So the micronauts were introduced by Mego in 76? 77? and they were the same as the earlier Japanese toys, but marketed in the US. Mego adapted that body construction to use on the Buck Rogers and Black Hole line of toys.
Then Mego folds and Hasbro revives the GI Joe line with an amazingly similar body with the o-ring and screw constructed limbs and all. Did Hasbro take the idea for this construction from an existing patent? Did they just usurp the design since Mego was out of the picture? Did they create their own VERY similar body based on the earlier Japanese micros?
What is the deal?
Then Mego folds and Hasbro revives the GI Joe line with an amazingly similar body with the o-ring and screw constructed limbs and all. Did Hasbro take the idea for this construction from an existing patent? Did they just usurp the design since Mego was out of the picture? Did they create their own VERY similar body based on the earlier Japanese micros?
What is the deal?
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