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Giant Acroyear is a character from the Micronauts series. | Giant Acroyear is a character from the Micronauts series. He is a Giant Robot and Small Rocket Plane who breaks apart into two Small Robots, a Missile Launching Vehicle and Large Rocket Plane. | ||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||
Revision as of 01:16, 11 September 2025
- For other uses, see Acroyear.
Giant Acroyear is a fictional character in the Micronauts series introduced in 1977.
Micronauts
Giant Acroyear is a character from the Micronauts series. He is a Giant Robot and Small Rocket Plane who breaks apart into two Small Robots, a Missile Launching Vehicle and Large Rocket Plane.
Development
The Giant Acroyear toy was designed by Iwakichi Ogawa and was filed for US patent in 1978.[1]
Giant Acroyear was released by Mego in 1977. Is was also released by Airfix and Grand Toys.
In 2018 several Giant Acroyear parts were released on Shapeways by Mathew Robert Ignash.
Comics
1979 Marvel Comics
The various components of the Giant Acroyear appeared in the Marvel Comics Micronauts series several times.
In issue 1 of the Marvel Comics Micronauts series Baron Karza's Death Tank contained Giant Acroyear parts.
The arm robots appeared as Acroyear pilots of the Battle Cruiser.
Numerous vehicles made from Giant Acroyear parts were among the Acroyear Battle Fleet in issue 9.
Giant Acroyear were among the Acroyear forces in Micronauts issue 11.
2003 Image Comics
Several Giant Acroyears were seen among Baron Karza's fleet in Micronauts Karza number 4 by Image Comics.
2016 IDW Publishing
Giant Acroyear appeared in the IDW Publishing Micronauts series issue 11.
2018 Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space
Giant Acroyear was among the cast in the 2018 art series Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space by Brian Vox. He appears on the cover of issue 16.
Giant Acroyear also apppeared in Defenders of Micron issue 1.
Commercials
Acroyear, Acroyear II and Giant Acroyear appeared together on in a 1977 Mego Micronauts commercial.[2]
Toys
- Mego Micronauts Giant Acroyear (1977)
- A 1:18 scale toy. A release of the Takara Microman Giant Acroyear.
- This toy was recolored into Inter-Changables CIRES.
- Airfix Micronauts Giant Acroyear
- Edor Benelux Micronauts Giant Acroyear
- A release of the Mego toy in the Netherlands by Edor Benelux.
- Gig Micronauti Giant Acroyear
- Grand Toys Micronauts Giant Acroyear
- A release of the Mego toy in Canada with English/French packaging by Grand Toys.
- Several parts for Giant Acroyear are available on Cults3d.