Lords of Light Action Figures Identification Tool with Pictures

These molds had been granted to PAC to settle debts owed to them. However, the company took additional steps to salvage what was left of Mego. They employed the company’s former employees. They also obtained trademarks, copyrights, and many more assets from their former partner. With all this set in place, they were ready to realize their logo: “Tomorrow’s toys today”.

During a fishing trip, Ruzzi had watched his son and friends play with lite-up sticks from American Cyanimid. The boys even stuck some of these sticks into their action figures. This event inspired Ruzzi to come up with a series of action figures that would use American Cyanimid’s lite-up sticks to glow in the dark.

With the assistance of American Cyanimid, Ruzzi was able to convert the Micronaut molds into the Lords of Light. Each of these toys came with a set of three “Emralyte Power Rods”, which were manufactured by the original lite-up stick creator. The packaging described these sticks as mysterious, brilliant sources of power. Thus, these toys would uniquely emit light unlike any other on the market. Their partnership also allowed them to offer a set of 6 sticks for $3.95, for any who required replacements.

As Pac Toys prepared to launch the Lords of Light in 1984, they developed an extravagant live-action commercial campaign. As many pieces of media did during the early 1980s, the commercials featured a text crawl that was similar to those seen in Star Wars. The commercials both explained how the Lords of Light toys glowed and displayed the battle between the Izzurians and the Evilites.

Meanwhile, PAC toys included a small comic book that explained the history of the Lords of Light with each action figure. This comic, with art from Howard Nordstrand, folded up into a compact 3.5” by 2.5” rectangle that sat next to the action figures. Along with the Emralyte Power Rods, each action figure also included an accessory weapon.

PAC Toys designed the Lords of Light with three elements to the toy line. First, there were the heroic Lords of Light, members of the Izzurian species. These peaceful people were one of two people who lived on Planet Izzur, notably named after PAC’s founder, Ruzzi. They shared the world with the Evilites, malicious creatures who crawled out of their caves in the cover of night. Finally, there was a full line-up of vehicles that would have accompanied these toys.

As described by the comic strip, the Lords of Light were formed to help the Izzurians obtain precious Pristillium, which would be used to create Emralyte, from the depths of the Evilite’s domain. They required this element to stem the imminent freezing of the surface as the planet’s twin suns waned. They also served as protectors of their future leader, Prince Futurion.

There were four members of the Lords of Light. First, there was Lord Luma, the greatest Izzurian Warrior and guardian of Prince Futurion. Then, there was the future king and protector of the Izzurain secret powers, Prince Futurion. The Lords of Light also included Leborid, the Izzurian mobile battle computer that helped invent the Command Robot, and the Izzurian power horse, Equestrian.

Opposing the Izzurians were their sworn enemies, the Evilites. These creatures would emerge from their underground network of caves only during the night because they could not stand the green glow of the planet’s suns. Otherwise, they remained underground, plotting the annihilation of the Izzurians.

The Evillites were led by the ruthless Emperor Dementia, who had sworn to kill their enemies. Then, there was the Evilites’ reptilian killer, Topen. The other two members were Nepos, the swift insect-like Evilite annihilator, and Toriac, the dread bat-like Evilite creature.

PAC Toys also planned to create a series of vehicles that the action figures could ride in. Each of these toys appeared on the back of the cards. The Izzurian Space Vehicles would have included the Searcher, Electro Torque All Terrain Vehicle, C.A.P. Con 1, Cosmic Raider, Emralyte Defender, and Hyper Flyte

Even though the Lords of Light launched in 1984 with all of these elements in play, PAC succumbed to its own financial troubles shortly after. Thus, the release of this toy line was disrupted and came to an abrupt end. Even though former employees have claimed that the entire line-up was produced, few of the Lords of Light action figures have surfaced. For the most part, only the four Evilites have been successfully identified. Moreover, the translucent plastic that PAC used is notoriously brittle, so few figures have survived to this date.