microforever • microclassic • micro21 • micromillennium • microforce • microheritage • microresources • microarchive • micronews

 

 

 

   

 

Microman 2004 Series

Microman Acroyear X-2 Series - AX-21 AcroPhantom (1/27/04)

 

Acroyear X-2

MICROMAN SERIES

 

Micro Force (Reissue) (2/04)
MF1-01 Commander Microman

MF1-02 Ninja Microman

MF1-03 Gunner Microman 

MF1-04 Spy Microman

 

Master Force (3/25/04)
MF2-01 Skymaster Hayate

MF2-02 Groundmaster Alan

MF2-03 Divemaster Roberto 

MF2-04 Automaster Ryan

 

Acroyear-X (3/25/04)
AX-11 AcroScorl

AX-12 AcroCleve

AX-13 AcroVoltech

AX-14 AcroBiom

 

Micro Lady (5/28/04)
ML1-01 Commanderlady Diane

ML1-02 Ninjalady Shina

 

Acroyear Lady (5/28/04)
AL-11 AcroVena

AL-12 AcroDita

 

Biomachine & Machine Force Microman (9/30/04)

BM-01 Mirror & MM Xeku

BM-02 Stinger & MM Godoh

BM-03 Tiger & MM Hack

BM-04 Kong & MM Trinity 

 

Microman Military Force (12/3/04)

MF4-01 Space Rescue

MF4-02 Techno Wave

MF4-03 Lava Planet

MF4-04 Virtual Task

MF4-05 Night Recon

MF4-06 Stealth Camo

MF4-07 Forest Hide

MF4-08 Sand Storm

 

Acroyear X-2 (1/27/05)

AX-21 AcroPhantom

AX-22 AcroMedalg

AL-21 AcroElsa

AL-22 AcroPlana

 

 

Packaging & Instruction

 

 

Microman Acroyear X-2 came in the same style packaging as the Acroyear X and Master Force series.

 

 

Acroyear X-2 came packaged with new Microman catalog - "Infomercial Vol.04". The latest catalog features the new Acroyear X-2.

 

Microman Acroyear X-2

 

 AX-21 AcroPhantom - the Perfect Acroyear. Phantom equipped with Phantom Gear, Death Grave Hammer and Acro Armor. His weapon Death Grave was a gift from AcroCleve. 

 

AX-22 AcroMedalg - he equipped with Atomic Glove, Giga Tector and Medal Booster. His equipments were design by AcroVoltech.

 

AL-21 AcroElsa - Elsa does not possess fighting skill but she use her pet panther for attack.  Her equipments included Panther-Goggles, Panther- Tails and her pet AcroPanther. She can communicate via telepathy with her Panther Psychic Equipments. 

 

AL-22 AcroPlana - her body was derived from insectivorous plant and her equipments included Plan-Tail, Evil-Mouth and Gorgon Snake-Vines. Plana has glow in the dark body and the most well endowed of all Micro Lady. 

 

Microman New Stand

 

Microman 2004 came with new style figure stand. The stand features Microman "Da Vinci's The Vetruvian Man" style logo emboss on clear plastic with two styles of foot pegs  - one for the newer Microman 2004 figures and one for the old Microman figures with the 5mm port.

 

Microman 2004 Acroyear X-2 Series was released on Jan. 27th, 2005. The series was delayed from the original December release date and one of the last Microman series for the 2004 line-up as the line moved on to the 2005 Magne Force series to be debuted in April. Acroyear X-2 as the name suggested was the followed up series to the Acroyear X. However instead of four Acroyear, the series was split into two Acroyear figures (AX-21 AcroPhantom and AX-22 AcroMedalg) and two Acro Lady figures (AL-21 AcroElsa and AL-22 AcroPlana). Acroyear X-2 followed the same sci-fi / fantasy theme of the Acroyear X and Acro Lady series with elements from many of the recent popular Japanese anime and manga.

AX-21 AcroPhantom was the only figure in the X-2 series that did not have some kind of new tooling for the body. However, Phantom was not without a new material, his armor instead of the chrome parts was made with rubber PVC. The use of rubber suit gave the designer more flexibility but as with most soft materials there always problem with fit. The suit overall was very well made and fit well to body with little or no trouble, the problem came in when one try to connect the chrome accessories like his weapon and his necklace piece to the suit. AcroPhantom had clear body (this is the third clear body for the Acroyear side) with blue "tattoos" flame design. The decision for the clear body was probably to match his "phantom" name. His head design was very interesting with clear piece that fit atop his head (to give him some reference to AcroScorl, but he remind me of Hakaider). The decoration on his body was a bit too light and doesn't show up well which was too bad since he has such a nice design motif. Phantom came with only one accessory his hammer called Death-Grave. The weapon was an obvious reference to a certain popular anime. Death-Grave can be reconfigured into a "wheelchair" trike for Phantom but it look rather goofy than menacing. Overall AcroPhantom probably has the coolest design but he is rather bland and not as interesting as the other three Acroyear X-2 figures.