France Fisto (Dark Katana) - Front View
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - Back View
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - COO Closeup
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - Bicep Closeup
1. Soft head
2. Soft boot with integrated purple leg bands
3. Giant biceps
4. Light silver fist
5. Dark, tan body
FIGURE: © Mattel. Inc. 1983. (Erased COO)
ARMOR: © Mattel. Inc. 1983 (outside) 7015-2059 & 7015-2049 (inside)
BROADSWORD: France
KATANA: 4924-2039 1
1. Fisto with Katana
2. Fisto with Broadsword
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - Front View
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - Back View
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - COO Closeup
France Fisto (Dark Katana) - Bicep Closeup
The France Fisto can be identified by its soft boots with integrated leg bands, giant biceps, light silver fist, and dark, tan body. The figure is marked © Mattel. Inc. 1983 with an erased COO. The dark, silver armor is also marked © Mattel. Inc. 1983.
7 figures were released in France with the “integrated” leg band mechanism. The leg band matches the color of the boot, in the case of Fisto, purple. The boot is a softer material, different than the leg itself. Some of these 7 figures had both soft boot and regular boot variants (such as Jitsu or He-Man). Others, such as Fisto, only had a soft boot variant.
The France fisto comes with 2 different sword variants. The first is a standard, fairly rigid broadsword marked FRANCE; the second and much rarer variant is the Purple Katana (Jitsu mold). The Katana has no COO and just has numbers.