1/60 SCALE COMPATIBLE TOYS (RIHIO, DIACLONE, LIGHTYEAR, MFT & GUNDAM)

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  1. Suntzu28

    Suntzu28 Well-Known Member

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    I'd recommend searching for " Toybiz Micro Playset" or omitting the word micro in a separate search.
    It seems there were multiple lines that had the micro figures which were included in playsets back then.

    With that said we clearly need a write up detailing the Marvel 1/60 figures and playsets from Toybiz as clearly they exist lol.
     
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    Man, that's nice, but at double the size of Hasbro's release, that's just a bit too big and unwieldy. I don't even know how you'd display it.
     
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    Suntzu28 Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps this will help...

    Toy line: Attack Playsets (Deep Space Battle)
    Manufacturer: ToyBiz
    Year: @1997 - 1998 (?)
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    Another gem of a micro toyline that reminds us of what else can be done in this scale. All the features of a quality micro line (vehicles with alt modes *sort of*, articulated micro action figures , command / pilot seats, etc.) with a well known intellectual property frosting. I actually find it cool that the Marvel characters are small enough to be in scale with the Dianauts yet are .5 to .75 mm's taller so they actually look like super heroes. It makes the Dianauts look like the "every man" enlisted into the Earth Defense Force. I'm ignoring the Wolverine outlier.

    There may be more under a different name but these sets cover all of the figures seen in the image i posted 1 page back.



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    The Star Cruiser surfer thanos 3.jpg
    The Star Cruiser surfer thanos 1.jpg The Star Cruiser surfer thanos 2.jpg The Striker Wolverine Sabretooth 1.jpg The Striker Wolverine Sabretooth 2.jpg
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    Wow, those are cool, never seen any of those before.

    Did toybiz ever do a micro X-jet or danger room?
     
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    Suntzu28 Well-Known Member

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    Considering where you are i may know why you're asking :) 

    Technically Toybiz didn't.... but that company from your neck of the woods , Bluebird Toys , *did*. It was released around the same time as the Toybiz sets.

    The micro X-Jet had micro figures as well but they were ...static i believe. They looked more like the Thanos figure above but with no articulation.

    Source: X-Men Blackbird Micro-Superstars jet by Bluebird

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    As far as the Danger Room ... there was a micro line named Marvels Pocket Comics that had a Danger Room with Wolverine and ....someone lol. It was more of a Polly Pocket / Mighty Max type of toy though with Dianaut sized figures.
     
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    Nice.

    Really wish hasbro would start a micro MCU line, huge range of subjects they could cover with that premise.
     
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    So do i.

    It was only a few years ago that they had MCU "Mega Construx" scaled toy lines (mini figures and a few vehicles).

    I'd love to see them tackle a true micro line again.

    What would you want to see in a micro MCU line?
     
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    Bigbang "They literally call themselves Decepticons."

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    I'm seeing similar scale and articulation to what's above. 4/5 POA. A few classes, if you play this right you can milk it for years.

    Budget: 2 packs of figures. No real theme. This is your impulse buy level. Blind box if the suits force it on us. This is mostly stand alone characters. Spidey(we're going to give you so many Spider-people...), Blade,She-hulk, DD, Abomination, Doom, those types. One or two attention grabbers like Logan in his civilian clothes or a clear Invisible Woman.

    Basic Line 1: 4 packs of characters, one random/chase/rare fig hidden in package. These are related characters like the FF or a few X-Men, Avengers, Masters of evil. Or characters that have similar vibes like a 4 pack of Man-thing, Werewolf by night, Morbius and Elsa Bloodstone.

    Basic Line 2: Figure and small vehicle/base combo packs. This is how we fit in things like Angel and his wings or Kang and his cool time travel chair. Xavier's Hoverchair counts as a vehicle, right? I see the bases as little mighty max type sets that connect. Small things like a few lab playsets or Krakoan Pods or something.

    I figure everything above that çan be things like larger playsets, the Blackbird, a Quinjet, Talon Fighters. That sort of thing. Maybe a Hall of Armors with a few Iron Man suits.
     
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    I KNEW THESE EXISTED! i had the star cruiser as a kid, they were repaints from a french cartoons toyline (20,000 Leagues in Space).
     
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    Oh really? What do you know about the 20,000 Leagues In Space line ?

    Edit: Ah! Space Strikers aka 20k Leagues In Space in France! I think that line was mentioned In this thread by @PixHell . There was a larger Space Strikers toy line I'm more familiar with and a smaller micro line.

    How has this line not been mentioned in depth here yet?


    The ship that resembles a crab and the Star Cruiser were both used in the Marvel Playsets. Actually all of the ships from the Space Strikers line were repurposed. Nice !
     
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    i saw the whole marvel repainted line here in the uk, excellent designs.
     
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    I was gonna ask if those Marvel Mini-sets were blatant reuses with Marvel rebranding and remoulded occupants!
     
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    I've considered this unit for years now.
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    It's in the Mega Construx / 1/3x scale but that's a positive in my opinion. That makes it perfect for a custom project that would make it 1/60 compatible. One might argue that it is already 1/60 scale considering the Quinjet toy isn't in the proper scale anyway.
     
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    Oh this would be perfect. The cockpit looks like it wouldn't take much conversion, and you're spot on about the scale. I wonder if the Motorcycle bay would fit a diaclone power suit?
     
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    Those are cool, like the Nautilus a lot.
     
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    Pre. Cisely. why i've been considering it. It's a beauty for sure but the motorcycle bay / storage compartment is what sets it apart. And i know you'd do great work with it. I wouldn't mind designing and printing a pilots seating area and some greeble for the motorcycle ramp.
     
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    Vancelle Diaclone Diorama Dude

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    If any of y'all have a Target nearby, they have quite a bit on clearance. I snagged these for super cheap, each was $3.89. Can't say no to that!

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    More images of this unit have surfaced ....

    Image Source: https://twitter.com/Starconvoy/status/1617204107898654722

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    I've been watching the Bad Batch series lately.

    These are becoming harder to resist...
     
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    I mentioned picking up a knock-off G1 Protectobots set a while back, but since they just arrived I really want to show them off! XD
    I can't believe how well they integrate into modern Diaclone! Scale is non-existant, but I always imagined the pilot-less figures from the end of vintage Diaclone would be drone units anyway, so it doesn't bother me much considering how well the other aspects blend. Metroplex will be arriving soon!
    AND GROOVE WORKS AS A PSM BIKE!!!!!

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    Congratulations on the new toys :D 

    I'll never get tired of seeing Dianauts in Roller.
     
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