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Micro Machines
Pocket-sized miniature toy cars, planes, and playsets that folded out of larger vehicles.
- Era
- 80s
- Released
- 1987
- Category
- toys
- Availability checked
- 7/9/2026
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The pitch
Remember: if it doesn't say Micro Machines, it's not the real thing! Micro Machines pocket-sized scale playsets!
Why people remember it
- The insanely fast-talking commercial announcer (John Moschitta Jr.).
- Fold-out micro city playsets shaped like toolboxes or giant wheels.
- Losing them in the shag carpet because they were so tiny.
Did you know?
- Micro Machines were created by Galoob and were smaller than Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars.
- They had licenses for famous movies like Star Wars and Indiana Jones to make micro playsets.
- The fast-talking commercial spokesman entered the Guinness Book of World Records for speaking 586 words per minute.
How people search for it
“micro machines”, “micro machines toy”, “retro micro-machines”
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Questions people ask
- How small are Micro Machines?
- Most cars are about 1.5 inches long, much smaller than typical 1:64 scale Matchbox cars.
- Who made Micro Machines?
- Galoob originally produced them before the company was acquired by Hasbro.
