Damn Microbots, YOU KILLED MEGO

[danadoll]

At least he didn't call them Micronaughts...Ugh.

[Type Two]

BWAH-HA-HA!

Thanks, guys.

[Megotu]

I remember the song from the Buggles..
Microbots Killed the Me-ego Dolls

[Back2denali]

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.

[ctc]

>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.

[Figuremod73]

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

[jwyblejr]

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.

[ogemtoys]

theres a trap door for this guy right?

[doctor09210]

Did the kiss line ever get bend flex

[AcroRay]

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.

[MicromanZone]

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.

[ctc]

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

From Mego? I think Buck Rogers came first.

Don C.

[TrueDave]

I know I am with the Minority in saying this but, Micronauts are really the only thing I loved about Mego. Sure I have memories, I've collected, bought and sold other Mego lines but it is the Micronauts that are my drug of choice. I have had tons of Star Wars, Gi-Joe and just about every other figure line produced since then. Its the Micronauts that bring back the greatest memories. It has been my way of affording a small part of the Microman toy line. As an adult collector I can now appreciate where the Micronauts came from.
I do however, kind of wished Lucas went with the Adventure people prototypes. http://theswca.com/index.php?action=...&item_id=62138

Actually after the figures based on Raplf McQuarries concept designs were made i thought reproductions of the Adventure People prototypes would get made as well.
I think if a line has to go as far as issuing toys of ideas that were scrapped theres just too much product.

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 ?

[J.B.]

[doctor09210]

its funny
i went to a cowboy boots store and all the horse toys came with 8'' riders