![]() 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. ![]() Microman Microman DX-21 Magne Power Micronauts Giant Acroyerower Microman Micronauts Giant Acroyer 79.99. Microman Microman DX-20 Magne Power Micronauts Robotman Endeavor 79.99. Microman Microman 032 Magne Power Cassette Machines Cain with Sonic Bike 49.99. 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. Microman Microman DX-14 AcroMonsters Box Set 64.99. 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. Microman Catalog 1980 Takara produced these Microman toysin 1980 and laid the groundwork for Hasbro Transformers in the mid 1980's. The story of the Microman toys in the US is a very tangled web of toy lines and companies. All of the Microman toys used 5 mm connectors and ports, which allowed parts from one toy to be attached to another toy to form new toys. 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. Microman figures also had interchangeable parts. The Japanese toy company Takara made a toy series in 1974 called Microman that was a miniature spin off of their Henshin-Cyborg1 figure. The alien cyborgs then turned into the smaller Microman toy line.
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