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Force Commander appears in the backgrounds on the Antron and Membros package art. | Force Commander appears in the backgrounds on the Antron and Membros package art. | ||
===Development=== | |||
The Force Commander toy was designed by Iwakichi Ogawa and was filed for US patent in 1976.<REF>https://patents.google.com/patent/US4118888A</REF> | |||
Force Commander was developed by Mego using the design of the Takara Steel Jeeg toy, but recolored with a new head. | |||
A 1978 promotional photo of a Force Commander prototype by Airfix depicts him as all-white, no red, although the toy they released was identical to the Mego version. | |||
Force Commander was released in Greece by El Greco under the name Super Commander. | |||
One concept considered by Palisades Toys was an 3 3/4 inch tall Force Commander which had additional magnetic armor which attached to him. | |||
In 2012 ATR Hobby made a set of custom figures called Flight Commander which were inspire by Force Commander.<REF>http://that-figures.blogspot.com/2012/01/news-gold-dobers-flight-commander.html</REF> | |||
In 2018 several parts for Force Commander were released on [[Shapeways]] by [[Mathew Robert Ignash]]. | |||
===Fictional biography=== | |||
{{quote|Leader of the Mighty Magno-Powered Micronauts, Force Commander's "Magno Power" allows him to interchange weapons and limbs with his Galactic Stallion and with other Magno-Powered Micronauts. He is matched only by his evil opposite, Baron Karza. Oberon is Force Commander's steed and can serve as a powerful warhorse on it's own, or combine with Force Commander into a mighty centaur.}} | |||
===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== |