The History of Micro Machines: Fast Talking, Teeny Tiny Vehicles of the 80's & 90's

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Galoob Toys needed a new hit and an inventor from Wisconsin had just what they were looking for.
These tiny, detailed toy vehicles were everywhere in the late 80's and 90's and covered almost every IP from Star Wars to Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and a ton more.
But they we also known just as much for their fast talking commercials.
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@paulp6672 4 года назад

Also highly effective against burglars when your family leaves you home alone when they go on a trip to Paris

@RatelHBadger 4 года назад

To this day I make sure the floor is clear at the bottom of the stairs from Micro Machines, don't want to slip on any and lose my gold tooth.

@JLvatron 4 года назад

@@RatelHBadger TeeHee-ous!!

@mitchellpotts1180 4 года назад

Paul P clever

@shevettejackson. 4 года назад

Lol

@Busto 3 года назад

But, is that more effective than the, possibly lethal, swinging paint can? We may never know

@MrFatshit6 4 года назад

My mom held onto all of my Micro Machines and now my son gets to enjoy them!

@xxKrazyKxx 4 года назад

I wish I still had mine so that son could play with them. Target has the Driven pocket series, but it's just not the same.

@MrFatshit6 4 года назад

@@xxKrazyKxx I really lucked out with my mom having held onto some of my old toys. She kept a lot of stuff that I didn't realize she had until I got a big package in the mail with it in it.

@jonnda 4 года назад

Like a lot of people, I lost mine. I had the Micro machine insiders, with the even smaller car inside. I also used to have the crash dummies, but I lost an arm or something in the backyard lawn.

@user-ir9ri2jh6s 3 года назад

Oh your a green day fan so am i

@mosiarmstrong 3 года назад

Your mom is awesome.

@WeHaveExplosive 4 года назад

I'll never forget (seemingly overnight) Micro Machines becoming the toy you had to carry around in your pockets at school. All of mine were military vehicles; I remember having a bunch of WW2 planes, tanks and the aircraft carrier.

@NobodyUR Год назад

Don’t remember bringing to school that wasn’t a thing in school for me people brought in sports cards and tiger electronics games but toys were never something anyone would bring in. Pretty much I assume they must have just took them if we brought them so might be why. But back on topic I can remember almost anytime I’d play with toys an empty wrapping paper roll and micro machines always came in at some point

@augustf5439 8 месяцев назад

my parents got me into them and now i have like 50 cars, planes, boats and tanks and the aircraft carrier.

@BenjaminHeyman 6 месяцев назад

I think I had all the space themed ones, which are somehow worth a fortune these days

@Dorelaxen 4 года назад

John Moschitta was absolutely brilliant in this role. I didn't even like toy cars, but I wanted Micro Machines just because of those commercials.

@RonJomero 4 года назад

Same. I wasn't into toy matchbox and the like. But I did own Micro Machines. Their marketing was a powerhouse that burrowed its way into every kids' souls. I still miss my Lamborghini Countach Micro Machine.

@User0000000000000004 2 года назад

Somewhere, an advertising executive just came in his jeans because you wrote that.

@PhantomLover007 2 года назад

Can you imagine how fast the kid will talk if John Moschitta and the fast rapper from JJ fad had a baby? Probably name him Aaron Blurr

@CitizenKang 4 года назад

I was sad when MicroMachines stopped making their vehicles with doors, hoods, and trunks that could open.

@malbey3898 4 года назад

Why

@ScarecrOmega 4 года назад

I had the original, deluxe and white version of the Countach, the original was the best.

@nitrokat7597 3 года назад

Hot wheels collectors: first time?

@okamijubei Год назад

Sounds complicated to do so with toys that tiny. One have to have a skills of a surgeon to make such a thing.

@vincentheslin9636 4 года назад

Cleverly designed mini snap together playsets. Creating a modular town and adding the larger city playsets made for an epic afternoon of play. The micro machine man is a 90s icon as far as I'm concerned.

@ryansargent661 4 года назад

I still have many of these including many Star Trek and Star Wars sets, I loved these tiny things.

@rellh8866 4 года назад

Me2

@scifiguy26 4 года назад

And the detail was pretty good on those little ships👍🏾

@LeeroyPorkins 4 года назад

I had cars, army, Star Trek, Star Wars, and the National Geographic Dinosaurs

@SixshotRevan 4 года назад

The Star Wars Action Fleet was the greatest series of Star Wars toys I ever played with.

