Micronauts is a toy line started in 1976 by Mego. It was primarily made up of toys originally released by Takara under the Microman line, with some remolding and recoloring. It also included some remolded and recolored toys from Gowapper 5 Godam, Machine Saurer, Steel Jeeg and many original designs.
Design
Micronauts toys were mostly 1:18 scale space figures and vehicles which features 5mm pegs and port designs. The majority of the initial toy design was done by Iwakichi Ogawa, who would go one to design some Transformers figures.
Licensing
Mego licensed several other toy companies to release Micronauts. These include Airfix, El Greco, Gig, Grand Toys and Pin Pin Toys.
Unproduced SOTA Toys figure only produced as a prototype in 2005.
Reception
The Retro Robot Radio podcast for May 3rd, 2014 did a spotlight on Micronauts.[1]
2005 Sota Toys
From 2005, AGE gave permission for SOTA (State of the Art) Toys to produce redesigned Micronauts action figures as Micronauts Evolution, with concept art by Randy Queen.[2] SOTA president Jerry Macaluso expressed interest in a new comic based on the figures.[3]
