The Metal Men were a cool series of 3 3/4" diecast action figures with no back story. Heavily influenced by the Japanese, many of the characters had THX 1138 look to them.I used to get them at the local hobby shop and like Matchbox MAC used to have make up everything as I played with them. I often wondered who they were, turns out they were anything I wanted them to be.
Check out the 1978 Zee Toys Metal Man Catalog.
that SkySled pose is...er, well...
ReplyDeleteI had the Metal Man policeman and, yes, he looked almost exactly like the cops from THX-1138. I wish I still had him!
ReplyDeleteSky Sled is presenting.
ReplyDeleteI thought Metal Men were Micronaut knockoffs
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That alone makes me want to pick up a few of these things!
Hah, I thought these were Micronaut knockoffs too as a kid. Even though I had that space ship set and one of the army men, I remember them being a lot heavier than the die cast Micronauts.
ReplyDeletethanks for this.
ReplyDeletehad these guys but never knew their back story. had always assumed they were robots or somehow part of the micronauts.