Rock People
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The Rock People are characters in the popular toy line Masters of the Universe. The two characters of Stonedar and Rokkon are representative of an entire race of people whose bodies are encased in shells of rock, who can fold themselves over into the forms of meteors. When in meteor form they gain the power of flight as well as near-invincibility.
The Rock People are known as the Comet Warriors.
Stonedar is the leader of his race; a noble and wise warrior who acts as a kind of father figure to the younger, more excitable Rokkon.
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[edit] History
[edit] The Mini-comics
The Rock People were introduced in the Mattel mini-comic "Rock People to the Rescue" in which Stonedar and Rokkon came to Eternia specially to aid He-Man in his battles against Skeletor. Later mini-comics, such as "Escape from the Slime Pit" showed that their race had settled in a village- on Etheria rather than Eternia, presumably to tie in with their appearance on the She-Ra series- and were a quiet, peaceful race, who refused to fight back when attacked by Hordak as fighting was not their custom.
[edit] Cartoon
As the toy line's accompanying Masters of the Universe cartoon series had been cancelled by the time the Rock People hit the toy shelves, they appeared instead on its spin-off series, She-Ra. They were here introduced in the episode "The Rock People" as members of a scouting party from the planet Geolon, who were looking for a new home as their planet was soon going to explode. In-keeping with their mini-comic portrayal, they were a peaceful race who refused to fight, but were left with no other choice but to do so when Rokkon was captured by Hordak. Although initially feeling Etheria was too violent for their race, after realizing that they shared a common bond with She-Ra and the Rebels desiring to live in peace, they eventually chose to settle in a peaceful region of Etheria, known as Spikeheart.
This episode featured a third main Rock Person in addition to Stonedar and Rokkon- the female warrior Granita, who was apparently planned as an action figure by Mattel, but scrapped when they decided three figures with the same action feature was too many. Stonedar and Granita went on to appear in another She-Ra episode "The Light of the Crystal" which also introduced another female rock warrior by the name of Facet.
[edit] Marvel Comics - Meteorbs
The Marvel MOTU comics featured the Meteorbs, members of the Rock People who could transform from meteors to animal forms, who appeared among Stonedar and Rokkon. There were also Evil Meteorbs, led by Gore-illa, who allied themselves with Skeletor.
The heroic Meteorbs were:
- Cometroid: Transforms from meteorb to robot (just toy made. Didn't appear in comic).
- Astrolion: Heroic lion with amazing brute strength.
- Comet Cat: Heroic panther. The fastest of the Meteorbs.
- Tuskor: Heroic mammoth who busts forcefields with tusks.
- Ty-Grrr: Heroic tiger Meteorb.
[edit] Evil Meteorbs
The Evil Meteorbs are villains from the Masters of the Universe toyline. They are renegade members of the Rock People and are associated with Skeletor and his Evil Warriors (as shown in the Marvel MOTU comics). The Evil Meteorbs are:
- Gore-illa(leader): Evil ape with monstrous muscle-power.
- Crocobite: Evil crocodile with crushing jaws.
- Dinosorb: Evil dinosaur who stomps to start quakes.
- Rhinorb: Evil rhino with horrible ramming horn.
- Orbear: Evil grizzly who bashes enemies with his claws.
Though the Evil Meteorbs were made as toys, they didn't appear in any minicomic. However, they appeared in the Marvel MOTU comics, allying with Skeletor and tricking Man-At-Arms and Stonedar into believe that their people was being attacked by each other. He-Man arrived, resolved the misunderstanding, and the Heroic Warriors and Rock People defeated the villains.
