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  1. Re:There is no spoon. by Gilmoure · · Score: 1 · on Body Heat Energy Generation

    I, for one, welcome our Micronaut body-heat harvesting overlords.

  2. Re:And everything old is new, again. by BrynM · · Score: 1 · on Dilbert Hiding On Your CPU
    You know, sooner later some kid is going to post an article on discovering this cool cartoon called "Thundar the Barbarian" and Slashdot is going to go nuts.
    Damn! It got rejected. You tipped them off didn't you! Well, they'll never expect the Micronauts. No one expects Baron Karza!
  3. No Micronauts? by SamSeaborn · · Score: 1 · on Top 100 Toys From The '70s or Thereabouts

    No Micronauts? Come on! I lived for those things.

  4. Re:They Came from Innerspace by BrianRoach · · Score: 1 · on Top 100 Toys From The '70s or Thereabouts

    Micronauts! Not just legs that bent ... they FIRED MISSLES. Little choking hazzard ones all the way up to big dart-gun size.

    A quick google search brought up ...
    http://www.micro-outpost.com/

    This was by far, my favorite childhood toy(s).

    I remember having so many of them ... the battle cruiser, the city, The black and white mechanical knights with horses (very cool, magnets and ball bearings for limb sockets) and one of the last was the air-powered "tube monorail" thing.

    You could also interchange all the parts from the various sets and vehicles.

    - Roach

  5. Re:Lincoln logs lego? by motherhead · · Score: 2 · on Erector Set Turns 100
    Does anyone remember "Girders and Panels"? damn I loved those, I think it was 1975 or so, I was like 5 or 6 me and my brother used both of our kits to build (what we thought looked like) the Chicago skyline.

    It consisted of interconnecting "girders" that looked like the real deal and allowed you to build a lattice either of squares or Xs. Then they supplied these thin plastic panels that either looked like skyscraper windows or some other architectural glass panes.
    When we were don we took out giant "Voltrons" (I think it was Voltron, maybe a Voltron precursor... all I knew was it was a huge plastic Japanese robot that allowed you to shoot misses that could choke babies, funny I never knew of any one choking and any of them... but more importantly, you could launch their fists! Really far and hard, it hurt like hell!) and proceeded to level our mini city Godzilla style...

    Hmmm. After that I don't think we ever played with it again, no wonder they're gone...

    Hey remember Micronauts?!....

  6. How cool were by okmar · · Score: 1 · on Complete Transformers Generation One Set on ebay

    Micronauts? The Micropolis Mega City was where it was at!



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  7. How cool were by okmar · · Score: 1 · on Complete Transformers Generation One Set on ebay

    Micronauts? The Micropolis Mega City was where it was at!



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