in 2002 Palisades Toys acquired the rights to manufacture a new line of "Micronauts" toys from Abrams Gentile Entertainment, LLC; the company which was formed in the aftermath of Mego’s collapse to retain and manage Mego’s licensing contracts, rights and deals. This licensing agreement was done by Palisades under the assumption that the original manufacturing tooling and molds from the 1970s Mego toyline were still available. 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.