Starriors

Starriors was a toy line and comic series distributed by Tomy and Marvel Comics in 1984.

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
Backfire	Male	Rammor	Scout Craft		Unlucky. Sympathetic to man once he learns of the Protector mission.
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
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
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.

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