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Magne microman kit12/27/2023 ![]() The transformation is great fun, starting with unlocking it which pops up the robot head in the process. The “secret” combination is stickered on the back, and for the sake of completion and minty freshness that is where it will stay. ![]() Like I said, you shouldn’t really be using it as a lock anyway, but as a kid I’m confident I totally would have. The combination for the locks varies, but due to its transformation the middle number is always 8, reducing 1,000 possibilities down to a mere 100. mode, it’s another one of the Micro-Change “common things beside you”, an every-day household item that also transforms into a robot defender. I wouldn’t want to use it to secure any valuables because I imagine it wouldn’t take much force to tear it open, and I’d be more concerned about the damage to the toy than most “valuables”. This guy is a working combination lock, known as Dial Man in Japan. I could write articles about each of these releases quite easily, and spend weeks just discussing some of the other Diaclone toys that never made it to the Transformers line, but today, our focus is on these two: Not pictured in the catalogue above are Perceptor and Blaster, and a few more releases that didn’t make it into Transformers. Only Browning held this scale over into the TF line, transforming into a tiny robot sidekick in the Japanese cartoon.Ī quick look at a catalogue reveals some familiar faces, the shot below is of the 1984 Gig Trasformer releases. Hence they were real world objects such as cassettes, guns, microscope, and Penny Racer deform toy cars. ![]() This has opened the door to my love of big, bulky Brave toys from the nineties, and to the early 1980s Diaclone and Micro-Change figures that were not utilized in the Transformers line.Īs a subline to the New Microman line, Micro-Change figures avoided all mass-shifting complications by existing in a 1:1 scale. Over the last few years, I’ve enjoyed branching out evermore into the Takara design back-catalogue, rather than just collecting Transformers branded items. until the magnets start deteriorating with age.Īnd yes, this is the same line that spawned Jeeg, Balatak, and a few other magnetic ball joint action figure characters/mecha.MC17 and MC18 Trasformers (not Transformers) In all, I love this set, but I wish I’d been able to take care of them a little more. Gattai/Combiner form for the Acroyear Magnemo The head of the Third Robot turns into a control seat for the Acroyear soldiers. It looks to bulky for me, so I just use the basic arms. ![]() This is the final form, and I’ll be honest, in the original artwork, you could see all the arms attached to the arm-wheels. Toy tops are integrated into the toy design The four studs in the metal plate, I’m told, is for the action figures to stick to it. The bodies for the second and third robot are apparently tops, with the wind-up plastic strips being the swords of the larger combined mecha. This one seems to be the weirdest of the lot, like a cross between a tank, a construction vehicle, and an insect.Īcro-Gamma – Apologies, legs are apparently backwards. This one resembles the unit that is named “Microtron” in the Marvel Comics version. When the toy was new, this was definitely an eye hazard. The arrow-like missile on the right hand is a pressure click system. This seems to be the “main robot,” and closely resembles the classic Acroyears. The kind folks over at the Micronauts/Microman FB page have been kind enough to point me to a source for more information about this toy – apparently known as the 055 Giant Acroyear from the Magne Power Series. The whole Magnemo line can supposedly gattai with each other. After some research, I think it’s called the Magnemo Acroyear. This Takara Microman set is composed of three smaller units that combines into a larger unit. If anyone can contact me in the comments about how to clean this properly, I would be very grateful. Yes, it’s not in good shape, and I regret that fact. I bought this set out of curiosity almost a decade ago in a nearby mall (Ali Mall, so named because Muhammad Ali supposedly is a part owner).
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