@RetroActionUK 3 года назад

Incredible line and series of vehicles they covered. Action Fleet was highly detailed with fantastic features, and had much more vehicles than Kenner or Hasbro ever covered by the time it ended in 2003. The vehicle based concept worked phenomenally.

@JamesBrophy 4 года назад

I treasured the back to the future Micro Machines, they were my first. I still have all my B5 and Star Trek ones. Fantastic models.

@UmmYeahOk 4 года назад

BTTF? I swore they were funrise.

@maxhammer4067 3 года назад

Jada has just released bttf and batman 66 89 micros

@andrewtaylor940 4 года назад

I never understood why Hasbro didn't set this one as an Evergreen product line and just keep pumping out sets. It's something that is not real effected by market forces or IP tie ins. Just nice good quality little cars and little plastic playsets to go with them. Other brands are trying to fill that niche now, but none have done it so well.

@kurisu7885 4 года назад

Especially with the licensing potential of some recent media like The Fast and The Furious. Lego is getting in on that action with their Technic line.

@Gift0r 4 года назад

"There is no kid on earth who likes tiny cars and planes and themed playsets that connect to form a bigger playset." -hasbro product research, probably

@andrewtaylor940 4 года назад

@@Gift0r And apparently they showed off a new MicroMachines lineup at New York Toy Fair today. Looks very classic.

@ingreaterdetail 3 года назад

Well since MM were selling so well, Hasbro was probably feeling the pain ($$) and their ego took a bruising, so they bought em out just to shut them down. That’s my guess

@ROMANTIKILLER2 3 года назад

"Good quality" is not something I immediately associate with Hasbro, whose credo seems to be "maximum profit with minimum effort". They are not even able (aka willing) to print decent Magic cards that don't curl like Pringles and those are just pieces of printed cardboards from a production perspective, so I suppose it is wishful thinking having them produce detailed high quality plastic and metal miniatures.

@ericjenness2337 4 месяца назад

Being born in 1981, I'm super familiar with micro machines! They were my favorite!

@Marc_Araujo 2 года назад

Galoob gave us Micro Machines and the Game Genie...simply legendary!!

@ph4110u7 4 года назад

Mega Force, Z-bots, and Action Fleet in a Micro Machine episode?! I was unaware the toy lines I loved the most as a kid were so connected.

@NotBoringFilms 4 года назад

i remember that i used to have some of the micromachines that would light up when you pushed down on them, and i thought they were the most fun thing ever.

@lylearoyii 4 года назад

I had a ton of Z-bots and Voids, but I forgot they were micro machines! They rivaled my transformers collection. I miss those little buggers.

@Johurph86 Год назад

That commitment to the opening bit... *chef's kiss*

@digitalon01 3 года назад

My dad used to buy me Zbots as gifts when I was a kid. I'm proud to say that I still have a good number of them. I now keep them in a toy box at my place for my nephews to play with when they visit.

@dinomonzon7493 4 года назад

John Moschitta, who promoted the Micro Machines was cited in Guinness World Records as the Fastest Talking Man, & he voiced Blurr in the 1986 animated Transformers Movie.

@LeeroyPorkins 4 года назад

And I think he reprised Blur in Transformers Animated

@Randomark3087 4 года назад

I'm so glad you mentioned Z-Bots. Thatwas my favorite toyline next to TMNT. God I miss the 90s!

@jeremycaylor9151 2 года назад

I used to collect and play with Micro Machines a lot when I was a kid, I loved them. Every time I watch Home Alone I get reminded of them.

@itsagundam79 4 года назад

Freaking Mega Force was awesome! To this day I love them and would love a see a video of just them. The VTOL jets were my fave but I loved the missile launching stuff too.

@JRaymisfitartisticmystic 3 года назад

That commercial seriously just took me back to my childhood for a moment. Wish i still had my old collection... So many star wars MMs!!!

@wharfrat74 4 года назад

I had some of these. My fav was a 1954 silver Mercedes 300SL w/ gullwing doors. Tho I gotta say, Penny Racers were REALLY where it was @!

@84gssteve 4 года назад

Loved my Micro Machines! My daughters thought their Polly Pockets were so unique, they were surprised they could make such small toys back in the stone-age!

@JerryD9000 3 года назад

Mega force was hands down one of my all time favorite toy lines. I had a ton, they lasted me years, and were ideal for a small scale military force for my Alien queen to go full kaiju on.

@ShinobiShowdown 4 года назад

I loved these back in the day.

