Microman Command 3 M17X Type

Takara released Replica Series Microman Command 3 M17X Type in August of 1999. This marked the first time this particular Command type was re-issued.

Ever since Romando re-issued Command 1 and 2 back in 1996 during Microman Two-One series, collectors had been looking toward the re-release of Command 3. Takara, overall, did a great job of replicating these figures. The re-issue came from a brand new re-cast mold and not from the original mold like the previous two Commands. The details matched closely to the original, though not an exact copy, these figures were closed replica versions. The only problem was the head. The original vintage version of Command 3 head was never as good as Command 1 and 2 when it came to details to begin with so the replica version suffered from the "smooth-out" effect and lost much of the details especially around the eyes. This was too bad that Takara could not just remold a new head and improved on the original instead of casting the new mold from the vintage part.

While the head suffer slightly, the rest of the figure actually was an improvement of the original. The replica Command 3 for some reason, posed and stood better than the original with less tendency of falling down. One can do a lot of dynamic pose with these figures without the need of hand support. It appeared Takara replica of Command 3, had better stability than the vintage version.

Takara would followed released of Command 3 with the even more anticipate Lady Command in November. (These was also how these Command Series were released back in 1977 - Command 1 & 2 came out together round April of 1977 followed by Command 3 in August and then Lady Command in November of 1977. This releasing pattern also explained much as to why the last two Command were much harder to find than the first two.)