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Wikipedia is sorely lacking any entry on the original Micronauts Toyline (and its related subsequent spinoffs). A second article needs to be made focusing on the Micronauts toys. Topics should include: -origin of the toyline with Takara's Microman series and the role of California R&D and Mego -historical context of the toyline -releases in the toyline or examples of them over its 5 year run. -stubs for the spinoff series Lords of Light and Interchangables, and an updating of the stub on Microman to reflect the location of this article if neccessary and other needed style fixes and such. -accounting of the Palisades remake series -information on the pending Micronauts Evolution and Nanomen toylines and their production status -external links and references The article on the comics would do well to also include a brief summary of the Devil's Due Micronauts comic series. This could include: -Parallels and differences with the Marvel version -Characters -Writers and artists -The Karza mini-series and the continuity "bridge" it suggests between the Marvel and Devil's Due storylines. An accounting of which toy characters and hardware were adapted for the comics might be a good way to bridge the two topics.

I'm going to be bold and remove the expansion tag (this article is HUGE), and I'd like to suggest that any wikipedians coming here take a page from Transformers and make seperate articles for the comics and the toys (that is, assuming there's that much to be said about the toys). --InShaneee 23:40, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Baron Karza/Darth Vader

Designs for Karza did not pre-date Darth Vader. Ralph McQuarrie began design work for Star Wars in late 1974, and according to "The Making Of Star Wars" book (JW Rinzler, 2007) the picture of Vader seen here ( http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/StarWars/starwars2.html ) is dated February 1975. The designs were used as part of a presentation to 20th Century Fox who were financing the film, but in late 1975, Charles Lippincott joined Lucasfilm to handle Advertising, Promotion, Publicity & Merchandising. He used McQuarrie's designs to make deals for various merchandising tie-ins (including comics) and the novelisation rights and (most importantly) the Star Wars toy line. Throughout 1976, Lippincott did the rounds at toy fairs, sci-fi conventions, and other related expos which included life-sized models of C-3PO and Darth Vader. Apparently Mego passed on the deal, and it eventually went to Kenner (who, as we know, made zillions from it). This information is also detailed in "Empire Building" by Garry Jenkins (1997), which is a fascinating read if you're into this sort of thing. Furthermore, the Micronauts website ( www.innerspaceonline.com ) states that the Baron Karza figure was not part of Mego's first series of Micronauts toys that were designed in 1976 and showcased in early 1977 at the NYC Fair. Karza was produced in 1977 and was released in 1978...which is after Star Wars came out in theatres. Check out http://www.innerspaceonline.com/megos1.htm and also http://www.innerspaceonline.com/megos2.htm Kookoo Star 01:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)