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The most basic of Micronaut, the Time Traveller came in a variety
\n of colours and designs.<\/b><\/p>\n
If there was ever a success story for Mego Corporation, it is the
\n Micronauts. Much like G.I. Joe or Barbie, the Micronauts was an
\n in house brand name that Mego developed (with more than a little
\n help from the Japanese toy company Takara) that ultimately became
\n one of their greatest success stories.<\/p>\n
Original Mego Sales Documents for the launch of the Micronauts, The History<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n To understand the history of the line, one needs to go to Japan Bad to the Bone: Micronaut Aliens with the Glowing Brains! Lobros Enter Mego<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Baron Karza, by now, I think everyone knows the story of Martin Abrams was introduced to the line at an R&D company in California, Neal Relates his initial reaction " I walked in there and there Evil Antron and the Vile Repto!<\/b><\/p>\n A deal was struck and Kublan and his team immediately went to One part building set, another part Space Toy, the Micronauts <\/p>\n Colour Variants played a big part in the Mego Micronauts The results were fantastic, the Micronauts were an incredible Mego actually licensed out the Micronauts name to other toy The Micronauts remained with Mego until around 1981, producing Click on the Covers to see the Micronaut sections of every Mego Micronauts After Mego<\/b>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Evilites Topen and Nepos from the Lords of Light look mighty Since Mego’s Demise the Micronauts concept has been revamped a Click on the thumbnails to see rare PAC Lords of Light promotional Micronauts collectors are a vocal and well organized front, often Micronaut Links<\/b><\/p>\n Dave Micropolis Bug The![](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/megolibrary\/microad.jpg\")
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\n in the early seventies. Toymake Takara was looking for ways to expand
\n on their very popular "Henshin Cyborg" line, their result was 3"
\n character called Microman. The Microman story was that the Microman
\n characters came to earth via tiny capsules, some of the Micromen
\n became mutated and eventually turned into the evil "Acroyears".
\n Microman was a huge success, however it was also expensive to produce,
\n Takara was in need of a North American partner.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n and Kronos (L to R)<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n his name<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n he immediately had Neal Kublan, Vice President of R&D fly out to
\n see the line.<\/p>\n
\n was a table with all the Micronauts laid out and I said I think
\n it\u2019s phenomenal, the biggest problem we\u2019re gonna have is convincing
\n the trade that we\u2019re doing all of this and the second problem is
\n we\u2019re going to have to do at least three of four commercials to
\n cover the line"<\/b> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n work on the Micronauts, while Mego created innovative packaging
\n and commercials, there was almost no backstory for the products
\n letting children create their own.<\/p>\n
\n were a hit with both kids and parents, Mego’s early Micronaut commercials
\n seeemed to introduce and explain the concept to not only the kids
\n but Mom and Dad as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n Universe.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n homerun, Neal Kublan puts it better "The number that keeps sticking
\n in my mind I think was that 32 million dollars was the peak, that
\n was an awful lot when the company is doing $ 110 (million), It accounted
\n for a third of our volume."<\/b> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n manufacturers as evidenced by these above puzzles.<\/b><\/p>\n
\n many unique toys featured below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
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\n Catalog from 1977 to 1980.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n familiar…<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\n startling number of times, which gives credit to the genius of the
\n line. First off, was PAC toys line "The Lords of Light". For more
\n information on PAC read the Museums interview with PAC Toys founder
\n Joe Ruzzi <\/a>. Later, "Hourtoys" produced
\n "The Interchangables" a series of recoloured and renamed Micronauts
\n figures and playsets. More recently, Pallisades toys relaunched
\n the Micronauts as a brand again and Devils Due began a new comic
\n book series.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\n and sales materials<\/b><\/p>\n
\n Mego 8" collectors and Micro Collectors do not mingle and with the
\n abundance of well done and informative websites out there, we will
\n end this galleries with links to some of the best Micro Sites available
\n so you may explore every detail of inner space for yourself……<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n
\n Waugh’s beautiful Innerspace Online is a fantastic starting point
\n for anyone to learn more about the micronaut line. Dave’s site features
\n pics of every concievable Micronaut piece plus interviews, prototypes
\n and much, much more.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n
\n Embassy is the biggest group of Micronauts collectors on the web,
\n Moderated by Ray Miller, nobody knows more about the Nauts than
\n these people.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n
\n Eyed Monster is a great site for Micronauts as well as other cool
\n 70’s toys like Six Million Dollar Man and Starbird, just to name
\n a few.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n
\n Mego Museum Forums have their own Micronauts section, nowhere near
\n as big as the Embassy but hey, if we didn’t plug ourselves, who
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