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DON’T RELY ON JUST THE COO TO IDENTIFY A FIGURE. Mould, paint colour, plastic colour and figure assembly traits are also needed to confirm your figure’s origins.
KADER 1983 HONG KONG COO
Above you can see following variants (left to right):
- Dark silver armour, painted pupils
- Mid-silver armour, painted pupils
- Light silver armour, unpainted pupils
Kader HK’s Gamorrean Guard is found on 65 & 77bk Kenner cards. The first versions featured a dark green painted pupil. During production, the decision was made to leave the pupil unpainted exposing the moulded green plastic to represent the pupil instead. Read more on this production change in WOLFF’S MOULD/COLOUR VARIATION GUIDE
Different combinations of dark/mid/light silver and painted/unpainted eyes will be available beyond what’s shown above.
ACCESSORY: M1 Kader Axe with a small EPM.
UNITOY 1983 HONG KONG COO
Above you can see following variants (left and centre):
- Dark silver armour
- Light silver armour
This version had a short release on the Unitoy 65a/b cardbacks.
It is very difficult to differentiate the Unitoy version from the Smile HK version of this figure. If you compare the spray masks you’ll notice the Unitoy/Macau version has longer outer teeth. Checking for a parting line on the sole of the feet will help as the Smile figure has a smooth foot. The hips on the Unitoy version are also slightly darker.
ACCESSORY: M3 Unitoy Axe with silver painted blade and a moulded brown handle.
Read more about this production change in WOLFF’S MOULD/COLOUR VARIATION GUIDE
KADER (MACAU) 1983 MACAU COO
Above you can see following variants (right):
- Dark silver armour (missing)
- Light silver armour, glossier green plastic
The moulds were moved from Unitoy in Hong Kong to Kader’s Macau factory. The H.K. COO was removed and stamped with a new “MACAU” COO where production continued and the figures were released on 65 and 77bk cards with the ME vendor code.
ACCESSORY: M3 Macau Axe with moulded silver blade and painted brown handle.
Read more about this production change in WOLFF’S MOULD/COLOUR VARIATION GUIDE
SMILE 1983 HONG KONG COO
Above you can see following variants (left to right):
- Dark silver armour, non-detailed face
- Mid-silver armour, detailed face
- Mid-silver armour (example of degraded green plastic), detailed face
- Matt silver armour, non-detailed face
- (Need to include light armour variant)
The dark armour paint application seems to be the earliest version from the HK based vendor, Smile. The green plastic used for this figure was highly prone to discolour to a dark green. It’s common to find Smile-made GG figures that have gone darker either completely or just affected certain parts.
The Smile produced figure is very similar to the Unitoy/Macau version. Refer to the Unitoy section above for some pointers to help differentiate between the GG’s from these three vendors.
An interesting variation is both HK and NCOO versions share two distinct head moulds that appear throughout the run. We’ve labelled them “detailed” and “non-detailed”. As you’ll see in the detail graphic below, the wrinkles across the GG’s cheeks varies considerably. There are minor torso and left leg heel variations between the cavities (Ref. images below). Another smaller detail to note is the eye spray masks vary resulting in smaller and larger pupils. F3 GG figures will be found with different combinations of parts from the Smile factory.
The L1b and R1b leg cavities feature a number “2” stamped on the sole of the boot. These stamps are not present on the any of the NCOO versions.
SMILE 1983 No COO
Above you can see following variants (left to right):
- Dull mid silver armour, non-detailed face
- Mid silver armour (missing)
- Light silver armour, light yellow details, detailed face
The L2b NCOO version doesn’t have the “2” stamp on the sole of his boot. It’s possible either this section of the tool was replaced or the stamp itself was erased on the foot plate.
ACCESSORY: M2 Smile Axe with a large EPM.
Read more about this production change in WOLFF’S MOULD/COLOUR VARIATION GUIDE
LILI LEDY 1983 NO COO
Above you can see following variants (left to right):
- Dark silver armour with lighter yellow details.
- Mid-silver armour with bright yellow details (Slightly degraded green plastic)
- Light silver armour with bright yellow details
Lili Ledy used a unique single cavity mould for their version of the Gamorrean Guard. This tool wasn’t used in Asia or Spain previously like many of their other figures.
The dark armoured version of the Gamorrean Guard has been found on the early 14bk RETORNO cardback. The REGRESO and 65bk Kenner “Made in Mexico” releases featured the figure with either a mid or light silver armour.
ACCESSORY: M4 Lili Ledy Axe with a short handle.
