Fisto

SUMMARY:
Fisto, the "heroic hand-to-hand fighter" was produced in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Argentina, France, India, Mexico (Aurimat), and Spain. With his giant, spring-loaded fist, he smashes evil! This figure comes with removable armor, broadsword, and has twisting punch action.

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.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Soft head
2. Soft boot with integrated purple leg bands
3. Giant biceps
4. Light silver fist
5. Dark, tan body