Microman Magne Power

1999 Series 3 - Super Microman

Magne Microman

1999 Microman Magne Power Series

Series 1 - Winter 1998

Magne Power Microman
The debut series for the new Microman line. The initial wave consisted of basic figures and deluxe magnemo toys. 

Series 2 - Spring 1999

Magne Titan
Second series added more magnemo toys and introduced the Titans.

Series 3 - Summer 1999

Super Microman

The line greatly expanded to include Microman base, new Microman figures and two large size Robotman toys.

Magne Power Exclusive

Limited Editions
Magne series line-up also included several exclusives and limited edition figures and toys.

2000 Microman LED Powers Series

Series 4 - Winter 1999

Laser Microman
Takara introduced a scaled down follow up series with new figures and new light-up gimmicks. 

Series 5 - Summer 2000

Secret Breaster
Second LED series consisted of repaint figures and more reused mold from the Transformers.

Series 6 - Fall 2000

Shining Tector
The last of the new Microman series again consisted mostly of redeco figures and recycle molds from the Transformers line.

LED Powers Exclusive

Limited Editions

Takara continued with more exclusives and limited edition toys for the LED series but the list was much smaller than the previous year.

After small line-up in the spring of 1999, Takara went full steam with the summer releases of Microman Magne Powers toys. Takara released Microman Base Microstation in June of 1999 along with wind-up figures called the Zen-mine. Microman Base were Flying Fortress-like Microman ship that disguised itself as video game player Playstation.  The new figures were goofy looking wind-up (pull-back Choro Q style) vehicles that can transformed into small robot.

"Microman is Super Human 8 cm tall. He came to Earth, chasing the Acroyer.  Now save the Earth from the Acroyer! Use a table as base."

- from Magne Power Package

The second assortments were released in July of 1999 and consisted of brand new Microman figures called the Super Microman. The new figures featured a much improve articulations over the first series (the Magne Microman). Beside new Microman figures, the Acroyer also get new figures - the Magne Arden. Takara rounded out the figures with new vehicle kit called Microman Kit-Machines. The Kit-Machines were homage to the first Microman toys and came unassembled. Takara also released the last Micro Machines - Mr. Grey and Power Drink set which was a tie with Takara Mr. Grey toy line. The set came with exclusive figure Microman Cyber.

However, by this time Microman was not doing as well as Takara had hope for and rumor of line cancellation began to surface.  Takara suffered serious financial trouble, both Microman and Transformers Beast Wars anime had drain the company already small capital and the toys did not generate the return that they had hope for.  By the end of the summer, Takara released the last Magne Power Microman toys - the two Robotman (D & E) and the Giant Acroyer.  The new Robotman toys were combiner style robots using magnemo connector with chest cockpits much like the old Robotman.  The Giant Acroyer also magnemo-8 combiner toys that featured three small robot that combined to form the New Giant Acroyer.  The toys from the Super Microman series were selling briskly and they got some positive response from fans.  By fall of 1999, Takara decided to release follow-up series called Microman LED Powers. The new, much smaller series was to be supported only with Bom Bom comic.