Doublerock - Ganseki Chōjin - 'Violent superhuman with two faces'
Gobots Packaging 'Sticks 'n Stones are the living proof that two heads are worse than one. They're constantly at odds with each other. But give them a single purpose -destroying good rocks- and they become an awesome fighting force. The very sight of them charging into battle with their Cactus Club* and Double Duty mace is enough to send enemies flying home!'
* Although the Western cardback text mentions and the mini comic strip above it shows that Sticks 'n Stones uses both a club (Cactus Club) and a mace (Double Duty Mace) he was issued with only the mace. The club pictured is actually the weapon Magmar was sold with in both Rock Lords and Ganseki Chōjin releases. It's likely there was a mixup in marketing with Sticks 'n Stones, Magmar, Crackpot and Boulder's weapons; Boulder described as having a sword.
Japanese Packaging Practical Translation 'They are extremely bad tempered and argue with themselves. An explosion occurs with every punch or kick and his Bomber Punch is the deathblow. One mouth can release a heat ray and from the other a frozen light beam'.
Robo Machine Packaging (shared by all Series 1 and 2 figures and Saberstone and Spearhead) 'Rock Life has evolved upon the planet 'Quartex' in the form of rock "beings", each with their own unique abilities. Conflict exists between the forces of good and evil ROCK LORDS. But just like GOBOTS, good does not always prevail, sometime the evil side wins!'
See main Rock Lords index page for more general details.
Region Codes Used: JP Japan / US United States / CA Canada / AU Australia / EU Europe
NOTE: Location codes only shown where items were known to be released. This list is accurate yet likely to be incomplete.
Gobots Rock Lords Series 1 US/CA Tonka 1986 [Green]
Robo Machine Rock Lords Series 1 EU Bandai 1986 [Green] 1986
Machine Men AU Bandai 1986 [Green] (assortment 1)
Machine Robo Series Ganseki Chōjin JP MRGR-3 Bandai 1986 [Black]
Character Details - Japanese Packaging
Sticks - Left Side / Stones - Right Side
Height: 1.83 metres
Weight: 1.20 tones
Degree of Hardness: 9
Body Type Western: 'Anthracite (coal) & Magnetite: A dangerous combination of minerals that causes sparks.'
Body Type Japan: Cosmic Rock (similar to coal)
Weapon Name Western: Cactus Club* (Sticks) / Double Duty Mace (Stones) [Black US / Brown EU & AU]
Weapon Name Japan: Not named on packaging [Black]
Stamped Japan for Machine Robo and Gobots and Macau for Robo Machine and Machine Men.
Green and Red/Orange Prototype: The rear of Machine Men packaging showed an unproduced black variant with green and red/orange faces differing from the production and prototype models.
