Blackstar
Galoob produced action figures from 1983 to 1985 after the show's cancellation, attempting to tap into the He-Man boom. The first series was re-released alongside the second and third series of figures with "laser light" stone-sparking action. Evil characters were packaged with demons while good characters were packaged with Trobbits. Trobbits were also packaged individually with Rif, Terra and Gossamer being the tougher ones to find. Warlock the dragon and the Space Ship were each released in two color variations. Also released were Triton, Kadray's flying bull, the Trobbit Wind Machine (with 2 Trobbits) and Battle Wagon. The Ice Castle was constructed with very thin plastic, making it very fragile.
I love these things!!! The box art on the playsets and vehicles are beautiful!!
The figures were released in 3 waves and each good guy came with a Trobbit (the little pink guys) and the bad guys came with the greenish-yellow demon. On wave 2 the villians came with a rainbow of colors of that same demon, while wave 3 villians came with new demons in new molds.
Blackstars dragon-steed Warlock, also came in 2 different colors. The yellow one shown here isn't mine and it is the wrong color. Mine is solid green with a light patch running up his front. The green one also doesn't have a saddle while the yellow one does. Whats weird is although they are basically the same molds, the green one is smooth while the yellow one is scaled.
Starting on wave 2 all of the figures had a flicker light-up gimmick. I've shown the Blackstar with and without it. Anyway, all of the series one figures were re-released with the flicker action except Mara.
Also of note is Klone, the Blue elf guy. He came with removeable arms and legs, which could be traded out and combined with a snap-on chest piece and tail, then he becomes Cloud Cat!
Here are some of mine:
The Ice Castle
Trobbit Wind Machine
Warlock
Carded
Card - front & back
Trobbits- Poulo, Carpo, Balkar, Gossamer & Rif
Demons - The dark green one and the red one are from Wave 3 while the middle one is from Wave 1. All of the ones in the second pic are from Wave 2.
Baddie Henchmen - Gargo, The Vizier, and Neptul. Note the flicker feature on Vizier
Main Baddies - Kadray, The Overlord (main villian) and a Palace Guard
Blackstar and Mara
And finally Blackstar, along with Klone both with flicker feature
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http://www.action-figures.ca/blackstar.htmStars
