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Metal Man
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Metal Man is a line of toys very similar to Mego's Micronauts.
Metal Man toys, as the name suggests, are die cast figure
with joints at their shoulders, elbows, hips, legs and
knees. Metal Man was distributed by Zee Toys in the US,
and Zylmex in the UK and Japan. Zee Toys/Zylmex is also
known for their M.A.S.H. die cast vehicles and a line
of space toys known as Firebirds. Not featured below is
Roton, the figure second in from the left in this picture.
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Major Mercury
Metal Man toys came in a number of themes. The Corporal
Chrome military line had a variety of soldiers with
guns, stretchers and rafts. The Sgt. Silver Policeman
sets came with a roadblock, a search light and a helicopter.
 Major
Mercury, to the left, came with his sled, a jet pack
and repair unit set. You could also get a NASA rocket
ship to play with. Major Mercury loose is often missing
a transparent visor that attaches to his white helmet.
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Radon
 Radon
was one of Zee Toys' robot lines. This particular Radon
came with an orange space helmet and laser gun. Radon
also came with a recharge capsule and a sky sled. Zee
Toys also made a flying saucer ship for Radon to pilot.
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Questar
Easily one of the heaviest of the Metal Man toys,
Questar is a also one of the less interesting. He comes
in solid gold or chrome or one variation with a blue
torso and gold arms, legs and head. Questar is most
commonly found with a collapsible jet back that is similar
in function to the Micronauts' Space Glider.
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Corporal Chrome
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Navy! The Corporal is the military arm of the Metal
Men. He comes in a variety of packages, including the
boat you see here with it's sticks of dynamite, a medic
set with a stretcher and first aid kit, a flame-thrower
type unit and a jeep playset.
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Sergeant Silver
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Metal Man line isn't limited to robots and astronauts,
Zylmex/Zee Toys also ventured into a police theme with
their metal cop named Sergeant Silver. The sarge comes
in several packaging variations, including the box you
see here, a roadblock and radio backpack kit, and a
search light and bullhorn combo.
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Roton
This
was one of the last Metal Man figures released and he
is pretty hard to come by carded. He only has two variations
that I know of, one includes the recharge capsule, and
one is the Zylmex boxed figure.
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Metal Man Sears Set
This is Zee Toys' 12 pc. Metal Man Set sold as a Sears
Christmas Catalogue Exclusive and included a variety
of Metal Men, Ships and Accessories, including: 2 Astronauts
- 2 Radon's, NASA Space Ship, Sky Sled, Flying Saucer,
Recharge Capsule, Mars Probe, Rocket Repair Unit 7,
Rocket Pack 4 and a Helmet Pack. The set shipped in
a generic brown container.
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Sergeant Silver Playset
The Sarge also came as part of a playset that included
a large plastic Police helicopter he could pilot into
hazardous areas with.
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Major Mercury Playset
In addition to the carded Major Mercury toys, you
could get NASA's intrepid astronaut as part of a set
that includes the Ship that is also found in the Sears
set. The ship stands on it's rear fins, pointing straight
up, when not on a mission into deep space.
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Saucer Playset
Radon also came as part of a Saucer set. The most
common form is the grey and orange saucer, but Zee also
released metallic blue and metallic green saucers as
part of a Sears set.
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