Power Lords
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Power Lords - The Extra-Terrestrial Warriors is a science fiction
themed action figure
line produced by Revell
in 1983. Revell hired Wayne Barlowe
(author/artist of Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials
) to design the toys.
Each figure has an action feature. Adam Power can change into Lord Power by pushing a button to turn his torso around to reveal the Lord Power side; Shaya is a 2-sided figure who is changed by turning her cape around and removing her helmet; Arkus' wings flap. Each figure also includes a file card, which provides a brief dossier on the character and demonstrates how to initiate its special feature.
DC Comics
published a 3-issue Power Lords comic book
series beginning in December 1983. A video game, board game
, jigsaw puzzle
and coloring book
based on the characters were also released that same year.
Two heroes join Adam Power in the war against Arkus. They are Shaya, the Queen of Power and Sydot the Supreme.
But evil Arkus also has helpers...
Origin: Planet Earth (although the comic version states he is originally from Toran)
Weapon: Power Jewel, Lazer Rifle
The Power Jewel, an item of vast cosmic might, allows Adam Power to become Lord Power, a blue-skinned, red-veined humanoid who wears the gem implanted in his forehead.
Origin: The Ancient Planet Meru
Weapon: Laser Whip
A human-like fur-clad female warrior with a third eye and cosmic might that equals Adam Power. She can change into a red alien form that gives off an intense heat.
Origin: Rana, The Water Planet
Accessory: Binoculars
An alien scientific genius who looks like an orange man-sized, sleepy-eyed Tyrannosaur with game show host-style capped teeth
.
Origin: Hatched at the center of an unknown red sun
Weapon: Wrist lasers
A purple insectoid-like creature with crab-like claws and red wings who leads the evil Extraterrestrial Alliance.
Arkus is nigh invincible - never needing to eat or sleep.
Origin: Flozar VIII, the Frozen Planet
Weapon: Laser Gun
Origin: The Planet Ferrikon
Weapon: The Super Mace (laser weapon)
Ggripptogg used to rule the galaxy before Arkus took over. Now Ggripptogg is reduced to being Arkus' servant, about which Ggripptogg is most resentful.
Origin: The Planet Twearth
Tork could spin his torso and use the natural spikes which covered it as a weapon.
Origin: The Planet Growton
Weapon: Cosmic War Club
Could change its face four times and alter itself in height.
A monstrous three-legged green alien steed with crushing pincer
-like jaws. Trigore functions both as a living starship as well as a sort of cosmic bloodhound
.
Origin: Militron, the War Planet
Could shoot quills from his back. Longs to be as formidable a threat as Arkus.
Origin: The Planet Frigidor.
A long time enemy of Arkus. Once freezing Arkus' wings when demonstrating his ability to shoot icy cold water out of his chest. Drrench is feared throughout the galaxy.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
themed action figure
Action figure
An action figure is a posable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, video game, or television program. These action figures are usually marketed towards boys and male collectors...
line produced by Revell
Revell
Revell is the brand name today of two manufacturers of scale plastic models. The original US company merged with another, Monogram, but now trades only under the Revell name. European Revell Germany separated from the US company in 2006.-Early history:...
in 1983. Revell hired Wayne Barlowe
Wayne Barlowe
Wayne Douglas Barlowe is an American science fiction and fantasy painter. He has paintedover 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time, and Newsweek...
(author/artist of Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials
Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials
Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials is a 1979 science fiction book by artist Wayne Barlowe, with Ian Summers and Beth Meacham...
) to design the toys.
Each figure has an action feature. Adam Power can change into Lord Power by pushing a button to turn his torso around to reveal the Lord Power side; Shaya is a 2-sided figure who is changed by turning her cape around and removing her helmet; Arkus' wings flap. Each figure also includes a file card, which provides a brief dossier on the character and demonstrates how to initiate its special feature.
DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
published a 3-issue Power Lords comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series beginning in December 1983. A video game, board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
, jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces.Each piece usually has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture...
and coloring book
Coloring book
A coloring book is a type of book containing line art for a reader to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic media...
based on the characters were also released that same year.
The story
Adam Power is an earthling, given the cosmic Power Jewel to protect the galaxy from the evil dictator, Arkus. Arkus is a nigh invincible foe, determined to take the Power Jewel as well as Volcan Rock, Adam Power’s secret stronghold, in his quest to conquer the galaxy.Two heroes join Adam Power in the war against Arkus. They are Shaya, the Queen of Power and Sydot the Supreme.
But evil Arkus also has helpers...
The heroes
- Lord Adam Power - Leader of the Power Lords
Origin: Planet Earth (although the comic version states he is originally from Toran)
Weapon: Power Jewel, Lazer Rifle
The Power Jewel, an item of vast cosmic might, allows Adam Power to become Lord Power, a blue-skinned, red-veined humanoid who wears the gem implanted in his forehead.
