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
Auntie Tank	Female	Rammor	Scout Craft	5302	Heavily armored. Fought for the return of man when she learned of them.
Backfire	Male	Rammor	Scout Craft	5302	Unlucky. He isn't trusted with lasers because he causes too much damage to his allies. Sympathetic to man, but was loyal to Slaughter in the end.
Bolar	Male	Wastor
Clawgut	Male	Wastor
Cricket	Male			5311	Excitable, deaf and mute. Can communicate with Deadeye by clicking. Killed by Auntie Tank. Comes packed with Deadeye.
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.
Sawtooth	Male	Wastor	Buzzsaw	5304	Sympathetic to the Protectors and man.
Slaughter Steelgrave	Male	Wastor	Vibro-Chisel	5304	Leader of the Destructors.
Slice	Male	Wastor
Speedtrap	Male	Starrunner			Erratic.

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.
Flashfist	Male	Wastor
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.
Ripsaw	Male	Wastor
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.
Twinblade	Male	Wastor

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

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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