@Chill1332 4 года назад

You know...I was never into toy vehicles. But I couldn't pass up Micro Machines. I loved those tiny little cars. I don't really even know why. Something about them was irresistible. I even still have some.

@adamaldabbagh8396 4 года назад

That opening was the best explanation of sensors and how they work that I have heard.

@bluetopguitar1104 4 года назад

I love these things. They look great on my N scale railroad. I find a few every now and then at hobby Shops and used toy stores.

@yellowgut 4 года назад

Had the pleasure of having a smoke with John machida a few years back, what a great guy, easy going, good conversation. Asked him if he wanted to join us for a beer, he declined.😄

@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 3 года назад

I didn't live through the Micro Machines era, but I've been collecting these things since I was in fifth grade. I'd watch the old commercials and they'd fool me into buying off of eBay. I'm almost 19 now and still love them. I think they were really at their peak in the 80s and early 90s, and those are the ones I collect along with the semi truck series. You can notice a distinct drop in quality of the cars from about 1994 to their fall when sold to Hasbro. The bodies of the cars were made thinner and they were all given the same smaller wheels which didn't always roll very well.

@everetth-top4760 4 года назад

Mega Force! I forgot all about those toys. They were frickin' awesome! Who else agrees?

@nurgle333 3 года назад

I never saw them back in the day, but the commercial in this vid made me want them bad lol

@drozwalker9 4 года назад

I loved Micro Machines and those commercials. I still remember having a few Penny Racers in my mixed mini car fleet.

@miragexl007 4 года назад

My daughter and I met John Moschitta at botcon in Chicago a couple years ago. I don't get into waiting to see anyone at these conventions most the time but He was on the floor just walking round/looking around and was very nice when I looked at him, in awe, and asked if he was He. I, all excited, looked at my 10 year old and said this is the Micro Machine guy....and he went right into a little bit for her. Great moment. Thanks John

@wanaan 4 года назад

I do miss some old commercials. They were pretty fun.

@sicksixgamer2694 2 года назад

One of my happiest dad moments is seeing how crazy my son went when I presented him my micro machines collection.

@adammackanin1109 4 года назад

Z-Bots are still my jam. Galoob was so awesome.

@danielmarchant6772 4 года назад

I just broke out my Star Wars micro machines sets from when I was a kid for my son - he's loved them. I wish they'd make stuff this awesome again!

@ORLY911 4 года назад

I had the white van playset as a kid, I still have it! Used it for my micromachines and my Godzilla toys, haha. So many memories.

@MrJustinOtis 4 года назад

Glad to know I wasn't the only kid who realized that Micro Machines and a Godzilla figure were perfectly scaled for each other.

@Clay3613 4 года назад

Hasbro is worse than Disney when it comes to owning nearly an entire industry!

@deeknoll7864 4 года назад

I'd have to disagree, the fans are also at fault

@johnl6803 3 года назад

Mattel are the same 😂

@OtakuUnitedStudio 3 года назад

Til All Are One!

@joecarroll3371 2 года назад

I just started collecting the Micro Machines revival line last year & I'm happy I've continued to collect them. Now all I need is more of the awesome playsets.

@carlb5558 4 года назад

Nice Firebird shirt, btw. Burt would be proud. RIP

@yoyodynetoys 4 года назад

watching this at 1.5 speed for that vintage, authentic feel :)

@Johnkawesome 2 года назад

its so funny watching these videos saying "oh no micro machines are dead" from before they made a return

@DragonballZDeep215 3 года назад

When i was little my grandma got me the micro machines van that folds out into a city for christmas haha. It was dope.

@recon3113 4 года назад

Love micro machine’s. 😃. After Transformers and GI Joe my fav toys growing up. They were the first licensing giant toy company. Love Toy Galaxy channel.

@billpagan3070 4 года назад

Dan and Greg, I so love Toy History segments!👍😁 I had so many Micro Machines growing up!😁 This one brings back so many good times. Thanks for sharing

@ismaelhernandez4945 4 года назад

Had so many of these. Loved the Star Wars and Star Trek lines.

@FenrirFire18 4 года назад

Didn't have too many as a kid, but I loved them regardless. Always loved it when a friend had the one city, or the big conversion bus! 🤙

@raven4152001 4 года назад

- my brother and I had a bunch of these. He even had a little aircraft carrier that would hold several micromachine jets. Their aircraft carrier was a bit more manageable than the USS Flagg. 😆😆

@raven4152001 4 года назад

@@BennyLlama39 - 😆👍🤪

@Atlas018 4 года назад

I had the M1 Abrams Tank. Somewhat manageable....

