Microman Action Figures or more commonly just Microman toys are a toy line created by the Japanese company Takara. They were first introduced to the public in 1974 as a miniature representation of another toy line by Takara called the Henshin Cyborg. The Henshin Cyborg was a 12-inch clear action figure...

Transformers action figure is a popular toy line from the company Hasbro. It featured characters that depicted an alien war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. The successful toy line owed its existence from another successful toy line, Diaclone, a spin-off of the popular Mircoman toy series. Diaclone...

In 1976, as the popularity of the Microman action figure toy line from the Japanese company Takara reached its peak, as US toy company, Mego, wanted in on the action. What they did was to license the Microman toy line and marketed it in the US under the name Micronauts.