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  • ctc
    Fear the monkeybat!
    • Aug 16, 2001
    • 11183

    #46
    >Was The Black Hole the first line of "o-ring" articulated 3 3/4 ?

    From Mego? I think Buck Rogers came first.

    Don C.

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    • MicromanZone
      Banned
      • Apr 26, 2011
      • 285

      #47
      Originally posted by TrueDave
      Why did the Sentry droid get a Micronaut body and not the Black Hole humans?
      The only thing the Sentry Robot got was Micronaut hands. Past that it’s all a new sculpt.

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      • AcroRay
        Persistent Member
        • Apr 17, 2005
        • 1010

        #48
        Originally posted by TrueDave
        Why did the Sentry droid get a Micronaut body and not the Black Hole humans?
        Was The Black Hole the first line of "o-ring" articulated 3 3/4 ?
        All the Black Hole figures have the same Ogawa O-ring design (except for BOB, VINCent and Max, of course). The only thing specifically Micronaut about Sentry Droid and Capt STAR are the use of Micronaut hands.

        Mego also used the Ogawa O-ring body for Buck Rogers, Dukes of Hazzard, CHiPs (iirc?). Later Galoob used the same body style for A-Team. Ertl used it for their Star Trek III figures. Then Hasbro applied it to GI Joe RAH.

        I think a lot of that design work was done by the H.M.S. company. If so, they picked up the engineering for it while they were working for Mego, and then used it on other contracts.
        Micronauts Collector, Historian, Consultant
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        • doctor09210
          Banned
          • Aug 22, 2011
          • 674

          #49
          Did the kiss line ever get bend flex

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          • ogemtoys
            New Member
            • May 15, 2009
            • 8

            #50
            theres a trap door for this guy right?

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            • jwyblejr
              galactic yo-yo
              • Apr 6, 2006
              • 11141

              #51
              Originally posted by palitoy
              That's not true at all, it's a sloppy rumour that won't go away. Micronauts made the company millions and the lack of the Star Wars license did not fell the company.
              I never understood the logic behind how passing on Star Wars brought Mego down. Hasbro passed on the rights they didn't go under.

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              • Figuremod73
                That 80's guy
                • Jul 27, 2011
                • 3017

                #52
                it certainly would have been a huge help though! i still think 8'' star wars figs done in the retro style would not only look fantastic but would be a huge seller

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                • ctc
                  Fear the monkeybat!
                  • Aug 16, 2001
                  • 11183

                  #53
                  >i still think 8'' star wars figs done in the retro style would not only look fantastic but would be a huge seller

                  I dunno; I think a lot of the Star Wars collectors are burned out any more, and 8" figures would be too expensive to buy a horde for the kids. Maybe when (if?) the toys cool down a bit.

                  As for quality, I think I've been spoiled by the customs folks here have made. It'd be tough to beat.

                  >You have to also consider that Kenner was probably really keeping manufacturing and R & D costs down with the simplicity of their Star Wars line

                  Y'know.... I wonder if the prototypes had anything to do with the final decision, in that the protos were mostly repainted Adventure People; and the AP didn't have much by way of articulation either.

                  Don C.

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                  • Back2denali
                    Collecting since...
                    • Aug 6, 2008
                    • 121

                    #54
                    Yeah, I remember those Microknots; I had that 8" Farce Captain and the Baron Karzam. I think one them turned into a horse with parts from the Arcroyer.
                    WANTED: Micronauts, Micromen...and some other stuff
                    http://www.flickr.com/photos/back2denali/sets/

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                    • Megotu
                      jerk
                      • Dec 16, 2001
                      • 10738

                      #55
                      I remember the song from the Buggles..
                      Microbots Killed the Me-ego Dolls
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                      • Type Two
                        Career Member
                        • Sep 20, 2010
                        • 568

                        #56
                        BWAH-HA-HA!

                        Thanks, guys.
                        Type Two: The Mego body, not the disease.

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                        • danadoll
                          Micronaut Nut!
                          • Apr 11, 2005
                          • 1840

                          #57
                          At least he didn't call them Micronaughts...Ugh.
                          "Do you want a doll?" Kurt

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