Power Bandz

Axel activating the Power Bandz.

The **Power Bandz** is a pair of wristbands that, whenever it's activated, transform the wearer into a living action figure and get shrink down to about 17.78 centimeters (7 inches) tall.

The Power Bandz are currently owned by Axel Mulligan, who uses them to transform into **Action Axel**.

## Appearance

In camouflage mode, the Power Bandz are black wristbands with a red piece on top. However, in charged mode, they become blue fingerless gloves and the top of the gloves becomes a red and black surface with two light-green lights on each side. To transform into a living action figure, the wearer must connect the two Bandz together so that the Minergy from the inside would activate them. The connected Bandz would form the Power Players insignia and the wearer would shrink down into a robotic-like action figure.

## Abilities

The Power Bandz grants its wielder incredible powers of speed, endurance, and strength. Its special weapons are an energy sword that's known as a Power Sword, a Power Shield, and a wing drone that's known as a Power Drone. To deactivate the Power Bandz, the wearer must press a button on the back of its helmet that has the Power Players insignia.

Both the Power Bandz and the Minergy battery contain an amount of Minergy to bring a toy to life. According to Madcap in "Unboxing Part 2", he wants to steal the Power Bandz as part of his plan to bring every toy in the world to life at once to force the humans to play his "games" infinitely.

## Trivia

* It's currently unknown what's the reason behind Uncle Andrew creating the Power Bandz.
* Axel stumbled upon the Power Bandz when he snoops into Uncle Andrew's lab and found them underneath a table. He later accidentally awakens Madcap in the Toy Box when he blasts Minergy at the box.
* The Power Bandz having the letter "z" in the title instead of the letter "s" might be a reference to the "ZAG Heroez" brand, the brand where *Power Players* is under.
* In "The Scratch Pack", Zoe accidentally caused Axel's right Power Band to come off and crashed into a wall, causing it to leak out Minergy and blasted at the Scratch Pack Cats.
* Since it has both a charged and a camouflaged modes, the Power Bandz are similar to the Miraculouses from *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*, another ZAG Heroez series.
* The user needs to be wearing both Bandz for the transformation to work. Although it's unknown what would happen if one of the Power Bandz falls off after Axel transform.
* According to an Increditainment's Facebook page, the Power Bandz is originally going to be called the **Power Glovez**.
* Even though Axel always says, "Game on!" before transforming into Action Axel, it is not a transformation phrase to activate it but rather, it is only Axel's catchphrase.
	+ The way Axel always says, "Game on!" before transforming is a reference to how various animes have a character saying an activation phase to trigger a transformation sequence.

## References

1. ↑ https://issuu.com/mipmarkets/docs/mipcom\_2018\_news\_1
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Increditainment/posts/playmates-toys-proudly-presents-the-power-playersby-mike-stencelmunson1897-playm/1237172506433277/