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Created page with "'''Membros''' is a fictional character in the Micronauts series. He is an evil alien humanoid slug introduced as a toy in 1979. He did not appear in Micronauts fiction until 2004. ==Micronauts== Membros are evil humanoid slug aliens in the Micronauts series. Membros comes from the planet Visceros, which is also the homeworld of Terraphant. Advertisements referred to Antron and Membros as androids, but the the word seemed to be used to mean cyborgs.<REF>http://w..." |
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Membros was released by Palisades in 2003 in four retail color variants, plus the exclusive Bio-Scan version. Bio-Scan Membros was brainchild of Kristof Erkiletian and the initial cost was funded by him personally while Ray Miller and his wife did all the shipping and handling. | Membros was released by Palisades in 2003 in four retail color variants, plus the exclusive Bio-Scan version. Bio-Scan Membros was brainchild of Kristof Erkiletian and the initial cost was funded by him personally while Ray Miller and his wife did all the shipping and handling. | ||
Ray Miller mentioned another recolor Membros Palisades had planned for Palisades on Facebook in 2018. | [[Ray Miller]] mentioned another recolor Membros Palisades had planned for Palisades on Facebook in 2018. | ||
Another alternate to the black Membros that didn't make the final cut was one with transparent red arms. I have one of the test shots. I call him "Bloodworm Membros", since he sort of has Dracula colors... Yeah, I really like him. Shame it didn't make final production. But - given the issues with the transparent plastic and the faulty inner blister that stressed the elbow joints to breaking - it probably would only have given us another figure with a high critical failure... I think there are probably less than a half-dozen of this test shot out there. | Another alternate to the black Membros that didn't make the final cut was one with transparent red arms. I have one of the test shots. I call him "Bloodworm Membros", since he sort of has Dracula colors... Yeah, I really like him. Shame it didn't make final production. But - given the issues with the transparent plastic and the faulty inner blister that stressed the elbow joints to breaking - it probably would only have given us another figure with a high critical failure... I think there are probably less than a half-dozen of this test shot out there. | ||
In 2004 Bryan Wilkinson posted the concept of the clear yellow Membros being a fungus-like creature called an Embros which was mimicking Membros DNA.<REF>https://www.flickr.com/photos/microbry/2351320196/in/pool-micro-toy-customs/</REF> | In 2004 [[Bryan Wilkinson]] posted the concept of the clear yellow Membros being a fungus-like creature called an Embros which was mimicking Membros DNA.<REF>https://www.flickr.com/photos/microbry/2351320196/in/pool-micro-toy-customs/</REF> | ||
In 2018 Mathew Robert Ignash released several replacement parts for Membros on Shapeways. | In 2018 Mathew Robert Ignash released several replacement parts for Membros on Shapeways. | ||