Starriors
Starriors was a toy line and comic series distributed by Tomy and Marvel Comics in 1984.
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Premise
Set on a future Earth, Starriors involves a trio of robotic groups created by future human scientists: the Protectors, Guardians, and Destructors, each created with a different role in insuring that a solar flare ravaged Earth would once again become habitable by humans. However, the Destructors and their leader, Slaughter Steelgrave, became fearful of deactivation upon the restoration of humanity, and thus sought to claim the planet for his own kind. They apparently succeeded in defeating all of the Guardians, and for a time Steelgrave's Destructors ruled the planet unopposed. However, a group of the enslaved Protectors eventually rediscovered their dedication to humanity, and with a few loyal Destructors and the last of the Guardians sought to reclaim Earth from Steelgrave.
Characters
Destructors
Code name | Gender | Type | Model | Reference number | Notes |
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Deadeye | Male | Cosmittor | Demolishor | 5311 | Character is blind due to damaged sustained in battle. Relies on the guidance of Cricket. |
Gouge | Male | Wastor | Spiked Ream | 5304 | Sadistic and ill-tempered. |
Slaughter Steelgrave | Male | Wastor | Vibro-Chisel | 5304 | Leader of the Destructors. |
Sawtooth | Male | Wastor | Buzzsaw | 5304 | Sympathetic to the Protectors and man. |
Protectors
Code name | Gender | Type | Model | Reference number | Notes |
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Crank | Male | Wastor | Speed Drill | 5303 | Former botanist whose mind was damaged by a faulty transfer ring. |
Cut-Up | Male | Wastor | Chainsaw | 5303 | His "chainsaw" weapon is actually a circular saw. |
Geo | Female | Wastor | n/a | Hotshot's girlfriend. No toy exists. Appeared in the limited Marvel Comics series. | |
Hotshot | Male | Wastor | Duo-Laser | 5303 | Leader of the Protectors. Has successfully turned his weapons against the Destructors. Boyfriend to Geo. |
Motormouth | Male | Rammor | Scout Craft | Talks to much. Spied on the Protectors for the Destructors. | |
Nipper | Female | Trashor | Genius for a scavenging. Girlfriend of Tinker. Suffered memory loss and gained false affection for Crank briefly. | ||
Runabout | Female | Strazor | Coward | ||
Scooter | Male | Rammor | Scout Craft | n/a | No toy exists. Appeared in the pack in comic "The Trap!" A blue recolor of Backfire. |
Thinktank | Male | Rammor | Scout Craft | Depicted in most fiction as blue, despite toy being white. | |
Tinker | Male | Trashor | Enterprising repair assistant. Boyfriend of Nipper. |
Guardians
Code name | Gender | Type | Model | Reference number | Notes |
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Citadel of Dreams | An Armored Battle Station which guards over man as he sleeps. | ||||
Stinger | Male | Comes with the Armored Battle Station. |
Comics
Fun Publicatons
Marvel Comics
Note: The events of the six Starriors pack-in comics seem to take place between issue 1 and 2 of the limited series.