Watch Out: Takara Micro Votoms!!!!

Man, it's been like 9 months since I first spied these little suckers in Hobby Japan magazine. Takara applied their Votoms license to their impossibly small "Micro Machines" toy line. At 1/144 scale, these Votoms are small and I mean teeny!! I will go almost as far to say TOO SMALL. Each mech comes in pieces along with a vehicle. I had to use a tweezers to get the limbs out of the tray to assemble. I'm not exaggerating when I say the head of each of these robots is no larger than a very small pebble. I've wiped smaller pieces of debris out of my eye. Even though these guys are so small, the level of detail as you can see is incredible. I now know why these things were delayed. The poor painters in China or wherever were cursing their bosses trying to figure out what kid would want to play with toys this small. I wouldn't even give these toys to kids for fear of them swallowing a few in one gulp!



I bought a case which comes with ten different sets. Each set comes with a Votom and a vehicle. You will get doubles of each vehicle, but they will be in different colors so you won't have any identical sets. The flying vehicles have stands which is always a plus in my book and they all have the ability to transport the mech which looks really cool. Each set also comes with an even smaller pilot, driver or foot soldier which you can actually place inside each vehicle. Don't breathe too hard or you will blow these guys off the table.



What was really cool is that I paired these Votoms toys up with some train buildings that I got last year. They are N scale buildings, but seem to be the exact same scale which is friggin cool. The high rises are all Japanese skyscapers and you might see a Japanese suburban home as well. These are a must for any Votoms fan. Highly recommended for anyone else that likes really small toys or doesn't have a lot of desk space!!