Like the Microman toyline that Micronauts is based off of, Blockman was also produced by Takara. Spiritual Successor: In the form of Revell's Robolinks, which was an export of Japan's Blockman toyline.The comic design is somewhat different, but the toy is for all intents and purposes a repainted Jeeg, down to the magnetic joint-based Detachment Combat and a centaur mode. Palette Swap: Baron Karza is pretty blatantly Kotetsu Jeeg, except black and red and with a slightly different head.Mechanical Monster: Ampzilla, the Hornetroid, the Terraphant, and others.It was "The interchangeable world of the Micronauts!" Easily Detachable Robot Parts: The toys' main selling point was their modular parts.When the toyline was briefly revived by Palisades in the mid-2000's, a special edition of the original Space Glider figure was produced, colored to match his comic book counterpart - with a blue jumpsuit and yellow stripes, and a flesh-colored head with brown hair.Chrome Champion: All of the "human" figures still had shiny metal faces. Microman was revived in Japan in 1999, then again in 2003 (the 2003 series has been aimed towards collectors rather than kids). After that, Microman spawned New Microman and then Microchange many of the Microchange toys became part of the initial Transformers range (specifically the ones that turned into objects, like Megatron (a gun) and Soundwave (a cassette player) many of the Minibots were also from this line). Micronauts are a line of action figures from Mego, actually a rebranding of Japan's Microman series of toys, which lasted from 1976 to 1980.
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