The Convertors were a line of action figures manufactured by Select in the 1980s.
Often compared to the more famous Gobots and Transformers, the Convertors were a line of toys which came out at about the same time and featured robots who changed form.
The Convertors licensed some of their toy designs from Bandai just as was done for the Transformers, meaning some of the toys looked very similar. The molds for Convertors were later knocked off by other toy companies. Convertors toys were featured in a display in the 1985 J. C. Penney Christmas catalog.
The Convertors toys featured the conflict between heroic and evil factions, in this case the heroic Defendors (and their Avarian allies) and the evil Maladroids (and their Insectors allies).
Various toys were released in different size classes and price points for the Convertors line, unlike Transformers which would not do such until the release of Transformers: Beast Wars in 1995.
Calypso - parrotFeathers - peacockHoot - owlRex - blue robot eagleRobat - black robot batStandard Defenders
Chopper - helicopter - licensed from Special Armored Battalion DorvackFast Track - train engine - licensed from Galactic Whirlwind SasuraigerTanker - tank - licensed from Special Armored Battalion DorvackWheels - off road vehicle - licensed from Special Armored Battalion DorvackMotorized Defenders
Argonaut - boatAtlantis - boatCpt. Nemo - boatNeptune - boatSuper Defenders
D.A. Tona - white carIndy- blue and white car - similar to Chō Kōsoku GalvionMonty Carlo - blue carX - red carJumbo Defenders
Bull - red bulldozerMini-Bots
City - red Honda City Turbo - similar to the Diaclone Skids toy.Sports - silver Toyota SoarerVan - black Onebox Nissan Vanette - - similar to the Diaclone Ironhide toy.Wagon - blue Toyota Hilux - similar to the Diaclone Trailbreaker toy.Crawler - stag beetle - licensed from Beetras Beet-GadolCreepy - beetle - original toyMorphus - locust - licensed from Beetras Beet-GadolScorpio - scorpion - original toyTenticus - spider - original toyStandard Maladroids
Nofka - licensed from Super Dimension Century OrgussSDF-1 - space ship - licensed from Super Dimensional Fortress MacrossSunyak - leader of the Maladroids, licensed from Super Dimension Century OrgussZardak - VF-1 jet fighter - licensed from Super Dimensional Fortress MacrossZark - VF-1S jet fighter - licensed from Super Dimensional Fortress MacrossMini-Motorized Maladroids
Meeshak - grey jetMooriah - white jetTurak - blue jetVolcan - red jetOne of the hotels in Walt Disney World is called Disney's Pop Century Resort, which has different buildings from different decades of the later half of the 1900s. In the lobby are a series of shadow boxes with memorabilia from each decade. In one from the 1980s are various items including a Convertors Sunyak robot.
