Secrets of Battle Armor Faker from the Masters of the Universe Classics line from Mattel. SDCC toy 

"We weren't able to have a rotating barrel in his chest" The ancients had wondrous technology that is now lost to us. Thanks Scott. I'm enjoying these looks at the creative decisions behind the scenes. Bizarro vs. Faker especially tickles me. Though I sometimes wonder: why _Faker_ and not _Fakor?_

He is definitely one of my most cherished figures. I was so lucky to get one early on. For some reason, Faker was one of my most favorite characters, but unfortunately I never had one as a kid. Now as an adult, I have every version of him released and can't be happier. Thanks for coming up with this variant. He's AWESOME (crop top and all 🤣😉).

Faker is He-man's Bizarro!! I don't know why I never realized that before.

Faker has so much potential for story development.

I have always loved Faker, this video is a great watch. I like how you not only talk about the Classics, but the other lines as well. Great job as always Guru!

For being a low budget toy run, it was a great one, thank you toy guru!!!!

Hi Toy Guru, that set is very expensive right now, luckily I was able to get it at the store price thanks to a friend who was able to get 2 sets, thank you very much again for the video!

Thanks for this perspective. I appreciate these videos.

Faker is my favorite MOTU character of all time. I so wished we would have got a Leo Faker in the Classics line.

Thank you for making these videos!!! ❤️

Heh, I was pretty sure Classics did the Battle Armor Faker first, but I was never entirely sure. You're totally right though, they should have released one of these back in the 1980s. Love this design :D Great job!

I fondly remember battle armor He-Man and Skeletor as well. In fact when cleaning out some of my old toys recently I came across two BA Skeletor figures. One was missing an arm, but hey. I had some of those Crack-Ups cars as a kid too. So much fun. They need to re-release those too at some point. I can understand the mishap with China on the sword. My friend used to work for Disney and they would often get confused when asked to make stuff with Tigger on it since they thought the extra g was a typo, so they would end up with things that just had a plain ol tiger on it. Heh

One of my most long awaited videos in the line is finally here. Having all the released figures in this line. I must say that Battle Armor Faker has a special spot in my collectors heart. I love this figure to the extent that I made my first vintage custom. And I dare say he became flawless, all original parts including Skeletor's version of the Battle Armor, and a rotating chest plate (minus the paint on the armor). Too bad one can't post pictures here, otherwise I would display my masterpiece

I really enjoy these videos, and I bought myself Hurricane Hordak as a Christmas present. I think that's my 5th classics figure now, so still a long way to go.

Love the opening.

I was equally stoked when I saw them at TRU as I was disappointed when I didn’t get them all!

In just under a year you’ve almost hit 10k of new subscribers!!! Congratulations and Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈

I have so many moc new in the box figures lol including faker!👑👍🏻

It really is a shame that this armor never made it into any of the weapons packs. Fortunately, we DID get the axe and shield, which I'm grateful for!

I was surprised to find a Fake-Ra (She-Ra's version!)... I love the fan customs as they have the same spirit as the original line. Creativity!

I always wondered how people would react to more battle armor characters - Battle Armor Man-At-Arms seems like a natural extension and Battle Armor Teela would have been an interesting refresh in line with her position as captain of the guard.

I always thought you should have released a version of battle armor faker in the regular line with not only a faker head, but also some generic robot heads in a two pack, so they could be used as army builders for skeletor. Though he already had his robots knights, and of course skelecons, so, maybe he didn't need any more troops.

Crazy part is he was never blue in the cartoon, but that blue on him made him a classic heman toy.

I was crazy lucky to get BA Faker. My friend wanted Bizarro and he sold me BA Faker! For retail. Good thing cause the the price is ridiculous now on evil-Bay

The battle damaged insert pieces for the DC vs. MOTUC Faker should have been the electronic chest sticker instead of the "slash" marks that He-Man and Skeletor had. That one Faker variant at 11:41 shows it.

