was a
science fiction toy line created, manufactured and marketed by
Takara Co., Ltd. from 1974 to 1984 as well as from 1998 to 2007. At the core of the
Microman line was a series of
action figures with accompanying vehicles, robots, playsets and accessories. Unlike other toylines at the time,
Microman figures were marketed as being the “actual” size of the
cyborg beings that were replicas of real “Micro” beings that hailed from the fictional planet known as “Micro Earth” and disguised themselves as action figures to hide on planet
Earth.