1. Soft head in bright yellow, face with fine features
2. Light lavender pants and purple boots
3. Fine felt vest, with various stitch variants
4. Bright pink sword
FIGURE: © Mattel, Inc. 1981 TAIWAN or © Mattel, Inc. 1982 TAIWAN
SWORD: 5040-2259 TAIWAN (batch no. 4,13,30,31,32)
1. Marked 1981
2. Marked 1982
1. 3-Piece, Shoulder-Stich Vest
2. 1-Piece, Shoulder-Stich Vest
3. 1-Piece, Non Shoulder-Stich Vest
Taiwan Prince Adam (3-Piece Stitch Vest) - Front View
Taiwan Prince Adam (3-Piece Stitch Vest) - Back View
Taiwan Prince Adam (1-Piece, No Shoulder Stitch Vest)
Taiwan Prince Adam (1-Piece, Shoulder Stitch Vest)
Taiwan Prince Adam (1982) - COO Closeup
Taiwan Prince Adam (1981) - COO Closeup
The Taiwan Prince Adam is distinguished by its soft head with bright yellow hair, fine facial features identical to those of the Taiwan He-Man, light lavender pants, purple boots, and a bright pink sword. It comes with a fine felt vest, known in three stitching variations.
Three main figure releases are known, featuring two distinct body markings and multiple vest and sword combinations.
The first release is marked © MATTEL, INC. 1981 TAIWAN. It includes a finely made three-piece stitched vest and a pink sword marked TAIWAN perpendicular to the blade, bearing a batch number 4. This version uses the Taiwan He-Man sword mold.
The second release retains the same © MATTEL, INC. 1981 TAIWAN marking but features a simplified one-piece vest with decorative shoulder stitching. It is most commonly found with the pink sword carrying batch number 13.
The final release is marked © MATTEL, INC. 1982 TAIWAN. Its vest has no stitching, and the sword—still pink—now uses the Battle Armor He-Man mold, identifiable by vertical TAIWAN markings and higher batch numbers in the 30s.
Note: The figure, vest, and sword pairings are based on observed patterns among loose complete examples. While the three-piece vest appears to belong to the earliest release, mixed combinations are known to exist, suggesting that parts were often paired inconsistently at the factory level.
