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Starriors also had units that didn't exactly fit into the 'robot' or 'small vehicle' catagory. These figures have been grouped in the misc section for easy reference, and include the following fun items below:
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The comics portrayed this as being where man slept. Found ostensibly in the desert in same comics. Basically, a big snake-headed playset. The front end could launch and roll, while the back half opened up into a play area for your starriors figures. Came with a unique 'stinger' vehicle.
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Big red T-rex remote controlled figure. Came with 'Cricket', a clicky device that controlled cosmittors rc movements (the remote had a personality in the comics, natch). Fired small orange disks, referred to as, 'demolishers'. Came with a set of purple guns.
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A black Triceratops looking creature (though it seems more like a ghecco to me), Twinhorn was featured in the comics as being ridden by the bad guys, though the product blurb shows a good guy riding him. :-) Push the button on his tail for tongue-flicking action.
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As the title says. A later-series entry, Windstorm was a bird that could carry a Starriors figure on her back. Came with the usual assortment of yellow guns (same mold as the purple guns on Cosmittor).
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Now these were fun. You could wear this as a ring on your own finger, or put in in certain Starrior robots (such as Slaughter Steelgraves) hands. In the story line, they were used to transfer the consciousness of a Starrior from one body to another (such as when Backfire was transferred into Scooter's old body, and back again). Transfer rings came two to a pack, and in several different color types. The first pic shows bits and pieces of Transfer rings, while the second pic shows you some complete sets:
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This fellow is the cause of much controversy. :-) Starriors and TFs were both released in 1984. For some reason, people put this little fellow into the trailer cockpit of Optimus Prime. Then, 20 years later, people think Prime came with this pilot. :-) Sorry guys, he's with the Starriors. As it happens, the canopys on the transfer rings (above) open easily, allowing the pilot to fall out. Case closed. :-)
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Starriors were apparently released in the UK under the RATS monogram (Robot Anti Terror Squad...hehe, sounds like that organization from the vintage TF Marvel comics that Circuit Breaker headed up). It's unknown whether just a few figures were produced, or if the entire line saw release (no one has seen a UK version of the small vehicles, for example). Thanks to Toy Archive and Alex Bickmore (and ** for this information).
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