Name: Buzz-Off
Brand: Hong Kong
Availability: OutOfStock

CHARACTERISTICS

1. Mid-brown tones, yellowish-orange stripes
2. Bright yellow face and fluorescent green eyes
3. Rubber head that varies in density

MARKINGS

FIGURE:© MATTEL, INC. 1983 or © Mattel Inc. 1983 (Hong Kong covered)
WINGS: © MATTEL, INC. 1983 HONG KONG or © MATTEL, INC. 1983 (no COO)
AXE: No COO, just numbers (4823-2548) and batch number 1,2,3 or 4.
HELMET: © MATTEL, INC. 1983 (4923-2039) with batch number 1,2,3 or 4.

VARIANTS

1. © Mattel Inc. 1983 (with HONG KONG covered-up)
2. © MATTEL INC 1983

Hong Kong Buzz-Off © Mattel Inc. 1983 (Front View)

Hong Kong Buzz-Off © Mattel Inc. 1983 (Back View)

Hong Kong Buzz-Off © Mattel Inc. 1983 (COO Closeup)

Buzz-Off Axes of the World

SUMMARY

The Hong Kong figure is the Mattel standard, on which all Buzz-Offs are based. Characteristics include mid-brown tones (torso and shorts), a dark-brown head, claws, shorts, and well-defined face paint. Heads are rubber and can be found semi-hard or hard, and sometimes oversized.

The Hong Kong figure can be marked © Mattel Inc. 1983 (with HONG KONG covered up), or it can be marked © MATTEL INC 1983. Either stamp variations can have HONG KONG marked wings or unmarked wings.

The helmets, marked © MATTEL, INC. 1983 (4923-2039), are hard rubber, with a batch number 1,2,3, or 4. The 1 and 2 batch number helmets ave a vertical markings, while the 3 and 4 batch number helmets have horizontal markings. The mid-brown axe soft rubber, marked 4823-2548, with a batch number 1,2,3, or 4.

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