@MrColinWarde 4 года назад

I love that aircraft carrier.

@wharfrat74 4 года назад

USS Flagg was an absolute BEAST

@Jimalcoatl 4 года назад

Was that the carrier that transformed into an army canteen? There was a whole set that transformed from army gear to army playset. They were super popular with my friends growing up as an army brat.

@jamese3169 4 года назад

Great video. Man that takes me back and seeing that Black Star commercial. Forgotten childhood memories. Thanks

@tkskagen 3 года назад

Really suprised to see "Micro Machines" back on the shelves again!

@tobiasvosh3878 4 года назад

Dan, you guys NEVER disappoint! I was never into micro machines, but I was entertained and informed. Keep up the amazing work and as always look forward to the next video.

@arceyes 4 года назад

So many good memories, thanks guys. Big love from South Africa.

@hypertion 4 года назад

The power of star wars lol. Used to mean something.. but now its far from palpatines "unlimited power".

@galtenard 3 года назад

I reckon a full length version on the history of micro machines on April fools would have perfect 👌🏻

@paulwilliams1045 4 года назад

Great episode. I loved playing with these as a kid, and now my eldest plays with them whenever he visits my parents.

@TheSandwhichman108 9 месяцев назад

I love the idea of the playsets that fold up into realistic looking car parts and tools like the car battery and gas canister. How cool would a car engine unfolding into a city playset be?

@Mindblazter80 4 года назад

I loved micro machines!! What a great toy in my childhood :)

@jfridy 3 года назад

Good memories. Also there was a game in the 80s called Car Wars, and though it came with paper counters for cars, it was the same scale as Micro Machines, so everyone preferred using them for counters.

@KingofPotatoPeople 4 года назад

Me and my brothers had an elaborate tournament based racing game made up for our Micro Machines. We typed up the rules and printed them out on a dot matrix printer. We had upgrades and power ups......made up back stories for the drivers.....absolutely fantastic

@lukedodson3267 4 года назад

Yes! Pocket toys were my jam when I was a kid and micromachines were the gold standard.

@beltfed4624 4 года назад

Yep, because EVERYWHERE was a place to play with MICRO MACHINES. They were one of my absolute favorites ever. I had the fold out gas can with the elevator, from a birthday trip to Toys'R'Us in like 1990.

@d3vin301 Год назад

I still have a memory from elementary school, we were playing with micro machines in class and the teacher took them away into the "june drawer" you get your items back after the end of school year. hot wheels were fun during recess making mud tracks and tunnels, but the micro machines had to be nice and clean to be able to race on desk tops (hence micro machines video game) I still have that imagination and this video brought back all of the memories

@mercurysorbit5138 3 года назад

We really enjoyed the the play sets that would combine to make a mini city. I remember having the hospital and a house.

@MJFallout 4 года назад

MicroMachines 1&2 on NES and SNES respectively were good. Wish I had had them in their original releases back in the day.

@ironrex6979 3 года назад

Fascinating video! I’m loving this channel. Learning about the history of so many toy lines the successful ones, the ones that didn’t make it big or simply didn’t make it) is addicting. When I saw the micro machine Star Wars vehicle segment my heart jumped. It brought back what felt to be millions of good memories.

@removedbyutube 3 года назад

Thank you for bringing back some great memories! The Micro machines game is one of those obscure memories I have that I will never forget. I wish they would make more games inspired by it.

@AJ72281 4 года назад

Who remembers Micro Machines 64 Turbo for N64.... Such a great couch co-op game..... and it had Dwayne, a character who always said “Let’s Burn” like a true pothead whenever you picked him.....

@MrYuck-ec5do 4 года назад

Giving a like for that Firebird shirt. My favorite car of all time!

@martinwhipkey9343 4 года назад

YES!! I've been waiting for this, Dan! I was a big fan of Micro Machines - still am actually.

@waelalabri7219 4 года назад

This is a nice story about the origin of Micro Machines. The smallest (and cutest) toy cars ever! They made Hot Wheels look like "giants" with their little size. This brings back memories.

@Bt3615 4 года назад

I have to say that Megaforce was insanely cool, probably the best rival of Micromachines ever.

@RetroActionUK Год назад

Agreed! Kenner created a line that ended up being just as cool, if not even cooler than Micro Machines.

