Synopsis for the TV Cartoon Diamonds Are Ming's Best Friends

When Ming captures and delivers the Phantom to the Beastmaster, he learns the secret of growing invincible crystal soldiers from diamonds. Immediately Ming sets into motion a plot to steal the largest jewels on earth- the Crown Jewels of England- and grow an invincible army of crystal soldiers. When the Defenders learn of Ming's latest scheme, Flash sets out for Ragnor Zith, a dangerous criminal hideout, but the only planet in the galaxy with Orkite, the only mineral which can convert crystal soldiers back into diamonds. Meanwhile the young Defenders rescue the Phantom from an isolated island in the middle of an African lake, while in London Mandrake and Lothar fight off the first attempt by Ming's initial batch of crystal soldiers, grown from regular diamonds, to steal the valuable jewels. The young Defenders join Lothar and Mandrake in London when the crystal soldiers return. It looks as though the Crown Jewels will soon be in Ming's evil hands when Flash bursts onto the scene with an Orkite - generated blaster gun- reducing the crystal soldiers to diamonds and saving the planet from Ming's decrepit rule.