Micronauts – Series 1 Vehicles (1976)
Tag: Toy
X-Men Figures – Toy Biz (1993)
Marvel Toys (formerly Toy Biz and Charan Toys) was a merged toy division of Marvel Entertainment. ToyBiz originated in Montreal, Quebec as Charan Industries’s American brand. Reincorporated in 1988, ToyBiz became an American firm. Toy Biz became a major producer of Marvel character toys and partially owned by Ronald O. Perelman‘s Marvel Entertainment Group in 1993. The toy division of Marvel was shut down during Marvel’s bankruptcy in 2008. The division was shut because Marvel Entertainment could not afford to have any in-house manufacturers any longer. Both Hasbro and Jakks Pacific purchased the trademarks to some of the characters and brands when the company folded.
Star Wars – Power of the Force (1995)
Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995), also known as Power of the Force 2, was Hasbro/Kenner’s first Star Wars action figure collection since Kenner’s “Vintage” line ended a decade earlier in 1985. It was released from 1995 to 2000. The initial line was characterized by a muscular look typical of boys’ toy lines of the time. This bulked-up aesthetic was toned down as the line continued and was phased out by1998 in favor of a more movie-accurate look.
Toy Biz – Spider-Man (1995)
Micronauts – Series 3 (1978)
Before Transformers, there were “Micronauts”. Micronaut figures were marketed as actually being 3.75″ cyborg beings, hailing from the fictional planet “Micro Earth,” and disguising themselves as toys.
Micronauts toys were known for their high number of articulation points (averaging 30) relative to other toys of similar size. The toys included vehicles and robots, and all of the Micronauts toys used interchangeable 5-mm connectors and ports that could be transferred from one toy to another.
With only the highly-accessorized Galactic Defender in the 10cm category, Series 3 focused heavily on Robots, particularly the “Trons,” and the new Micropolis line of interchangeable habitats, based on a gray four pin flex connector.
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