Magne Acroyear 2005

MGA-01/MGA-02/MGA-03

TAKARA released Magne Force Microman in the spring of 2005 and marked the first series of Microman for the 2005 Series. The Magne Force consisted of a total of six figures - three Magne Microman (MGM) and three Magne Acroyears (MGA). TAKARA split the release into two waves with the first wave comprised of MGM-01 Achilles, MGA-01 Phobos and MGA-02 Atlas and the second wave comprised of MGM-02 Theseus, MGM-03 Icurus and MGA-03 Metis.

Magne Force figures are simply some of the best Microman TAKARA put out for the new 200X series. Each Magne Force figure has strong magnetic joints with nice tight standard joints. The armors fit well to the figure with little or no problem. TAKARA seem to have greatly improve the 3mm connections on the new series. While the skinny skeleton body frame might appeared to be fragile, the figure is actually very well constructed and very sturdy. Magne Force 2005 Magnemo body also contains many 3mm ports and allows for more fun interchangeable with the other Force series. Each Magne Force comes with several chrome accessories parts and 3mm to Magnemo-8 connector parts that when combined with the parts from other figures from the same team allowed a Magne Microman to transform into Magne Griffon Mode and a Magne Acroyear into Magne Odyssey. The Griffon and the Odyssey are reminiscence of the old Titan Space Knight jet mode. These parts also double as "weapons" for the Magne Force figures, though this was a bit of a stretch and the only weak part of this otherwise excellent series.

MAGNEMO-8 Crossed with Timanic

The Magne Force series marked the return of Magnemo toys to Microman. However instead of using the Titan name, the new series uses the "Magne" name from 1999 Magne Power line. The 2005 Magnemo body uses both the smaller vintage Titan Magnemo-8 and the larger Magnemo-11 for the joints. The Magnemo-8 balls are used for arms and legs and a single Magnemo-11 ball is used for the core waist. The usage of both Magnemo-11 and Magnemo-8 allows for some very cool Interchangeables with older Microman Magnemo toys. The Magnemo body usually gives the Titan figures some great articulations but by combining with the Full Action Body style these figures can do some pretty interesting poses. The shoulder joints even have the same double joints design as the standard Microman Full Action Body.

The body design more closely resembles another Microman spin-off series from 1978 called "The Space Traveler Timanic". The Timanic featured a 7" tall Microman-like figure with magnet light-up gimmick that was used in Microman Police Keeper line. Timanic series only lasted about a year (1978-79) and consisted of only a handful of figures and vehicles. The Magne Force body is build around the chromed "skeleton" frame with clear chest and each comes with armor pieces that can be attached to the body. In fact MGM-01 Achilles color scheme clearly resembled that of Red Timanic 1 figure which had the same red armors and even the same clear orange parts. Magne Force also adds for the first time a "light port" feature, which allows light to shine thru and give the figure a glowing eyes effect. Magne Force figures also have magnetic feet that allow them to stick to metal surface.

MGA-01 MagneAcroyear Phobos

Phobos is the leader of the Mage Force Acroyear side. He has dark blue armor and come with spinner wheels which double as his hammer/saw weapons. The Acroyear side do not have the humanoid like face but instead they all wearing "death mask" style helmet. Phobos is mostly dark blue with also dark blue inner body. (His color scheme is also taken from the old Timanic series) Like the Microman, Acroyear Magne Force also has Greek-Roman Mythology names. Perhaps the reason TAKARA avoided calling these guys Titan is because now there are bad guys and they want to reserve the Titan name for the good side.

MGA-02 MagneAcroyear Atlas

Magne-Acroyear Atlas is the second member of the Acroyear side. He has smoke clear armors and clear green body. While the smoke clear parts usually look pretty nice on Microman figure, the clear green inner body just doesn't work too well with the smoke armors and Atlas end up the least attractive of the three Acroyears. There was no smoke clear version of Timanic but there was a black color. Personally I think Phobos would have look really nice in black armors.

MGA-03 MagneAcroyear Metis

Magne-Acroyear Metis is the third member of the Acroyear side. The name Metis is also from Greek-Roman Mythology (and also name for many celestial objects) which is in keeping with the old Microman Titan series naming convention. Metis is actually a goddess in Greek Mythology, but TAKARA never make quite clear if Acro Metis suppose to be female. (I thought that Metis is female from the promotion picture). Metis has yellow armor with amber inner body and is probably the best looking of the Magne Force figures.