Oberon (Micronauts)

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Oberon
Micronauts character
Oberon-box.jpg
Oberon toy box
Created by

Mego
Release number

71034
Information
Species Star Stallion
Title Vehicle For the Leader of the Micronauts
Abilities

Alternate mode

Wheeled horse

Oberon is a fictional character from the Micronauts series introduced in 1977. He was the Star Stallion partner to Force Commander.

Micronauts

Oberon is the horse (or Star Stallion) partner of Force Commander. He combines with Force Commander to form a centaur or wheeled centaur.

Oberon also seems to be the name of an unrelated character in the Hasbro Micronauts toy line.

Development

The toy for Oberon was first developed as Panzeoid for the Steel Jeeg series.

The Oberon toy was designed by Iwakichi Ogawa and was filed for US patent in 1977.[1]

Oberon was released by Mego in 1977. He was also release by Airfix and Pin Pin Toys.

Palisades released a boxed set of Force Commander with Oberon in 2002.

In 2018 Mathew Robert Ignash released several parts for Oberon on Shapeways.

Fictional biography

Vehicle for the leader of the Micronauts

Comics

1979 Marvel Comics

Prince Argon becomes the Force Commander

Oberon appeared as the horse of Prince Argon. He controlled the horse with telepathy. Prince Argon and Oberon were joined in the form of a centaur in an experiment by Baron Karza.

2016 IDW Publishing

In Micronauts 6 by IDW Publishing Baron Daegon enerchanged into a centaur form.

Toys

  • Mego Micronauts Oberon (1979)
A recolor of Takara Panzeroid.
This toy shares most of his molding with Andromeda and Megas. He was remolded with a new head into Lantaurion and Pegasus. This mold was also recolored into Star Knights Metallion, Steed and Vigilante.
  • Airfix Micronauts Oberon (1977)
  • El Greco Oi Astpomaxhtes Oberon
A release of the toy in Greece by El Greco.
  • Gig Nuovi Micronauti Oberon
A red/which recolor of Oberon released in Italy by Gig.
  • Pin Pin Toys Micronauts Oberon
A release of the Mego toy in France by Pin Pin Toys.
  • Palisades Micronauts Force Commander with Oberon (2002)
Released as a set in a variety of colors including white/red, clear/black and translucent red/white.
Palisades also produced a rare gold gold/white set as a gift to say "thank you" to certain members of the Yahoo! Groups Micropolis Embassy mailing list for all their help in the series 1 production.
  • Hasbro Revolution (2017)
A box set of figures appearing in the Hasbro stories by IDW Publishing comics.
Includes tiny figurines of classic characters of Acroyear, Baron Karza and Biotron. There is an Antron called Xant, a female Space Glider named Phenelo-Phi, a Time Traveler named Quin-Tillus and new characters using the classic Micronauts names Oberon, Betatron and Gammatron.

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