I've always luv the concept of battle armor faker...sadly I've never own a version of him 😭

Now I want a faker variant of the flying fist he man or maybe a thunder punch he man

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If I have only one criticism of the classics line, it's that the "battle armor" figures really should have come with color-matching shin guards. I know the originals did not, but Scott's talked before about pursuing some "if they could have they would have" ideas in other figures. Adding shin-guards would have really brought not just the swapping chest gimmick, but the core idea of 'armor' to the fore.

After all is said and done, and taking everything into consideration, I strongly encourage you to not have any regrets regarding anything you did for masters of the universe!

You meant to say Battle Armor Faker became part of toy history. Companies need to take note of what Funko is doing. They have tons of repaints and most of them are well done. Also, the comic industry, because there are tons of different versions of Batman and Superman and Spiderman, and now Spawn is getting into the variant game. The comic industry is so ahead of its time and it never got any credit for what they were doing, now its way way more main stream but a lot of the stuff we see in the entertainment industry was happening in comics . Battle Armor He-Man is my favorite version of He-Man and he will be riding Origins Battle Cat. What goes on in the toy community seems so simple to just follow and see what people want. There are tons of Battle Cat customs for Anti-Eternia He-Man

Hopefully Mattel will release a Battle armor Faker for the MOTU Origins line. Makes sense considering Mattel has the tools to do so.

Speaking of cars inspiring MotU features, I always thought Faker was a ridiculous idea because a "blue He-Man" always seemed like something the rest of The Masters would notice. I always wanted to see a version of Faker that used the paint from the "Color Racers" Hot Wheels to change from blue to flesh-tone.

This is the one figure of the line I will always regret not having. Shame it wasn't made available at the end like eternia he-man or the individually packed horde trooper.

Yep Battle Armor Skeletor was my first Skeletor. But surprisingly my first He Man was Thunder Punch He-Man. And even stranger my first ever He Man line figure was Stinkor.

I wouldn't worry so much about the exposed bellybutton. It can be explained. Faker is a robot. His exposed bellybutton is already technically armor. Cost cutting measure on Skeletor's part.

Being that he's a robot, battle damaged Faker makes sense.

Always liked that Idea as a new Faker and he is often harder to find too making him something for the collectors to go for to complet there line. I was jsut watching and Old movie Ator the Fighting Eagle and Wondered how much of it might of been something drawn apon for He-man.

Can’t wait to get the He-Man with the alternate head.

Skeletor: Bah! Something is wrong with this life size He-Man voodoo doll.

Yep I've convinced myself I need to attempt at least one custom fig in my life... gonna be battle armor Wun-Dar. His whole era still needs to be defined like Lord Grayskull's. They should've used this gimmick for a whole wave!

Excellent channel and content!! Enjoying catching up on all these videos as I just found your channel. The director commentaries are amazing on the classic figures. Is the goal to cover every figure in the line eventually with a commentary??

Happy New Year, Scott! I've followed your channel since the very beginning and try to watch all your toy-related videos. Entertaining and informative channel, especially during the 2020 circumstances.

I read that when the tv show ended there was a German dramatised version of the He-man where there was anti-Herman character. It seems strange that the story continued with major changes being made to the lore.

The good thing about Faker is you can give him everything He-Man has and get away with it. Bad thing about Faker is he is only "evil He-Man" and never his own being.

10:42 Honestly I prefer the belly peeking out under the armor

I had He-man AND Skeletor in '83

As I’ve said countless times already, I am grateful for what we were able to get thanks to you! Mazel tov! 😉😎

The Battle Armor He-Man was my first He-Man. I hated him, mostly because it took me forever to get an original He-Man. I had three or four original Skeletors (and all of the variants available) but it took forever to get an original He-Man.

One of your best figures and I am fine with the belly button. He is even more faker than Heman. Lol..

