Great to see you on the thread again Ram_Man_21!
Fisto, Mossman, Buzz-Off, and Flying Fist He-Man all have brown molds. Their colors are all distinctly different from WB He-Man's mold; generally they are all darker. The molds themselves are different as well. All these figures just mentioned with brown molds were produced in either Honk Kong or Malaysia. The pelvic molds on these figures look a little different from Taiwan pelvic molds. The Taiwan pelvic molds tend to have thinner fir with more detail. Hong Kong and Malaysian pelvic molds tend to have thicker fir and with a little less detail.
When inspecting the pelvic molds on Taiwan 1981 figures I noticed a subtle difference among them. The vast majority of the pelvic molds look like this:
Man-at-Arms
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02704.jpg
Zodak
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02707.jpg
He-Man
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02708.jpg
Notice how the fir goes directly up to the base of the center of the belt.
I found only 3 Taiwan 1981 figures in my collection that differ subtly from these molds all in the EXACT same way. Notice how there is a small gap between the top of the fir and the center of the belt buckle:
Wonderbread (Savage) He-man
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02710.jpg
Stratos
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02713.jpg
Mer-Man
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02714.jpg
I know the differences are subtle but I just found it kind of interesting. Do you think this difference is because of a different mold or just a slight error/difference in production? It’s just weird that they differ in EXACTLY the same way. For those of you with Wonderbread He-Men out there:
If you could inspect the pelvic mold on your figure and post which one of these molds you have that would be awesome. If all the molds are like the lower three figures (with a gap between the fir and center of belt buckle), it might give some insight into whether or not these figures were produced in one run or multiple runs with multiple molds.
Here’s some pictures of my figure by the way:
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02717.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02718.jpg
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...d/DSC02721.jpg
WARNING: THIS POST IS THE RESULT OF SOMEONE HAVING WAAAAAAAAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ENJOYING A VACATION, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU FIND SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE TO OCCUPY YOUR TIME THAN INSPECTING THE PELVIC MOLDS ON HE-MAN FIGURES…