SUMMARY:
Battle Armor Skeletor, the “evil lord of destruction” was produced in Taiwan, Mexico (Mabamex + Aurimat), Venezuela, Argentina, Spain, India, and France. Equipped with an ingenious “battle damage” action feature that had three damage indicators, as the chest is struck, the emblem changes from undamaged, to one slash, to two slashes.
The INDIA Battle Armor Skeletor can be identified by its hard head with lime green and bright yellow face paint, and bright lavender chest armor. The Bat emblem is pink with green outlines and silver slash marks.
The figure came in two main variants: a light skin tone figure with a blue hood and a mid-dark skin tone figure with a black hood. It's important to understand, though, that Leo limbs tend to shift in color from their factory blue to limbs with a green tint. Likewise, the black hood shifts in color to brown, and the blue hood shifts in color to gray.
The Leo India version stands out because it's the only COO to use the He-Man torso mold for a Battle Armor Skeletor!
The figure is marked © MATTEL INC. 1981. 1983 (TAIWAN ERASED) since it used the Battle Armor He-Man chest mold.
The accessories that came with this figure are flexible, blackish, and prone to fade to brown. The staff is marked 8, and the sword is marked 5042-2259 -8.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Hardhead (black or blue) with lime green and bright orange face paint
2. Bright lavender chest armor that uses the Battle Armor He-Man mold
3. Pink bat emblem with green out outlines and silver slash marks
4. Dark purple boots
5. Light, or mid-dark skin tones
6. Blackish Accessories (that fade to brown)
FIGURE MARKED: © MATTEL INC. 1981. 1983 (TAIWAN ERASED)
SWORD MARKED: 5042-2259 -8
STAFF MARKED: 8 (horizontal, below the staff head)
