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HornetroidHornetroid: Italian-market release

The Fearsome Myriapod From The Far Off Galaxy Of Thoraxid" Hands down the best creature/machine hybrid design done for the Micronauts line, Hornetroid was released in 1979, and came molded in menacing black, orange and purple plastic. A semi large boxed item that featured beautifully rendered artwork by Ken Kelly. In the Italian Gig context, it belongs with the i Micronauti checklist rather than the U.S.-only archive.

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Info

  • Dimensions / scale: Approx. 3.75 in figure scale for standard figures; vehicles, robots, playsets, and modern releases vary by subject.
  • Role: The Fearsome Myriapod From The Far Off Galaxy Of Thoraxid" Hands down the best creature/machine hybrid design done for the Micronauts line, Hornetroid was released in 1979, and came molded in menacing black, orange and purple plastic. A semi large boxed item that featured beautifully rendered artwork by Ken Kelly.
  • Special notes: HornetroidHornetroid: Italian-market release is included as a focused result page so the archive can separate this subject from the preview checklist and show its reference gallery.

Archive Notes

Hornetroid is included from the expanded Gig / i Micronauti checklist supplied for the project. Where the Italian release shares Takara/Mego tooling, the page uses the matching toy-photo archive set and identifies the Italian-market context separately.

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