The Birth of the Star Wars Micro Machine Line

[@thegodzillacollector6226]

Yes please part 2!

[@mlcash9]

My favorite star wars toys of the 90s hands down i had a bunch of these sets as a kid

[@johnw8578]

I loved the micromachine because I could set them up as I wanted to display them. The only down side was how easily some could get lost (darn cats and vacuum cleaners).

[@stephentucker6548]

Man, I loved micro-machines! Those and the penny-racers that were a little more affordable. Do kids even play with Hot-wheels or Matchbox cars anymore?

[@stephentucker6548]

@@thetvbaby83 - That's great to hear! My daughter is twenty-one now so I've been out of the loop for a while.

[@stephentucker6548]

@@thetvbaby83 - Yeah, we went swimming today and I recalled all the times that I had to put sun block on her when she was just a little tyke. Time moves pretty fast! At least this summer we were able to share a few cocktails at the pool, so that was nice. Like you say, good and bad. Take care and give your young one a hug for me!

[@VadersFist95]

What a boomer thing to say? Of course kids play with toy cars

[@hanniballecter4924]

OMG Penny racers were 99p and I loved them. I'm glad you remember them as none of my friends could.

[@beerdrinkingdwarf7139]

I have a few star wars micro machines, a Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon, and X-wing (Also a few Trek micro machines as well)

[@jimb.7523]

Man, seeing this brings me back. I still have the Hoth and Endor playsets and I think a few more I have in a box upstairs in my bedroom. As for the individual figures and starships I had, I gave a majority of those to my best friend's cousin several years ago. Only kept the few I didn't have in the Titanium line (like the Mon Cal Cruisers, Nebulon B Frigate, and the SotE vehicles).

[@sampoernaquatrain1710]

Still have tons of these; they were awesome! I particularly love the tiny versions of the transforming head playsets that came in 3-packs (today they would be blind-bagged and cost 10 bucks each). Do part 2, and cover Action Fleet separately because it was its own thing and a bigger scale.

[@DaBigCheeso]

I remember these, I was actually more into the Star Trek ships they did at the time though

[@ia5662]

These came at the PERFECT time! They were easily afforded by kids and created whole worlds that we could play in and didn't take up much space, which I'm sure our parents liked. My brother and I were already into the micro cities and such and the second I saw these Star Wars ones I had to have it. I got the Hoth set and my brother got the Death Star. We ended up getting quite a few each and I've since collected all the opening heads. I still have every mini figure and vehicle that came with them. Although once POTF2 came around I really wanted the Millennium Falcon and my mom got me the Micro Machines one instead. I was so bummed!

[@martok2112]

I used to have multiples of some of the MM ships. The thing that grabbed me was that, to my knowledge, it was the first time the CR-90 Corellian Corvette/Tantive IV/Galactic Cruiser/Blockade Runner/Princess Leia's Consular Ship...aka my alltime favorite ship design in the Star Wars universe....made it as any kind of collectible miniature.

[@michaelcarter9138]

Man i still have my from the 90s i have hundreds of this Micro Machines star wars start Trek in Babylon 5 and a lot other ones still a kick out of them still collecting💥👍👌

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Loved these. First real taste of Star Wars toys before the 90s Power of the Force line. Still have most of them. Loved Micro Machines in general, too. So cool. Enjoyed them more than Hot Wheels.

[@bofo85]

I loved those Star Wars Micro Machines sets!

[@luigiman425]

I had the Dagobah set, Tatooine set, and a larger Death Star and loved them!

[@deadmaninc0101]

Part 2! You can talk about the transforming head playsets, the big box sets, and the micro head mini playsets, including the promo ones from Pizza Hut

[@marvelpg]

I love these...especially when you have space constraints they are great and let's you capture great moments from the movies.

[@toomanyhobbies8351]

This was my favorite SW toys.

[@mrstacyj9496]

before your time (1964?), my favorite box of toy soldiers were 1 inch tall, hand-painted figures from Louis Marx - something like micro-machine miniatures

[@stuartrandall2584]

My favourite star wars toyline after the 1977-1985 kenner/palitoy run

[@shaunmitchell2069]

Hell yeah junkman do a detailed show on each line . I want to see all 114 sets too. Don't remember that second series being as cool as they are.

[@jimb.7523]

3:10 - *Ahhh. The good ol' days when Boba Fett's ship was actually called the "Slave I" instead of just "Boba Fett's Starship" by PC idiots....*

[@nostrem82]

those where pretty awesome loved micro machines

[@tomlevier3615]

Cool stuff. I remember the micro machines.

[@genesanford9412]

Kickin ass & takin names when it comes to these hella cool obscure S.W, stuff! - interesting! Just remembered my fave S.W.,s item : Sega 32X 'Star Wars' game !

[@laksivrak2203]

The micro machines were awesome in the early 90’s!!!

[@weeold]

Yeah definitely do one for the action fleet line. Especially with jakks pacific making a spiritual sequel to that line

[@MikeFarnhamGalaxysEdgeGroup]

During that time Galoob had giveaways to those if us in the UseNET starwars groups - those were the days!

[@zar264]

Would love a part 2!

[@constancecherry3996]

I remember these

[@MAGICMONKEY52]

I still have the original Micro Machines that they initially put out in the 90's still in their packaging. I was tempted to open them but thought of the later on value and kept them sealed. Probably not worth much more than what I originally paid for them.

[@francoisregis2155]

They were fun sets bought a couple of ships cuz they were cool the sets where interesting I got a few it was special to have those micro sets and the heads who could transform into sets. They didn’t took much place

[@johntherailfan3754]

I still have some newer Micromachines, including an X-wing and a golden Tie fighter.

[@stuartrandall2584]

Also part 2 please

[@tombutler6451]

These are pretty cool tbf but never got into Micro Machines full stop!

[@ciscodeer9094]

Dude Junkman I have the Hoth playset and the Endor playset

[@Blackout5871]

A friend and I went halfsies on the Death Star set. All I wanted was the R2D2 mini but he stole it first and tried to pretend it didn't have one. Well, joke's on him. He's in prison and I got a R2 mini.

[@mattmc5069]

Random question: are you gonna cover the Micronauts toys from the 1976-1981 line? I loved the comic as a kid and saw a few on ebay. Did you look down on them as a kid or did u like them as much as star wars? Would be cool to see you discuss them to

[@stuartrandall2584]

Also junkman what about the Action fleet range there were some good toys in that range

[@acrodave9287]

In my last comment on the Virago video I said I had the micro version. It isn't, it's the Action Fleet version! I keep mixing up the two lines, because I'm an idiot! Didn't really like a lot of the Micro playsets because of the weird out of scale elements like the size of the figures compared to the vehicles, but I do have the big full globe Death Star that unfolds into a multi-level playset. Nice!

[@francoisregis2155]

Yeah I remember that

[@captlazer5509]

Have the Galoob Death Star. I heard from someone who designed and built prototypes for Galoob in the 90's, that George Lucas loved it because it was not a section but the whole Death Star.

[@theflyingninja1]

Would be great if you could go more in depth with this line.

[@tomlevier3615]

What about a video on the Star Wars Bend 'Ems?😆

[@ThatJunkman]

Done

[@metroidomega80]

Is the intro a call back to the Funimation title?

[@woncarlos7494]

Do part 2 you SOB