Someone had mentioned that Hasbro had recently aquired the rights to produce Micronauts toys. I fondly remember having Micronauts action figures and vehicles around the time that A New Hope first came out, As they were also around 3 3/4 inch sized and very cool, they would compete for my dollar with the available Star Wars toys. "at the time, Micronauts were marketed to the US by the Mego Corporation"
I came across this article today at comicbookresources.com that claimed that J.J. Abrams was working on a deal to produce a Micronaut movie based on the Marvel Comic book that started in the late seventies. Was Hasbro's move to get the rights to produce the Micronauts a play to produce toys for this movie?