Emperor (Micronauts)

For other uses, see Emperor.

Emperor is a fictional character from the Micronauts series introduced in 1981.

Micronauts

The Emperor (sometimes called the Big Emperor) was designed to combine with Megas to form a centaur.

Waiting for you, just past the Spacewall…

The Jeeg toy was designed by Iwakichi Ogawa and was filed for US patent in 1976.^[1] Emperor was released in 1980 by Lion Rock and Gig.

In 2002 Palisades released a set of Emperor and Megas.

Concept art for a new version of the Emperor was done by Dave Waugh as part of Palisades wave 3, although the figure was never produced.^[2]

Concept art for a new version of the Emperor was done by Will Jones as part of Palisades wave 3, although the figure was never produced.^[3]

ATR Hobby released a custom figure called Overlord which were inspire by the Emperor.

In 2018 Mathew Robert Ignash release parts for Emperor on Shapeways.

In February 2026 Super7 teased a new Emperor ReAction+ figure on Facebook.^[4]

Emperor in IDW Publishing comics

The Emperor appeared in the 2016 Micronauts series by IDW Publishing.

The Emperor appeared in Micronauts number 4 by IDW Publishing.

According to a 1981 commercial by Gig, Emperor and Megas were born from volcanic eruptions of gold and lava on the Planet of the Micros.^[5]

A remold of Baron Karza with a new head, sword and cape.

This figure was also released as Inter-changeables Lord Meto.

According to Bill Baron of Mego, Gig produced 400,000 Emperor of this figure.^[6]

The rubber cape was replaced with a cloth cape.

Comes with a new Imperial Battle Armor accessory designed by Brian Wilkinson.

Released as a set in a variety of colors including black/gold, translucent green/silver and white/purple.

This figure uses basic body design from Micro Steel Jeeg.

A new 1:18 scale o-ring style figure with a backpack accessory.