@monroetoolman 4 года назад

@5:46 MEGA FORCE! Thank you! I have some of those and have been trying to remember the name for years!

@barryvercueil2346 4 года назад

Thank you for finally making this episode. Including the games was a nice addition.

@FredzDimension 4 года назад

Star Wars Micro Machines were my childhood! It is great to see a video about their history and delighted to see they are coming back.

@KristofferEk 4 года назад

the old Micromachines are still some of the colest toys you can find floating around out there.

@hasbook7156 5 месяцев назад

I still have my power rangers box set I got while on holiday in the UK. We traveled a lot as a kid so I loved everything micro. Loved my mini WWf Hasbros too!

@corylee1737 Год назад

i had a whole collection of these i played with my sister then my mother gave them away to a neighborhood kid when i got older. man do i miss them. been trying to build up the collection again anytime i see them at an antique store ect...

@far22186 4 года назад

I had so many micro machines. Had that van and bunch of Star Wars. Great times

@1ktales 2 года назад

Had completely forgot Mega Force was a thing. That's pretty neat. And hadn't thought about Z-Bots lately. (And I loved Action Fleet.)

@jeremylatham1160 8 месяцев назад

I forgot about mega force too

@rorymonkey 4 года назад

Mega Force!!!! I had some of those as a kid and I have been trying to remember what they are called. Thank you so much!

@tombakabones274 3 года назад

Love the firebird shirt and I still have some of my original micro machines from the 80s

@bjornnoevers7205 4 года назад

I was looking for a history vid, like this, at the beginning of this week. Thanks a lot! Keep it up!

@joshuaH75 4 года назад

NICE SHIRT! The Pontiac Firebird!!

@PhantomLover007 2 года назад

If I remember correctly the micromachine Star Trek figures came out somewhere close to Christmas time. My roommate and I were big Trekkies (we still are). I grabbed a few packs of each of the sets and turned them into Christmas ornaments. I still have them to this day and put them up every year.

@internet_introvert 3 года назад

The bifold Millennium Falcon playset was my treasure through most of the winter of '95-'96 on into the spring. A fantastic time was had until I lost my Han Solo at school

@mrlurchAU 4 года назад

The Micro Machines games are awesome. Definitely worth checking out.

@daviddaskalnojokeradio 3 года назад

This was my favorite childhood toy. I had wondered what happened to them. Hasbro killed the dream. Thanks for doing this, Dan!

@JTKirk 4 года назад

Action Fleet did not end in '97, it not only enjoyed a ToyFare magazine exclusive Dagobah X-wing set in '98, and the line ran through The Phantom Menace's run, enjoying a brief return in the '00s before being turned into Titanium Series.

@RetroActionUK Год назад

That’s correct it originally lasted until 2000 and then came back in 2002-2003.

@KK4CNM 4 года назад

I loved these things, I wish they would bring them back.

@ram-4 4 года назад

I used to love this sh*t as a kid. I had weird favorites, like the Chevy vans, all the boats and planes (F-117A!). 😀They are still (like all my other 80's toys) probably somewhere in the basement! I also loved the computer games where you drove around cereal loops.

@watcherzero5256 3 года назад

Micromachines, one of the best multiplayer computer game series of the 90's.

@greenisnotacreativecolour 4 года назад

I was just the right age for the launch of these. I was so excited when the ones with opening doors and bonnets came out, I distinctly remember them blowing my young mind... I still have them all somewhere!

@jamesmorgan3212 4 года назад

Man I loved micro machines! I still have a few from my childhood. Sadly I lost a good deal through the years due to moving , Divorce and just life. But I think I’d like to start picking a few up .

@chadharris6912 4 года назад

All your videos are so good!! I love your writing and how articulate and well spoken you are about all this fun toy history!! I appreciate your videos and passion!

@brandonpage7087 4 года назад

My childhood!! I had TONS of micro machines!! Sadly, all of them have been lost, over the years. I also remember those awesome ads with John Moschitta. To me, he's always been the Micro Machines man!

@nux3960 4 года назад

Oh man my only experience with micro machines was when I had micro machines on NES and I still loved it, I would've like to own the real ones.

@behindthescenesphotos5133 4 года назад

For all the Star Wars toy videos out there, Action Fleet always seems neglected. A lot of 90s kids remember having to choose between one Action Fleet vehicle or two POTF figures.

@figuredepot 4 года назад

I had several. Still have a couple. They were lots of fun. I even had a blue Camaro with white stripes and my name printed on the rear fender on each side