I ended up buying the battle armor Skeletor on the secondary market (missed the original release). I’d kill for a Battle Armor faker too, but those prices are way too high for me to justify, lol.

If I remember correctly, you had discussed that one of the problems the 200X line had was that kids didn't like the barbarian outfit on He-Man and wanted him to be armored up more, leading to the Snake Armor design. Given the popularity of the Battle Armor figures, how do you think it would work if any new He-Man figure lines would start with Battle Armor instead of the classic look? I know collectors might balk at it, but in selling to kids at retail would that be a smarter move?

Made me cry .toys r us yeah ,what about UK toys r us ?. I'll take a free sample anything why not us why Scott 😢😭

I’d like to see more characters get battle armor. Battle Armor Man-At-Arms, Battle Armor Fisto, Battle Armor Mer-Man. It could be pretty cool.

This was another great video about an awesome toy! I just re-watched his original in the classic 80s cartoon & had forgotten he was at 1st just 'evil He-Man with glowing eyes'. Any idea if the choice to make him blue was a nod to the other blue characters?

I couldn't find a he man or skeletor.. so my first were battle armored...

Who is the hardest nut-to-crack in MOTU? Battle Armor Faker, Extendar or Roboto?

Question about the "creative solutions": In the cases where you do things like give away bonus accessories with new figures etc. is the point just not having to pay to warehouse the stock?

This was a great figure, and I know the gang over at ItsAllTrue.net were thrilled when he was announced. I managed to get mine from BBTS for a hefty mark-up, but at least I got him. Forgive me if this has been answered already, but were there any plans to do Faker's armoury in magenta -- like in his cross-sell art -- for a Weapons Pak or a re-issue? Would've loved that, and I'm sure I wouldn't've been the only one.

I got my 200X Faker from the monthly mail away order from ToyFare magazine. Was he available at a comic-con too? I thought the first 2 Con exclusives were Keldor and She-Ra.

I akso don't understand why Super7 did not include the armor in the ultimate version.

That Superman looked waaaaaaaay to small in comparison to He-Man

but but but battle armour skeletor has exists for decades what do you mean he's a orignal idea? 4:04

I just noticed that the articulation on the MotU Classics is the same as the current WWE Elite from Mattel, bar a thigh swivel, while the DCU Classics figures had a very unique crotch with a modified T-crotch. What's the deal with the design for the DC crotch?

Batman vs Zodack would make more since

Off subject but do you know who is Teela’s biological father? The 2000 series hints Fisto but what’s cannon?

How tall were these figures? I've only recently discovered that they existed.

I hated that armor as a kid. Couldn't find a regular heman, mine had weird armor. It was neat and all but I just wanted one that looked like the show. Guess I was in the minority.

Actually, Superman is weak against magic. But you knew that already, I'm sure. ;)

Love these videos, but if I were a more cynical person I might notice a theme ... “how do we spend the least amount to bilk He-man fans out of their hard earned dough?” I kid, I kid!

Literally wrong those cars that can crack up cars were not made in the late 70s they were made in the 80s how do I know I had I couldn't tell you how many of them those were my favorite cars in the day because you crash them and then they have damage from a crash literally the early 80s dude those cars weren't even a thought in the 70s

EDIT. YOUR. NARRATION.

Why this figure going for so much money.good thing my figure still unopened.

BA Faker was a trash figure in my opinion. He should have had He-Man's Battle Amor with Skeletor's BA bat chest plate in order to fully combine the He-Man and Skeletor variants. His exposed belly and button and abs looks awful too. My first reaction when he was revealed was "Why doesn't he have Hordak's armored ab piece." I understand the limitations of the DC two packs in terms of tooling which was why I appreciated the other ToysRus 2 packs we did get (love the Zodac, Merman, and Stratos), that being said BA Faker sucked. He remains one of maybe 3 figures in the Classics line I never bought. Such a shame. He really is a cool idea. I wanted to like the figure. He just ended up an ugly cheap kitbash.