 When Palisades discovered the manufacturing tooling and molds were not available, it turned to the Micronaut/Microman collector’s community to donate vintage toys so Palisades could create new molds to replicate the figures.Most of the Palisades reissues were Mego "Micronaut" figures based on "Takara" designs, but several original alien designs from the original Mego toyline (such as Repto, Membros and Centaurus) were included in the line as well.When initial manufacturing of the Palisades figures was completed and the new, retro line shipped to consumers and stores, many figures were found to have defective or broken parts caused by manufacturing practices followed by the first Chinese factory.