- Shaya - The Queen of Power
Origin: The Ancient Planet Meru
Weapon: Laser Whip
A human-like fur-clad female warrior with a third eye and cosmic might that equals Adam Power. She can change into a red alien form that gives off an intense heat.
- Sydot - The Supreme
Origin: Rana, The Water Planet
Accessory: Binoculars
An alien scientific genius who looks like an orange man-sized, sleepy-eyed Tyrannosaur with game show host-style capped teeth
Cosmetic dentistry
Cosmetic dentistry is generally used to refer to any dental work that improves the appearance of a person's teeth, gums and/or bite. Many dentists refer to themselves as "cosmetic dentists" regardless of their specific education, specialty, training, and experience in this field...
.
Arkus and His Warriors
- Arkus - The Evil Dictator
Origin: Hatched at the center of an unknown red sun
Weapon: Wrist lasers
A purple insectoid-like creature with crab-like claws and red wings who leads the evil Extraterrestrial Alliance.
Arkus is nigh invincible - never needing to eat or sleep.
- Raygoth - The Goon of Doom
Origin: Flozar VIII, the Frozen Planet
Weapon: Laser Gun
- Ggripptogg - The Four Fisted Brute
Origin: The Planet Ferrikon
Weapon: The Super Mace (laser weapon)
Ggripptogg used to rule the galaxy before Arkus took over. Now Ggripptogg is reduced to being Arkus' servant, about which Ggripptogg is most resentful.
- Tork - The Turning Terror
Origin: The Planet Twearth
Tork could spin his torso and use the natural spikes which covered it as a weapon.
- Disguyzor - The Deadly Deceiver
Origin: The Planet Growton
Weapon: Cosmic War Club
Could change its face four times and alter itself in height.
- Trigore
A monstrous three-legged green alien steed with crushing pincer
Pincer (biology)
A pincer is the part of an arthropod that enables it to carry loads, to defend against other creatures, or to attack prey. In insects, the pincers are usually part of the creature's mandible, and often venom or acid can be injected through the pincer into an enemy during a pincer strike.Some...
-like jaws. Trigore functions both as a living starship as well as a sort of cosmic bloodhound
Bloodhound
The Bloodhound is a large breed of dog which, while originally bred to hunt deer and wild boar, was later bred specifically to track human beings. It is a scenthound, tracking by smell, as opposed to a sighthound, which tracks using vision. It is famed for its ability to discern human odors even...
.
Unaffiliated villains
- Bakatak - The Brutal Backstabber
Origin: Militron, the War Planet
Could shoot quills from his back. Longs to be as formidable a threat as Arkus.
- Drrench - The Savage Soaker
Origin: The Planet Frigidor.
A long time enemy of Arkus. Once freezing Arkus' wings when demonstrating his ability to shoot icy cold water out of his chest. Drrench is feared throughout the galaxy.
Vehicles, creatures, etc.
- Beast Machines - Evol, Savor, Thrash, and Warbot, He-ManHe-ManHe-Man is a fictional heroic character featured in the Masters of the Universe media franchise. In most variations, he is the alter ego of Prince Adam...
-like massively-muscled warriors who are robotic battle tanksTankA tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...
from the waist down. (Designed by Pasquale Gabriele.)
- Power Ship - a red two-seater semi-organic spaceship which features pop out blades as well as a deflector shield.
- Power Patroller – a small one-man heavily armed snowmobileSnowmobileA snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, or sled,is a land vehicle for winter travel on snow. Designed to be operated on snow and ice, they require no road or trail. Design variations enable some machines to operate in deep snow or forests; most are used on open terrain, including...
-shaped vehicle for Adam Power.
- Spyzor - a similar but more organic-looking purple and green small one-man vehicle also known as the Adam Smasher which was made for Arkus and could fire knobby green spheres.
- The Power Transporter - spacecraft/carrying case. (shown in the 1984 Revell catalog but never produced)
- Boulder Blaster - mini playset. (shown in the 1984 Revell catalog but never produced)
- The Exploder - mini playset. (shown in the 1984 Revell catalog but never produced)
- Trap Rock - mini playset. (shown in the 1984 Revell catalog but never produced)
- Volcan Rock - Adam Power’s asteroidAsteroidAsteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
-like headquarters which looks like an active volcano on the outside and a hi-tech fortress on the inside and was referred to in the comic version as a "battlestarBattlestarBattlestars are capital ships from the science fiction universe of Battlestar Galactica, depicted in the original Battlestar Galactica movie and series, the Galactica 1980 spinoff, and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series....
".
External links
- Power Lords Action Figure Guide Loose action figure guide including vehicles, accessories and playsets.
- http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=2720 Cover Art of DC's Power Lords