Stylor
- Mister Stylor Man is a Nebulan from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Stylor is gorgeous. Always impeccably dressed and groomed and always in the latest style. He spends most of his time primping and polishing either Chromedome or himself, and is renowned on Nebulos for his exquisite taste and dashing good looks. Though he loves the ladies, he surprisingly doesn't have the greatest luck there, since few want to spend much time with a man who's so focused on being prettier than they are. It is suspected that Stylor volunteered for the Headmaster process simply because it was trendy at the time.
His Autobot partner Chromedome, being an inveterate academic and computer nerd, is something of a frustration to Stylor, but he does his best to bring out the big guy's cooler, more social side (which he figures MUST be in there somewhere). Chromedome in return tries to get Stylor to be a little less superficial.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Stylor recounted the coming of the Autobots and Decepticons to Nebulos. When the Decepticons began to attack the city walls, Stylor fled into the interior of the city, while fearing that Nebulos was coming to an end. He admired the familiar Central City Park as he passed through. It was then that he saw Kord and Duros also running through the park. He followed them out of curiosity, and eavesdropped on their conversation with Fortress Maximus's head, and watched their failed experiment to control the Autobots' bodies by remote control. Brainstorm then suggested integrating the Nebulans and Transformers. Stylor thought the idea was hopelessly crazy and left.
The Decepticons then shelled the park and destroyed it. His thoughts brought him to the designer of the park, the Arcana. He figured Arcana was just the kind of weird genius type that could get the idea of Branstorm's to work. Stylor headed to Arcana's labs to find out that the process was well on the way and they needed Nebulan volunteers. Stylor volunteered, even though he still thought the whole situation was ridiculous. After some discussion, he was accepted and underwent the uncomforable bio-engineering process that turned him into a Headmaster. It was only after the process was done that he found out the full implications of the process meant that he was able to transform into the head of Chromedome and be in charge of controlling Chromedome's body. Upon connecting to Chromedome's body, Stylor became aware of Chromedome's entire life history, and they could speak internally to each other.
The five Autobot Headmasters then attacked the Decepticons outside the city walls. Since two heads are better than one, the Autobots were able to chase the Decepticons off. They went back into the city and transformed back into Nebulans to reassure the crowds. Stylor's Story
Arcana, Brainstorm, and Fortress Maximus investigated the possibility of uniting Transformers and Nebulans into a hybrid and judged it to be theoretically possible, but they needed Nebulan volunteers. Stylor entered the room to become the third volunteer. Duros thought he was too much of a dandy, but Galan vouched for him. Stylor went through the bio-engieering process with the others and became Chromedome's head. The Headmasters routed the Decepticons from the city walls, then transformed back into Nebulans to reassure the crowds. Stylor was enthusiastically greeted by Nebulan women Stylor liked to party with. Broken Glass!
Stylor was with the others working on upgrading the Transformers' weapons when a group of council delegates arrived to observe them. Stylor mistakenly believed they were there to observe him, since he has been away from the Korajan social scene. They then received a communication from Zarak requesting help, and Stylor went with the others to rescue him. But it was a trap! Zarak and the others had become Decepticon Headmasters and there was a fight. The Autobots lost and Stylor was captured along with the others. Love and Steel!
The Autobot Headmasters were held captive while other stuff happened, until Zarak, in a moment of lucidity while separated from Scorponok freed them in order to save Nebulos from Decepticon tyranny. After a battle, the Autobots decided the only way to save Nebulos would be to leave for Earth, hoping the Decepticons would follow. Brothers in Armor!!
Sometime before they left, the Autobot Targetmasters were captured and Chromedome, Highbrow, Hardhead, and Brainstorm went to rescue them. After winning a battle with some Deceptcions, Highbrow and Chromedome were taking too long to decide what to do next, so Gort and Stylor disconnected themselves in order to discuss the matter on their own. They decided to immediately continue with the rescue operation. It turned out to be a total trap. Worlds Apart! part 1 But with a little Nebulan/Autobot teamwork, they were able to rescue the Targetmasters anyway. Worlds Apart! part 2
Stylor left with the rest of the Autobots. Brothers in Armor!! On their way to Earth, Stylor assisted Arcana in homing in on Goldbug's distress signal. Trial by Fire!
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Charlie Adler (English), Ken Narita (Japan), Hans-Rainer Müller (German)
Stylor was one of the strategists participating in the rebellion against the Hive. When the rebels allied themselves with a group of Autobots, Stylor selected Chromedome to be his partner. He chose third from amongst the Autobot volunteers, and unlike Duros and Arcana before him did not state a reason for his choice. However, the fact that the only remaining alternative would been to bond with Highbrow may have had something to do with it. The Rebirth, Part 2
Toys
Generation 1
- Chromedome with Stylor (Headmaster, 1987)
- Stylor transforms from a tiny man into Chromedome's head, and can also be used as the head of any other Headmaster toy. Inserting him into a Headmaster's neck socket causes a small Tech Spec meter on the larger toy's chest to display ratings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. When Chromedome is in vehicle mode, Stylor fits in his cockpit.
- A redeco of Chromedome as Arcee was proposed during Generation 1, but never produced. Presumably, the identity of Stylor's redeco would have been Daniel Witwicky.
