Strobo is a character who appears in a single Masters of the Universe comic story. Cardback illustrations for unreleased figures confirmed that he was planned for the toyline as part of a 1988 wave. His appearance reuses Zodac's head with a silver helmet and Sy-Klone's body in fleshtone and red details, plus a blue cape. Strobo's power is that, when light reaches the reflector on his chest, he spins and sends light in all directions.
Masters of the Universe Magazine[]
Strobo's only vintage appearance was in the story "The Dark Power of Skeletor" from the Masters of the Universe Magazine. In it, Skeletor sends Blast-Attak, Ninjor and Sssqueeze after a spherical container that is buried underground. He-Man, Battle Cat, Rio Blast and Strobo try to stop them, but the villains escape. The container has a fragment of Dark Star that passed by Eternia, and gives Skeletor the power to spread an evil shadow over the land and control over all territory under the shadow. This allows Skeletor to take over Castle Grayskull, but the Heroic Warriors use a secret entrance to reach the throneroom, and He-Man sends a ray of light from his Power Sword to Strobo's reflector, whose powers send the light to the meteor and destroy it.
Masters of the Universe Classics[]
Strobo first appeared as an articulated action figure in 2013 as part of Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics toyline. In his cardback bio, deterring away from vintage depiction, he was re-imagined as a Cosmic Enforcer sent to Eternia to investigate the apparent murder of Zodac. He soon was drawn into a web of intrigue when he joined forces with Slamurai and learned that Zodac faked his own death in a clever ruse to uncover corruption within the ranks of the Cosmic Enforcers. Soon thereafter, the young Strobo left the Cosmic Enforcers altogether and became a member of the Heroic Warriors of Eternia. As a member of the Heroic Warriors, he used his light powers to aid the archaelogist Melaktha in defeating the the supernatural cabal of villains consisting of the ghost Scare Glow, the undead mummy Wrap Trap, the vampire Crimson Countess, the witch Sultra, and the wraithlike Darkdream.