Talk:Micronauts (comics)

Vader/Karza designs
Ralph McQuarrie began design work for Star Wars in late 1974, and according to "The Making Of Star Wars" book (JW Rinzler, 2007) the picture of Vader seen here ( http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/StarWars/starwars2.html ) is dated February 1975. The designs were used as part of a presentation to 20th Century Fox who were financing the film, but in late 1975, Charles Lippincott joined Lucasfilm to handle Advertising, Promotion, Publicity & Merchandising. He used McQuarrie's designs to make deals for various merchandising tie-ins (including comics) and the novelisation rights and (most importantly) the Star Wars toy line. Throughout 1976, Lippincott did the rounds at toy fairs, sci-fi conventions, and other related expos which included life-sized models of C-3PO and Darth Vader. Apparently Mego passed on the deal, and it eventually went to Kenner (who, as we know, made zillions from it). This information is also detailed in "Empire Building" by Garry Jenkins (1997), which is a fascinating read if you're into this sort of thing. 79.65.89.199 01:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Furthermore, the Micronauts www.innerspaceonline.com website states that the Baron Karza figure was not part of Mego's first series of Micronauts toys that were designed in 1976 and showcased in early 1977 at the NYC Fair. Karza was produced in 1977 and was released in 1978...which is after Star Wars came out in theatres. Check out http://www.innerspaceonline.com/megos1.htm and http://www.innerspaceonline.com/megos2.htm 79.65.89.199 01:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:39, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Added sources for latest edit
Next time please added sources, otherwise it is personal research and as such is not valid. Many thanks.

Asgardian (talk) 08:05, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Image/Devil's Due series
I put the Devil's Due section in because that series focused on different characters and settings, with only the toy-related characters to show any connection with Marvel's series. As such it stands as a seperate series and should be given as much attention as the Marvel series.Rickremember (talk) 06:57, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Possibly useful
The latest Comic Book Urban Legends at Comic Book Resources looks at the problems Marvel had and has some links to an interview that might be useful. (Emperor (talk) 01:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC))

Eagle Award not mentioned?
Hello all. I've been reading, enjoying, (and making minor corrections to) this very thorough and informative article on the comic book brand extensions of this toy line. The entry doesn't make any mention of the fact that the first issues in 1979 were awarded an "Eagle" for best new comic book if I'm not mistaken, or best new creative team or something like that. I'll double check the page and if that fact is missing I'll add it myself once I find a good reference/citation to footnote it with. [ YuYuNinjaGaiden (talk) 00:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC) ]

Needs more inline citations
An editor has tagged this article as needing more inline citations. If you agree, please tag the places where you think they are needed with the Template:Citation needed. That will help the rest of us improve the article at its weak points. Thanks. --Bejnar (talk) 06:48, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Microverse = Quantum Realm ?
The article claims that the place visited by Ant-Man is the same as the Micronauts' Microverse with a different name. Is there any evidence for that ? Marvel featured other micro worlds, such as that of Jarella. Can't they all be different places ? -- Beardo (talk) 03:01, 27 April 2021 (UTC)