me laugh out loud for quite a bit.
Me too
God I love the Micronauts. ALways have. I've been collecting them since their initial release. I've had so many over the years. Currently I have none, but I'm going to restart my collection sometime soon. I just finished a re-read of the original Marvel series.
William Noetling I’ve always been a fan, never picked up the comics, and only had a few figures lol, but I just looked for them on eBay lol.
If only time travel was a thing. Sigh...
I absolutely loved the Micronaut toys a child and I have to say that the Micronauts Marvel Comic was extremely well crafted and written. When I heard that the new film by J.J. Abrams Badrobot Productions has nothing to do with the original Marvel Comic series, not only did that make me pretty sad but very skeptical as well ! Like everyone else, I haven’t been too impressed with Abrams’ recent work and output so I don’t know how I feel about his Micronauts treatment. If the film gets made It will be a miracle. I just hope that the Micronaut toys will one day live again! Great video as usual and I look forward to seeing the next one! Cheers!
If this project ever comes out of the dark I hope its from a creator/team that were inspired by the original comics and strive to make it worthy of Bill Mantlo and Mike Goldens series.
sam torres I completely agree with you! If they can at least come up with a treatment that’s inspired by Mantlo and Holdens series , I think we’ll have something we can all get behind.
Ah, good ol' Mirconauts. A great toy that led to a great comic that led to....oh...
The Schrodinger's toy line analogy was simply brilliant! Great writing and very funny. Keep up the great work!
I got the Micronauts Photon Sled for Christmas in 1977. In early 1980 i used an arm from my broken blue Micronauts Time Traveler to replace the missing arm of my Mattel Captain Adama action figure. By late 1980 both the Micronauts and Battlestar Galactica were a forgotten broken mess in a box under my bed and everything was about Kenner and the Empire Strikes Back as far as I was concerned.
Once again your humor is wildly entertaining and the way you did this video is just amazing! This channel continues to be a wonderful source of content for me! The background information on the Star Wars and Mirconauts rivalry was so hilarious, I nearly choked on my water bottle when watching this video! Great job Dan!
A beautifully done episode!
Thank you Dan, this was so fun to see. I had completely forgotten that I had some of those original Micronauts figures! I mean, Star Wars was cool, but they didn't have a figure that came in a sarcophagus.
That was Pharoid with that cool sarcophagus.
But Slave-1 came with Han Solo frozen in carbonite.
Fun Fact: The Micronauts Villain "Baron Karza" And the interchangeable Horse he fuses with named "Andromeda" served as the inspiration behind Motaro in the Mortal Kombat Franchise. Sadly, Motaro was considered by fans one of the most hated and balls-hardest sub-bosses in a fighting game.
How am I not subbed to your channel?? I had many of the first gen Micronaut figures and vehicles, and a number of the comics, too. Pharoid, Time Traveler, Space Glider, Acroyear, Baron Karza and his horse Andromeda, what great toys.
Just wondering, who else groaned and/or screamed at mention of JJ Abrams only to have said bile feeling doubled upon by mention of "wildly different"?