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For other uses, see Emperor.

Emperor is a fictional character from the Micronauts series introduced in 1980.

The Emperor was designed to combine with Megas to form a centaur.

The Jeeg toy was designed by Iwakichi Ogawa and was filed for US patent in 1976.^[1] Emperor was released in 1980 by Lion Rock and Gig.

In 2002 Palisades released a set of Emperor and Megas.

Concept art for a new version of the Emperor was done by Dave Waugh as part of Palisades wave 3, although the figure was never produced.^[2]

Concept art for a new version of the Emperor was done by Will Jones as part of Palisades wave 3, although the figure was never produced.^[3]

ATR Hobby released a custom figure called Overlord which were inspire by the Emperor.

In 2018 Mathew Robert Ignash release parts for Emperor on Shapeways.

Hornetroid in IDW Publishing comics

The Emperor appeared in the 2016 Micronauts series by IDW Publishing.

The Emperor appeared in Micronauts number 4 by IDW Publishing.

This figure was also released as Inter-changeables Lord Meto.

According to Bill Baron of Mego, Gig produced 400,000 Emperor of this figure.^[4]

Released as a set in a variety of colors including black/gold, translucent green/silver and white/purple.

This figure uses basic body design from Micro Steel Jeeg.

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 The Emperor appeared in the 2016 Micronauts series by IDW Publishing.