Planet Heroes

Planet Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher-Price designed for children, [http://www.ab-z-toys.com/index.php/archives/83.htm Planet Heroes Review, AB-Z-toys.com] ] depicting various heroic characters each identified with a specific planet.

Heroes

* "Zip" from Mercury
* "Dazzle" from Venus
* "Ace" from Earth
* "Digger" from Mars
* "Gustus" from Jupiter
* "Rings" from Saturn
* "Yuri" from Uranus
* "Tune" from Neptune
* "Shiver" from Pluto
* "Star" - a Shooting Star
* "Lunar" - from the Moon
* "Commander" - from the Sun
* "Lola" - Cow that jumped over the moon

Villians

* "Professor Darkness" - Black Hole
* "Photon" - Comet
* "Neutron" - Comet
* "Tiny" - Asteroid
* "Slash" - Red Giant

Background

The characters have features related to those of their namesake planets, and are endowed with special powers and form a team to keep the solar system safe from their enemy, Black Hole, aka “Professor Darkness.” [http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=5481&e=figures Planet Heroes Characters, Fisher-Price.com] ]

Comic Book/Website

The Planet Heroes site includes online comic books, that allows users to either click or pull virtual page corners to turn pages. [http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=5476&e=comic Planet Heroes Comic Book, Fisher-Price.com] ]

Comic # 1 "Ace in Space"-The Planet Heroes are depicted traveling to Pluto to mine pluterium as a means to stop Black Hole’s Negatronic Cloud from destroying the solar system. Users can download a printable version of the comic book that parents can read to younger children.

Comic # 2 "The Ace that Jumped Over the Moon"-

Also on the Web site is a section called the “Solar Lab” that presents facts of interest about each planet, presented in a question-and-answer format to hold the interest of younger visitors. [http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=5481&e=solarlab Planet Heroes Solar Lab, Fisher-Price.com] ]

DVD

The Planet Heroes [http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=5477&e=dvd website] offers Free DVDs of the Planet Heroes episodes; "Ace in Space," "Here Comes the Sun," and "The Ace that Jumped over the Moon." The storyline of each loosely follows the story of their respective comics. The episodes can be watched online in their streaming player as well.

Theme Song

The Planet Heroes theme song, which plays on the DVD provided with several of the toys, and by pressing the top button on the "Turbo Shuttle" vehicle, is as follows:"Whoa....the Planet Heroes, they keep our solar system safe. Whoa....the Planet Heroes, they always seem to find a way."

Trivia

The free DVD episode "Ace in Space" actaully shows the title as "Slingshot" after the show's opening. However, the DVD package itself reads that the episode is "Ace in Space"

External links

* [http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=5482&e=landing Planet Heroes]
* [http://www.fisher-price.com/us/default.asp Fisher-Price]

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