Power Lords

[SofaMan]

Being one of the older members of the board, it's quite possible that most of you don't remember this short-lived line from Revell in 1983. I remember them coming out here roughly the same time as MotU or TF.

Anyway, I managed to pick myself up a complete Arkus, and a complete Disguyzor yesterday. They're in sweet condition too, since these toys were notorious for coming apart at the joints (they are only riveted). I'd actually never even seen a Disguyzor before, or any of the second wave toys! I had to be persuaded that it was a Power Lord toy.

When I was younger I had an Arkus, but that one fell apart, and I also had a Sydot who is long since vanished. I've got an Adam Power that I picked up at a garage sale a couple of years ago.

For the time, they were an interesting line. They were designed by famous sci-fi artist Wayne Barlowe. They had quite good gimmicks that preceded similar gimmicks in other lines like MotU by a couple of years. Their articulation was excellent, with most toys having full articulation (with some allowances for gimmicks). Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, this articulation created durability problems; the riveted joints were notorious for becoming extremely loose and even falling off altogether.

This page has pics of the released toys:

http://www.action-figures.ca/power_lords.htm