![]() The Henshin Cyborg figures were a pretty complicated build that cost quite some money for the manufacturer Takara so at some point later they decided to reduce the scale of the figures and alter their appearance a bit.Ī new background story was invented for them and thus the MICROMAN line was created. ![]() Neo Henshin Cyborgs with Armor parts and weapons! Those are in the 12 inch scale. They also added some crazy weapons and special Armor as well as a light up feature in their hearts for this newer line in the mid and late 90s. I just own a bunch of the 90s repro Versions of the Henshin Cyborg called Neo Henshin Cyborg. No need to say the figure became a great success in Japan with several characters that were added to the line later.The villains also tuned out to be great.Weird colorful aliens with interchangeable parts.The idea with the interchangeable parts would continue as some kind of bonus feature to make the figures even more appealing. The 12 inch body was cast in a translucent plastic and they gave the figure metallic looking innards underneath.Also the translucent head could be popped off to reveal a robot head.The design was excellent and very unique compared to other figures from the same period of time. The background story for him was quickly told as some scientist created a human like cyborg in order to save humanity against some invading alien forces from other planets.the cyborg was humanities last hope. So Takara decided to use the molds for the GI figures in a more creative way and created the HENSHIN CYBORG! ![]() The Takara Company bought molds for making GIJOE 12 inch figures, but during the Vietnam War and shortly after no one wanted to play with Figures based on American GIs and that would also have been a political statement which was not so popular for obvious reasons in Asia at that time. Microman was developed from a toyline called the Henshin Cyborg which was exclusive to Japan! He is one of the greatest experts on Microman in whole Japan! (it's really amazing how much stuff there is….! the original vintage Micromen come with a hefty price tag quite often nowadays but they are worth it mostly, also in terms of quality!)Īlso check out Ishii sans awesome toyshop in Tokyo when you have a chance : TOY CATS ! (his shop Rules!) To make a long story a bit shorter i will try to explain a bit about how the Microman Toyline came into being although i am no expert and didn't grow up directly with the toys.įor a comprehensive look about the awesomeness that is microman i can recommend this page : ![]() Together with the also very awesome Henshin Cyborg, Takara released a large amount of very cool boys toys in the 70s and 80s and Microman really stands out as something special and very creative! In the late 70s, Mego distributed some Microman toys under the name Micronauts in America and Europe.Even some in Germany through Airfix! When i grew up in Germany in the 80s and 90s there was no sign of Micronauts / Microman toys anywhere.ĭuring my one year stay in Japan 2 Years ago, i learned that Microman was a huuuuge hit in Japan and they also were the predecessor of the Transformers /Go Bots. The Micronauts were introduced to me in Comicbook form when i was a Teenager in the mid 90s but i didn't pay much attention to them because i could not connect them to any toys that i had or found interesting. Japanese Toys from Takara were known to me already when i was a kid but it was mainly the G1 and G2 Transformers that i was crazy about as a boy and also other 80s classics like GIJOE, Masters of the Universe and Starcom. Takara Microman : Pharoids with Timechambers, 90s reproductions.
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