Malaysia? Taiwan? What is this?

[Thunderkill]

Hi all,

I'm not too sure if this has been posted before, if it has, please merge it with the appropriate thread!

I've noticed on the vintage boards people mentioning the place of origin of their MOTU figures, like Mexico, Taiwan for example. Is there a specific reason for this? other than it being a different country how does it affect the figure? were there variations, or is it simply that this qualifies as a variation? does it affect their value? do some tend to last longer from one country than from another?

Apologies if this seems like a n00b question, but it has me intrigued!

[Jayskull]

Most Taiwan figures have soft squishy heads, while others like Mexico have hard plastic painted heads. I think Italy or France had Some rarer version with darker paints and armor. I know Leo toys was the Italian versions and some of those are really rare. Do a search on here or google Leo Faker, you'll see the difference.

[PetezorIII]

Most Taiwan figures have soft squishy heads, while others like Mexico have hard plastic painted heads. I think Italy or France had Some rarer version with darker paints and armor. I know Leo toys was the Italian versions and some of those are really rare. Do a search on here or google Leo Faker, you'll see the difference.

Leo was from India.
This is a great part about collecting MOTU. Their are literally hundreds of different variants. They were manufactured all over the world, and some are extremely rare.
I'm a variant collector and at a guess would have 500+ variations in my collection, so once you start you can't stop haha.

[Thunderkill]

Leo was from India.
This is a great part about collecting MOTU. Their are literally hundreds of different variants. They were manufactured all over the world, and some are extremely rare.
I'm a variant collector and at a guess would have 500+ variations in my collection, so once you start you can't stop haha.

Good grief! well now i'm super intrigued! I'll have to have a nose around the interwebs, but thanks for this insight!


(after 2 minutes on Google)

Wow! That Leo Faker is well... weird! but very cool! the armor looks more of a red color, and he comes with Skeletor's Havoc staff? and what's with the Robin style eyewear?

So obviously Mattel gave the green light for this, or did they? I'm intrigued as to why there are these regional differences?

[SunDevil]

I think MOTU got so popular so fast in the early 80s that Mattel started pushing them out as fast as possible, signing contracts with factories all over the world as fast as the ink would dry. This led to a lack of oversight, which led to gaps in the 'unified' overall look, resulting in many of these variations.

Just my opinion. Yet another fun part of the amazingness that is MOTU!

[PetezorIII]

Good grief! well now i'm super intrigued! I'll have to have a nose around the interwebs, but thanks for this insight!


(after 2 minutes on Google)

Wow! That Leo Faker is well... weird! but very cool! the armor looks more of a red color, and he comes with Skeletor's Havoc staff? and what's with the Robin style eyewear?

So obviously Mattel gave the green light for this, or did they? I'm intrigued as to why there are these regional differences?

The Leo Faker from India has Orange Skeletor accessories and the painted face is what makes him really cool. Very rare, only a handful known to exist. The crown jewel in my variant collection.
These are the countries where figures were manufactured
Argentina
USA
Mexico
Spain
France
Venezuela
Greece
Brazil
India
Hong Kong
China
Taiwan
Malaysia
Now most figures from each country have a slight variation, but some have significant differences. Example Leo Faker, Top toys Kobra Kahn, Estrella Merman

[Mantisaur82]

The Leo Faker from India has Orange Skeletor accessories and the painted face is what makes him really cool. Very rare, only a handful known to exist. The crown jewel in my variant collection.
These are the countries where figures were manufactured
Argentina
USA
Mexico
Spain
France
Venezuela
Greece
Brazil
India
Hong Kong
China
Taiwan
Malaysia
Now most figures from each country have a slight variation, but some have significant differences. Example Leo Faker, Top toys Kobra Kahn, Estrella Merman

You forgot Italy!

LEO Faker has the same red eyes as Faker Prototype, unlike any other Faker variant.


Faker PROTOTYPE


LEO Faker