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1976 MAT

1976 Microman Series

Microman T43X Titan 2 - T441 Icarus and T442 Achilles (c.1976)

  

Titan 2

 

T442 Achilles and T441 Icarus

 

Takara released Titan 2 Series T43X Type and T44X in October  of 1976. Titan 2 as the name might suggest, was a follow up series to the very successful Magnemo-8 Microman Titan T40X introduced earlier in the year. Titan 2 series was the first Titan series to include "vehicle" conversion parts as an accessory for the action-figure. They were also among the first "transformable" Microman figure along with the President Acroyear series (also released during the same year). Titan 2 were retailed for 750 Yen which in 1976 was quite a bit more than the regular Microman figure.

 

UFO Titan Accessories are both Magnemo-8 and 5mm compatibles.

 

Unlike the other Microman, Titan 2 were somewhat unique in that they were the only Microman figure in the original line with different designation numbers (T43X and T44X) but shared the exact same body style.  Titan 2, instead, were differentiated by their accessories that came with each figure. T43X came with race car parts and were dubbed the "Racing Titans" while T44X came with saucer spaceship parts and were called the "UFO Titans".  T43X included - T431 Deimos and T432 Regulus and T4X included T441 Icarus and T442 Achilles.  Like previous Titan series, Titan 2 used the same naming convention and having the figure named after a celestial object.  Titan 2 series were more robotic-looking than the first Titan and the design clearly reflected by those of the 2nd series Microman such as the M11X and M12X style and later Henshin Cyborg Android-A series.  Like M11X and M12X the chrome chest plate legacy were abandoned and replaced with slim body and more angular and robotic like appearance. Titan 2 head design has "duck-like" mouth piece and fans gave them the nickname the "Ducky Titans".

T441 Icarus has white body molded in one piece with magnetic core enclosed in the center. Icarus has blue legs that match his blue UFO saucer part. The wheels and fins are molded in blue-green color. T442 Achilles has dark green body with black legs. He comes with red UFO with rear fins and wheels parts molded in blue. Both vehicle accessories come with 5mm peg that can be clip into the race car rear wing spoiler and allow Microman figure to ride on top when the Titan 2 is inserted into the front section and can be launch using spring-loaded mechanism. Titan 2 were not as popular as the first Titan series but they are still one of the more sought after Titan figures in Microman and Magnemo-8 line.

 

Titan 2 Checklist

T43X Type T431 Deimos Racing Titan (Black)
T432 Regulus Racing Titan (Red)
T44X Type T441 Icarus UFO Titan (Blue)
T442 Achilles UFO Titan (Red)

 

The Second Titans

 

Titan 2 are friends of the first Titan.  They were revived and comes to defend Earth against Acroyear using their magnetic power that allow them to transform into super vehicles.  (Note: only UFO Titan appeared in the original Microman manga)

 

 

  

Package

 

 

Microman Titan 2 Series

T44X UFO Titans

Released : 10/1976

Retail Price : 750 Yen

 

 

 

 

T441 and T442 packaging are similar to the first Titan series and T43X series with yellow color theme. The box is however much larger to accommodate the accessories. The box is adorn with many logos (typical of Takara Microman packaging in early 1970s) including the familiar Microman blue logo, Titan logo, Titan emblem and Takara company logo.

 

 

 

The figure and accessory are packaged inside a styrofoam tray. The back of the packaging show the toy transformation feature with Microman Spy Magician riding on top of the vehicle.  The box also shows the companion Racing Titan series and diagram instruction on how to transform the toy.

 

Instruction & Stickers

 

Each toy comes with sticker sheet to decorate both action-figure and the "race" car parts. The stickers are identical in designs but with different colors.

 

Titan 2 catalog have two "covers", one for Racing Titan and one for UFO Titan.

 

Magnemo-8 Series

 

Microman Titan Series is also part of Magnemo-8 series of toys produced by Takara in 1970's. Magnemo system used magnet and ball joints. The larger size figures are Magnemo-12. (The numbers are the diameter size of the metal ball).

 

Titan 2 Racing Titan T43X

Titan Brain and sensor (#1 & #2)

Magnetic Globe - enable Titan to break apart their bodies and reattach them at will. (#3)

Photon Energy Gathering Device - trap photon energy but unlike Microman, Titan  have Magnetic Converter that convert Photon Energy into magnetic energy. (#4 & #5)