Christmas Toy Aisle Zen (1979): Micronauts

December 23, 1979. (Steve Barnett/The Seattle Times)

The Micronauts stuff is on the left. Start on the bottom shelf. See the Rocket Tubes?

Micronauts Rocket Tubes

Go up one and you’ll see a much smaller box. That’s the Warp Racer.

Micronauts Warp Racer

Micronauts Warp Racer-2

Go up one more and you’ll see part of the Battle Cruiser box. Right next to that is the Star Searcher.

Micronauts Battle Cruiser

Micronauts Star Searcher-2

(First image source: Seattle Washington Archive)

4 Responses to “Christmas Toy Aisle Zen (1979): Micronauts”


  1. leftylimbo's avatar 1 leftylimbo December 17, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    YES! I totally remember that Torque Twister Motor. Man that thing had a ton of torque! I remember being impressed with its design, how they used the thrust nozzle/cone as the knob to torque it up. Those rubber wheels also had great grip, so whatever you stuck that thing to would take off! Heck yeah!

  2. K.E. Roberts's avatar 2 2W2N December 17, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Doesn’t this stuff just make you salivate?

  3. leftylimbo's avatar 3 leftylimbo December 18, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    A-yup! Never saw that Star Searcher before. Trippy.

  4. Ed's avatar 4 Ed February 7, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    I was looking at all of the Micronauts and I loved these toy, but none of my friends had these and expressed no interest in them when they came over to play. Was I the only one in my town buying them from our Kmart? Weird.


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