12-inch Combat Joes were licensed by Takara and turned into Henshin Cyborgs in 1972. Takara then shrunk its Joe-based Henshin Cyborg design down into the 10cm Microman in 1974.Originally Posted by 1orion2many
I don't remember small G I Joe figures in the 70's, only the large 12" figures on the shelf and I'm talking mid to early 70's (god I'm showing my age
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The only reason I made the distinction between G.I.Joe and Microman in the first place is that there are two completely different Kicker toys - Japanese Kicker, who was based on the 2003 Microman mould, and SofaMan's US version, which was based on the 2003 G.I.Joe mould. It was intended to avoid confusion rather than create it.
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, I consider the 3 3/4" Microman a different breed to the 12" joes, Heshin Cyborg I completely ignore and don't class it in the same line as Microman either, selective aren't I