Boulder (Rock Lords)
Boulder is a fictional character from the Rock Lords series introduced in 1986. He is the leader of the heroic Rock Lords.
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Rock Lords
Boulder is a heroic Rock Lord, and should not be confused with the Transformers character of the same name.
Development
Boulder appeared in the 1986 Tonka's World of Entertainment catalog in an alternate color scheme with darker skin and a black helmet.
Reception
- Boulder and Nuggit review on YouTube by peaugh
- Boulder and Nuggit review on YouTube by CYBER-TIGER RETRO TOY SHOWCASE AND REVIEWS
- Boulder, Magmar and Sticks 'n Stones review on YouTube by baltmatrix
Fictional biography
Brave and wise with a awesome physique, Boulder leads the defense of Quartex against Magmar's villianous plots. Boulder has rallied the remaining free kingdoms of the planet under his leadership. His fiery temper strikes fear into friend and foe alike. In the heart of the battle, he scatters enemies with stungun blasts and zaps them with his Power Sword.
Animated series
Boulder first appeared in the 1986 film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as the leader of the heroic Rock Lords on the planet Quartex. His colors matched the prototype toy seen in the Tonka's World of Entertainment catalog.
Comics
Fun Publications
Boulder appeared in Fun Publications Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric episode #11 "On the Rocks". He participated in a mission to GoBotron to sign a peace treaty with the Guardian GoBots.[1]
In episode #27, "Fossil Fallout", Scooter and Nuggit discussed Boulder's failed attempt to bring the Fossil Lords into his own tribe.[2]
Boulder appeared in episode #64-65 "Combiner Wars". Boulder and Solitaire met with Leader-1 and General Newcastle on Quartex. Leader-1 to discuss a tri-planet alliance with Earth and GoBotron. Cy-Kill had Nemesis snatch Boulder and Leader-1.[3]
Boulder appeared in the Fun Publication story Echoes and Fragments. In the amalgam reality created by Sideways and Gong, Boulder and the Rock Lords filled in for Wreck-Gar and the Junkions during the events of The Transformers: The Movie.[4]
IDW Publishing
Boulder, Brimstone, Granite, Nuggit and Spearhead had a cameo appearance among the Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-forms Blurr drove past on Cybertron who appeared in IDW Publishing's Transformers: Robots in Disguise issue #4 story "Devisive".
Lil Formers
Stonedar and Boulder dueled in the Lil Formers comic story "Rockformers".[5]
Tonka
Boulder appeared in the 1986 Tonka pack-in comic story "Powerful Living Rocks Face a Deadly New Peril".[6]
Toys
- Tonka Rock Lords 7500 Boulder (1986)
- Turns from rock to Rock Lord. The US release comes with a red "Power Sword" rifle, while the European variant came with a gray rifle.
- This mold was released in slightly different colors as Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos Battlerock by Tonka, although the Battlerock charachers in the Bandai animated series were colors more like Boulder than Battlerock.
- Bandai Rock Lords Boulder (1986)
- Although the toys were identical for the North American and European releases of Boulder, the packages were different. The US version was released by Tonka and only mentioned the brand as Rock Lords, where the European version was released by Bandai and credited the Rock Lords as a part of the Robo Machines GoBots series.
Gallery
Boulder in the 1986 Tonka's World of Entertainment catalog
Boulder card back
Boulder and Battlerock toys
References
- ↑ "On the Rocks". Written by Jim Sorenson. Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric. October 16, 1986/January 29th, 2016. No. 11, season 1.
- ↑ "Fossil Fallout". Written by Jim Sorenson. Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric. October 9th, 1986/December 8th, 2015. No. 27, season 1.
- ↑ "Combiner Wars". Written by Jim Sorenson. Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric. December 11th, 1986 & December 12th, 1986/February 5th, 2016. No. 64 & 65, season 1.
- ↑ Jim Sorenson (w). "Echoes and Fragments" Ask Vector Prime (February 10th, 2016), Fun Publications
- ↑ http://mattmoylan.deviantart.com/art/Lil-Formers-Rockformers-138551678
- ↑ http://www.ikp.uni-koeln.de/~scholl/rock/rock/diverses/comics.html
External links
- http://counter-x.net/gobots/reviews/rock_lords/boulder.html
- http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Boudler/boulder.htm
- http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/boulder_battle_rock
- http://www.rocklords.co.uk/2016/05/boulder.html
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