Sunday Special: Power Lords, Revell

This week's Sunday Special is all about the amazing Power Lords series from Revell.

 

As a kid, I always wanted these but somehow they were rather hard to find around it. Believe it or not, I finally got my first Power Lords action figure as an adult!

 

Revell hired Wayne Barlowe (author/artist of Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials) to design the toys.

 

Each figure has an action feature. Adam Power can change into Lord Power by pushing a button to turn his torso around to reveal the Lord Power side; Shaya is a 2-sided figure who is changed by turning her cape around and removing her helmet; Arkus' wings flap. Each figure also includes a file card, which provides a brief dossier on the character and demonstrates how to initiate its special feature.

 

DC Comics published a 3-issue Power Lords comic book series beginning in December 1983. A video game, board game, jigsaw puzzle and coloring book based on the characters were also released that same year.

  

Sunday Special: Masters of the Universe, G.I.Joe, WWF, Mego, Marvel, Jem, Madball, Power Lords

Remember Modulok from the Masters of the Universe? 22 body parts! Comes from Hordak's evil Horde! Good times.

A few years ago Hasbro made a Rowdy Roddy Pipper G.I.Joe action figure! Just how awesome is that!

Always loved the Mego collection.

Jem! Truely outrageous! But who remember Rio?

 

Madballs!

Last but not least, the mighty Power Lords from Revell!

Mr.T and Power Lords

Here's a better look at two of the action figures we got at the Montreal ToyCon!

ToyCon : Power Lords

One of my most wanted action figure as a kid is finally mine… Power Lords.

Designed by Wayne Barlowe, Revell released in 1983 the Power Lords collection. This was a cool line of action figures but one that I never got back in the days simply because we couldn't find them around here.

Adam Power is an earthling, given the cosmic Power Jewel to protect the galaxy from the evil dictator, Arkus. Arkus is a nigh invincible foe, determined to take the Power Jewel as well as Volcan Rock, Adam Power’s secret stronghold, in his quest to conquer the galaxy.

Two heroes join Adam Power in the war against Arkus. They are Shaya, the Queen of Power and Sydot the Supreme.

But evil Arkus also has helpers…

Lego Power Miners + Power Lords

Happy New Year!

For his birthday, Isaac got the awesome Lego Power Miners Thunder Driller set (#8960). The vehicle itself is big and well built. It comes with 2 miners mini figures and a orange rock monster named Firox. In total there is 235 pieces. Love the details of the drill.

Power Lords are back!

It’s been 30 years since world-renowned sci-fi artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe originally designed the groundbreaking Power Lords toy line released by Revell. Four Horsemen Toy Design have acquired the Power Lords license and signed Wayne Barlowe as a creative consultant to help bring the Power Lords back in action figure form.

Getting to work with Barlowe on the much-anticipated return of Power Lords has been the culmination of a life-long dream for Four Horsemen co-founder Eric Treadaway. Four Horsemen Studios are currently hard at work creating the new Power Lords prototypes that will be revealed during the Power Lords-themed Toypocalypse 3 Art Exhibit occurring in New York at TT Underground in February during New York Toy Fair 2013.

Here's a look at the original collection from 1983! This is one retro collection that I want to get this year.

Marvel Universe and Power Lords

Another Marvel Universe action figure we got was Multiple Man. Its a cool figure for a character we weren't familiar with. Not surprisingly now Isaac wants more Multiple Man!!

James Arthur "Jamie" Madrox, also called the Multiple Man, is associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Len Wein with script from Chris Claremont and art by John Buscema, he first appeared in Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 (February 1975). A mutant with the ability to create instant duplicates or "dupes" of himself.

One of the coolest action figures collection of the 1980s is coming back… Power Lords! Sadly there aren't that many informations available yet but it looks like we will learn more on December 21st, 2012.

The original figures were based on designs by Wayne Barlowe, the famous sf/fantasy artist and designer whose work was the basis for the Power Lords. While the toy line wasn’t successful, it managed to have a two waves of toys, a three-issue miniseries from DC Comics, a videogame for the Odyssey system, a board game and a coloring book. They were produced by Revell, a company mostly known for model kits; these was one of their first and only ventures into toy-making.

Here's a look at the classic original series!