Super7 to make Micronuats

[TrekStar]

You could probably find them up on ebay, if you wanted to go that route? I’m guessing though you’ll be paying twice the price.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

Saw them on the site late Saturday night as well, but thought I'd wait until the morning to order. And, just like that, they disappeared from the site. Ugh.

Haven't seen them anywhere here in Toronto. I'm afraid I won't get my hands on a Baron Karza.

I'm a bit baffled what happened there. I was checking for them for a few weeks. Biotron came up as "out of stock" and Karza appeared a day or so, later. Both showing "out of stock". I assumed they were placeholders until sales went live. Then it appeared I could order both but the ordering was slightly different than normal and I dont know if it originally gave me an estimated time or arrival. Must have been very limited stock. Good luck on the search.

[palitoy]

Saw them on the site late Saturday night as well, but thought I'd wait until the morning to order. And, just like that, they disappeared from the site. Ugh.

Haven't seen them anywhere here in Toronto. I'm afraid I won't get my hands on a Baron Karza.

BMV would be a good place to hit up.

[JamesB.]

For us Canadians, the two are up on Amazon for just under $30 Canadian per figure. I can live with those prices and bought another set.
Karza
Biotron

Saw them on the site late Saturday night as well, but thought I'd wait until the morning to order. And, just like that, they disappeared from the site. Ugh.

Haven't seen them anywhere here in Toronto. I'm afraid I won't get my hands on a Baron Karza.

[B-Lister]

I saw these a week or so ago in hand, and my opinion on them has changed completely. They're really nice. Not what I wanted or expected, but there's plenty of fans happy to have figures that scale like they do in the comics, so I'm happy for that. I'll be keeping an eye on this line, as I'm sure I'll eventually see something I want.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

For us Canadians, the two are up on Amazon for just under $30 Canadian per figure. I can live with those prices and bought another set.
Karza
Biotron

[powersthatbe]

I got my two the other day and they are pretty nifty. I'll definitely be in if more are on the way. I like the G! transformers type cardback.

[TrekStar]

Very nice pick up, I like how they match up in size with your Godzilla.

[Dannyc]

Finally got around to opening & displaying mine.
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[Dan2Dan]

I did buy the Super7 Baron Karza today. But I decided to wait on buying their Biotron for now. That said, after the purchase, I searched You Tube for some reviews and, at least to me, the Biotron looked great, as well.

[Dan2Dan]

I read very little of the comic series but the comic series was not exactly as shown in the toy line. The characters did not change sizes. In the toy line, Biotron was a giant robot and vehicle. In the comic, Biotron was "C-3PO". In the toy line, Microtron was another giant robot. In the comic, Microtron was a small "R2-D2" type of robot. The only 'interchangeable' aspect of the characters were that the magno figures could become centaurs and I believe Marvel showed that in the comics at least one time with Baron Karza.

I loved the 1970's-80's Marvel comic book series as a kid. While I haven't re-read it in a few years, from memory: (1) yes, the comic book did show both Baron Karza and Force Commander turning into centaurs, (2) in the comic book, the Micronauts lived in their own universe called the Microverse, but, if they traveled to the edge of space they could pierce the boundary between their universe and ours and emerge as 3 3/4 " size creatures in our world (which actually turned into the Marvel Universe over time), (2) Baron Karza was the evil ruler of their homeworld, which was controlled by a set of elites who forced select members of the teeming underclass of society to go into 'body banks' where they would be destroyed and their life force transferred to Baron Karza and other elites to keep them perpetually young, (3) at the start of the series, the Space Glider toy was adapted into Commander Rann, who, with BioTron as his 'C3PO,' was just returning from a long deep space mission, but he returns to a world where the benevolent king who originally sent him on the mission has been overthrown by the despotic, Darth Vader-like Baron Karza, (4) continuing the Star Wars influence, the comic book included a Force-like mystical force concept, (5) in the comics, Time Traveller was this cosmic, god-like entity that, somewhat analogous to dead Obi Wan Kenobi, would appear to Commander Rann from time-to-time and give him some mystical, vague guidance, and (6) in the comics, the Micronatus hero team eventually comes together, including Acroyear, which eventually also include a couple notable, original Marvel creations Bug and the Princess (again, like Star Wars), as well as Microtron (as the R2D2 indeed) and they take off in Commander Rann's spaceship again, fleeing Baron Karza's tyranny and vowing to overthrow him, including fleeing to Earth (with Baron Karza's forces in pursuit), which they do by issue # 12/13.

As an epilogue, very sadly in real life, the writer-creator of the series, Bill Mantlo, had left comic books by the early 1990s to pursue a career in the law (as a public defender in NYC, if memory serves), and one day 30+ years ago, he was rollerblading and was hit by a car and has been in a vegetative state in hospice care ever since.

The Micronauts comic book was created by writer Bill Mantlo, again from memory, when, at Christmas 1977, he saw his young stepson enthusiastically playing with a bunch of new Micronauts toys. He then went to Marvel's EIC, Jim Shooter, and pitched him to get the Micronauts license. I've always thought this timing explains the extreme Star Wars influence on the comic book's initial characters and concepts and meta-plot, as Star Wars had been the blockbuster hit movie of summer 1977, and was also, simultaneously, a huge-selling, company-saving Marvel comic book series.

[Action Martin]

Well, from what I understand, Baron Karza doesn't fit in any vehicles despite his change in scale.

I wouldn't imagine that he would since it's a totally different toy and not made like the original Micronaut 3.75 action figures. My comment about scale was geared towards what I wanted back in 1977.

Was mass shifting part of the lore? Could they increase and decrease their size? I never read the comic.

I read very little of the comic series but the comic series was not exactly as shown in the toy line. The characters did not change sizes. In the toy line, Biotron was a giant robot and vehicle. In the comic, Biotron was "C-3PO". In the toy line, Microtron was another giant robot. In the comic, Microtron was a small "R2-D2" type of robot. The only 'interchangeable' aspect of the characters were that the magno figures could become centaurs and I believe Marvel showed that in the comics at least one time with Baron Karza.

[justzeg18]

My set landed earlier this week.
Completely stoked on these.
I'm looking forward to what they release next, and I think Flynn has said in the past that there are already two more essentially ready to go as they were originally going to kick-off with a wave of four.
I don't know if I'm going to blindly grab them all, but I know Flynn is a long time 'nauts/'man collector and I tend to trust his judgement generally.

I will note that even with the o-ring and extra joints I was a tad bummed that neither sit down super well. Karza better than biotron, but the shape alignment of 'trons upper thighs to pelvis make it a tad funky.

[B-Lister]

That makes a bit more sense then.

I still prefer my full size vintage one tho.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

Well, from what I understand, Baron Karza doesn't fit in any vehicles despite his change in scale. Was mass shifting part of the lore? Could they increase and decrease their size? I never read the comic.

Karza isnt a giant in the comic. He is the same size as the other Micronauts in the book. I pretended my bendy Evel Knievel was a resized Space Glider/Commander Rann to battle him. Maybe it is due to the comics but I think we all wanted a Karza in the same scale as the 3.75" figures.
I am picking mine up today but they cost me 100 bucks Canadian with shipping from Super7. That is painful, but I do want to support this line..