A good battle will make his day as he rushes heedlessly at the enemy swinging The Reaper wildly and laughing at his foes as they retreat from the twirling scythe." This evil warrior cares about only one thing: destroying good rocks! The last thing Tombstone wants to hear about this peace. Wielding his Ax-Rifle with deadly accuracy, he assaults foes scattering rocks and pebbles as he goes."īio: "Tombstone lives to fight. Magmar lives to conquer the rock planet Quartex. His domineering personality and physical strength make him a fearful presence to all but the most brave. Blast Rock: Blasts his way through the baddiesīio: "Magmar is the most cunning and evil-minded of the Rock Lords.Rock Roller: Revved up and ready to roll.All four combine to form the Fossilsaurus (Japan: Gattai Saurer).Bio: A sparkling warrior who crushes evil.Pulver-Eyes uses The Arrestor to latch on to enemies and reel them in." When it comes to a fight, his temper is fierce but he's quick to forgive and forget. His magnetic pulse ray "attracts" bad rocks and turns them into magnetic heaps!"īio: "Pulver-Eyes is a resourceful and strong with a reputation for snacking on rocks of all shapes and sizes. The other warriors give him a hard time about his crazy notions but Crackpot can think of good ideas that save them from a jam. ![]() 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!"īio: "Crackpot's name describes his personality-slightly goofy. But put him in the thick of the fight and he's one of the most fearsome combatants on the battlefield. Nuggit's Tri-Gun does triple duty: the top barrel hypnotizes the second barrel paralyzes the third barrel revives the unlucky victim for questioning."īio: "A happy-go-lucky rock with a ready laugh, Granite is truly a "gentle giant". Nuggit is very proud of his shiny finish. In the heart of the battle, he scatters enemies with stungun blasts and zaps them with his Power Sword."īio: "Though he's a robot, Nuggit is worth his weight in gold! He's smaller than the other rock warriors but brave and bold beyond his size. His fiery temper strikes fear into friend and foe alike. Boulder has rallied the remaining free kingdoms of the planet under his leadership. For instance, there was a lunch box, and a coloring book from a publisher named Golden.Bio: "Brave and wise with an awesome physique, Boulder leads the defense of Quartex against Magmar's villainous plots. In addition to action figures and vehicles, the Rock Lords were merchandised in the 1980s with other collectibles. ![]() These variations are difficult to find…and really, really expensive. There was a whole subset of these guys from the planet Quartex called Jewel Lords (with names like Solitaire, and Flamestone), and another subset called “Fossil Lords” as well. “Terra Roc” was a pterodactyl, or something like one.Īnother intriguing thing about the Rock Lords line of toys is that there are apparently class differences at work in the “rock” culture. ![]() The denizens who had not yet picked a side, and whom I guess were supposed to be like the animals of the rock world, were called rockosaurs. The minions of Magmar included Brimstone, the two-headed Styx-and Stones, Slimestone, Tombstone, Stoneheart, to name just a few. The protagonists in the Rock Lord universe - in addition to those named above - included Boulder, Crackpot, Marbles, and Pulver-Eyes. Unlike Transformers or even the GoBots, the Rock Lords didn’t actually transform into vehicles…they just transformed into… rocks. That may sound highly uninteresting and totally lacking in creativity, but the action figures were extremely well-made and durable, and could function as either ‘character,’ essentially, or a puzzle. Margot Kidder voiced the Rock Lord Queen, Solitaire, and Roddy McDowall played Nuggit, who was the R2D2-like character of the group. In 1986, an animated feature film called GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986) was produced, and it involved the GoBot Guardians (essentially the Autobots of this universe…) protecting “ powerful living rocks” from the likes of the Renegade Cy-Kill and the leader of the evil Rock Lords a gent named Magmar (and voiced by Telly Savalas). The Rock Lords were a strange if not-entirely successful spin-off from Bandai’s and Tonka’s successful GoBots line that proved popular in the mid-1980s, at least before being eclipsed in the pop-culture by the very similar Transformers. Thirty years ago, in 1986, toymakers Bandai and Tonka introduced a generation of kids to…the Rock Lords.
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