
Palitoy Fist Fighter back review courtesy of Tom (who also provided
much of the content). Only Palitoy Fist Fighters have black buttons.
When the US FF's were first released. Robin's tunic was obviously
modified to allow access to the fist fighting button. This was the
only change for Robin. The Batman, Joker, and Riddler FF outfits
originally contained two sets of snaps. The first was located at
the top of the neck like the regular outfits, while a second set
of snaps was located right above the fistfighting button. The additional
set of snaps was then dropped as later FF outfits came with only
one set of snaps. Mego most likely decided to use standard type
2 outfits on later FF's. Outfits containing one, or two, sets of
snaps are accurate.
The slits on the original FF outfits were the same length as slits
found on some standard type 1 body outfits. The slit length does
vary among outfits of the same character. The slit on type 2 outfits
did get smaller when compared to the type 1 outfits. I am not sure
if Mego purposely increased the slit length for the FF's or it was
just variance among production runs. If the original two snap outfits
have the same slit length as some standard T1 outfits, I would guess
no specific variation in slit length was intended.
Joker's jacket was initially made with a higher slit in the coat
tails to facilitate access to the fist-fighting button. This was
specific to the FF Joker, but it is possible that some FF Jokers
have the regular jacket and even some regular type 2 Jokers have
the jacket containing the higher slit. FF Jokers containing both
versions of the jacket are accurate.

When the four additional characters for the Palitoy FF's came out,
the outfits for Lizard , Spiderman, Superman, and Captain America
were all uniquely modified to facilitate access to the fist-fighing
button. These modifications were done with greater detail when compared
to the US FF's. (photo by Steve Cabellero)

For a collector wanting to own 100% accurate FF figures the way
Mego intended, it would be as follows.
Batman (two sets of snaps on outfit)
Riddler (two sets of snaps on outfit)
Joker (two sets of snaps, and higher slit on jacket)
Lizard (Labcoat is same ads regular one)
Robin, Superman, Spiderman, and Captain America all came only one
way with altered outfits. .
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