"Micronauts took science fiction toys down to 3 ¾", but their interchangeable play value made for big time fun. It's a small universe after all. Micronauts was a name synonymous with futuristic fun to kids who played with action figures in the late 1970's. They conjured up images of futuristic alien society populated by robotic beings who could interface with their weapons and vehicles long before any 10-year old knew what interface was!" wrote John Marshall in this past issue of Collecting Toys magazine.

This April 1998 issue seemed to have somewhat of a sci-fi slant, featuring a whopping 8 full pages on Micronauts. Interviewee/collector Steve Ross' rather large collection is featured here, with photographs by Jim Forbes.

 

 
 
 
When asked what made Micronauts so great, Steve Ross replied, "Got a few days?" This very informative article covers quite allot of the past history of the toy line, from beginning to end and even included references to the Hourtoy company and P.A.C. Toys. Very interesting considering that not too many information sources were as accessible back a few years as they are today.
 
 
As seen in the accompanying pictures, there were many rather rare items shown. Steve's collection was a mix of both Micronauts and Interchangeables pieces.

 

 

Some of the rarer toys shown in the spread along side a few Microman boxed items and a few different Interchangeables such as The Cosmobot, carded Cosmoman and the C.A.R.P., is a Lord's of Light Nepos figure, mislabeled as Kronos. Although it is not seen as clearly as these scanned photos show, almost half the Time Travelers shown are really Cosmomen. Lastly, an ultra rare boxed Galactic Lazer is shown with the Puzzles, Colorforms set and Biotron costume.

Also included in the article toward the end was a somewhat loose price guide. Probably a great reference source for back when Micronaut items weren't in such high demand and especially when you consider that back in 1998 places to obtain the items such as evilbay were not so readily available and commonplace.

"They may have been breakable, but nothing could handle the creative demands of a 1970's kid the way those Micronauts could." This end quote says it all.