Granite (Rock Lords)
Granite is a fictional character from the Rock Lords series introduced in 1986. He is a member of the heroic Rock Lords in Boulder's tribe.
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Rock Lords
Granite is a heroic Rock Lord made of granite.
Development
Granite appeared in the 1986 Tonka's World of Entertainment catalog as the Marbles toy in an alternate color scheme. Meanwhile the toy solicited as Marbles was the Granite mold in an alternate color scheme.
Reception
- Granite review on YouTube by Edward Hancock
- Granite review on YouTube by predaking79
- Granite and Saberstone review on YouTube by Take Walker
Fictional biography
A happy-go-lucky rock with a ready laugh, Granite is truly a "gentle giant". But put him in the thick of the fight and he's one of the most fearsome combatants on the battlefield. Despite its ordinary appearance, the T-Gun's shiny bullets will pierce anything and that's enough to send any evil rock running for cover!
Animated series
Boulder first appeared in the 1986 film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords among the of heroic Rock Lords on the planet Quartex.
Comics
Fun Publications
Granite appeared in the Fun Publication story Echoes and Fragments. In the amalgam reality created by Sideways and Gong, Granite and the Rock Lords filled in for Wreck-Gar and the Junkions during the events of The Transformers: The Movie. After Boulder's tribe made peace with the Autobots and Guardians they celebated by dancing. Motosan and Bullseye showed off their moves to Granite.[1]
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".
Tonka
Granite appeared in the 1986 Tonka pack-in comic story "Powerful Living Rocks Face a Deadly New Peril".[2]
Toys
- Tonka Rock Lords 7500 Granite (1986)
- Turns from rock to Rock Lord. The US release comes with a red "T-Gun" rifle.
- Bandai Rock Lords Granite (1986)
- Although the toys were identical for the North American and European releases of Granite, the packages were different. Comes with a grey "T-Gun" rifle. 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
References
- ↑ Jim Sorenson (w). "Echoes and Fragments" Ask Vector Prime (February 10th, 2016), Fun Publications
- ↑ http://www.ikp.uni-koeln.de/~scholl/rock/rock/diverses/comics.html
External links
- http://plasticandplush.com/2015/07/retro-review-rock-lords.html
- http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/1986/granite
- http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Granite/granite.htm
- http://www.rocklords.co.uk/2016/05/granite.html
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