I kept this page going and growing a couple of years and when Microman 1999 was announced, I did dedicated coverage for the release (which I believe helped inspire Paul Lorphanpaibul in turn as he soon started to cover Microman updates from Japan on his new Microman Forever site). I mostly wanted at the time to share photos and what I knew about Transformers’ less known origins in the Microman line. The Microman page got some interest and was the most fun to work on, so I later abandoned my personal page in favor of an online portfolio and a Microman page I called Rescue Base Seattle. I hope as we get older the community can consolidate efforts to preserve things for future generations of fans, but I know also that most fans that own their own sites tend to be (understandably) possessive and proud of their work, and without a proven beneficial model, are likely to be reluctant to allow their sites to be mirrored for the sake of preservation.Īt first I put together a personal page in 1996. It had a bit about myself, a page for the anime I liked and projects I’d been involved with before, and a simple Microman page with a few low resolution scans and photos (good ol’ 56K modems, you know). It does sadden me that fewer and fewer familiar “faces” are active with each passing year. I tried one of these new-fangled “web searches” and discovered Erik Larsen’s Micronauts Homepage (now Micronauts Outpost), which also linked to Tom Vigneau’s small Microman page (now gone), which in turn linked to the first Microman page from Japan, Arden’s Net (still around!) by Suzuki “Baron Arden” Gaku, and later a sadly defunct page called Build Base Tokyo.Īlso along the way I found Ron Pringle’s Micropola page (which has come and gone over the years and also spawned a couple of impressive fanzines), Bwana Spoons’ print fanzine “My Friend the Micronaut”, and Sashida Minoru’s Oriental Technology, home of Microman Maniacs and MicroGeneration.
Few people my own age really remembered or cared about this stuff, and this was before Google and Wikipedia made it easy to naturally and casually look up every other thing that crossed your mind.Īround 1995, I thought to check the Usenet groups for any toy leads and found a couple of new Microman toys from parts of the line I’d not encountered before, so it rekindled my interest and curiosity. I first started using the Web itself around the mid-90’s, around the time I was working as an art technician on console and computer games. By this point it had been more than a few years since I’d really seen anything Micro-related.
MICROMAN ARDEN SOFTWARE
My dad’s a software designer, so I had pretty early exposure to email, BBSes, and Usenet before the World Wide Web became big, so in a sense I was online from practically the beginning. (Due to its length, the interview will be presented in several parts. anniversary and Microman celebrates its 35th., we thought it only appropriate to ask him about Micronauts, Microman, Transformers, fandom, and making the transition from consumer to creator. His website was one of the earliest to draw attention to Transformers’ (then) little-known origins, and he was given the opportunity to work on Palisades’ Micronauts revival in 2002. Long-time Micronauts and Microman fan, Bryan “MicroBry” Wilkinson, is one of the select few who’ve made the transition from toy fan to toy designer. During the height of Microman line in 1976, a US toy company Mego, licensed Microman and distributed them worldwide as the Micronauts.Ībout this toyline ( MicroMillennium - 1999 Magne Power Microman)įor this toyline ( MicroMillennium - 1999 Magne Power Microman by Takara.Fanmode interview: Bryan Wilkinson (part 2) (Takara was producing a licensed GI Joe for Japanese market) The early Microman was supposed to be a miniaturized version of these Cyborgs. Henshin Cyborg is a clear body "cyborg" 12" action doll base on GI Joe body.
Synopsis for MicroMillennium - 1999 Magne Power Microman Microman toys line originated from another Japanese toy line by Takara call Henshin Cyborg.
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