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Microman
Series
1974
Microman
Zone
First year of included the Founder Microman, Micro
Kit Machines and Conning Tower.
1975
Project
Victory
Second year saw more Microman and several new sub
series such as the Acroyears, Titans and Victory series.
1976
Spy
Magician
The
line finally came into its own during the third year with new figures
and the classic Microman Transfer Fortress.
1977
Command
A watershed year for Microman series, this year
saw some of the best toys for the line.
1978
Police
Keeper
Takara
tried new design and direction for the series with the released of
Hoodman and Arden.
1979
Rescue
Team
Takara "rescue" attempt for the series
with the Rescue Team Microman. This year saw updated of the old
favorite - New Tower Base.
1980
Punch
& Blizzard Man
The last year of the original series saw the shift
in the line to more robot like look and larger figures.
New
Microman Series
1981
New
Microman
Takara reset the line and relaunch the series
under the New Microman banner.
1982
Micro
Robot
Micro Robot series became the main focus of the
new line. Takara also tried to cash in on the "pla-mo"
popularity with Real Type and Micro Borg.
1983
Micro
Change
The "transformation" for Microman series
began with the Micro Change series.
1984
Transformers
Takara
continued with the successful Micro Change series but the
changing of the guard was inevitable.
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In
1976, Takara released the third series of Microman toys - Microman Spy
Magician. The series idea actually started last year with the release of
Spy Heli vehicle
(Takara even kept the green color scheme and spy logo from Spy Heli box and modified it for
the new series). The Spy Series now expanded to include two new
Microman types and half a dozen of Spy Car vehicles. Spy Magician was
one of the highlight of Microman line feature, with no anime or TV tie
in, the series could take the current fad or popular trend and turned it
into new Microman series. This year the fad was the secret agent and the
magician act so by combining the two, Takara came up with new series for
their Microman line.
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This
year the vehicles line up included several repaints of the old toy. Three
of the four Micro Kit Machines from 1974 were reissued as Micro-Kit Spy Machines and
Mecha-Cosmo Escargo from last year was retooled and sold as Spy Boy Baseball
Machines. While the
vehicle line up was quite limited, this year saw the released of the
popular Microman
Base - the Transfer Fortress. In 1976 also had several significant
developments,
first Takara commissioned new Microman comic (manga) for TV Magazine comic
book and Mego,
a US toys company, licensed Microman line to be released in the US and the
rest of the world as the Micronauts.
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