Teela

SUMMARY:
The Taiwan Teela is one of the first 8 figures released by Mattel in 1982, and it only came on an 8-Back card (There are no 12-back Teelas).

You can identify the Taiwan Teela by its bronze armor highlights over an off-white bodysuit, light tan skin tones in the same color as the Taiwan He-Man, bright red or reddish brown hair and boots, and semi-translucent, dark red accessories. The figure is marked © M.I. 1981 TAIWAN behind the neck, followed by a batch number (could be 1, 2, 3, or 4). All accessories are unmarked.

The initial release has fiery red hair and boots, candy red translucent accessories, and has as its main identifier, green eyes on the snake harness. The staff is shorter than normal, and the shield has a slight deformation on the edge. The dots in the eyes are hand painted, resulting in uneven pupils. This figure is so rare that it has only been found a handful of times in collections, and has never seen MOC. It's believed that it might have only been released for promotional purposes. 

Curiously, these accessory molds seem to have been transferred to Mexico, since the Aurimat Teela has a short staff and indentation on the shield. 

The next version was released on the initial 8-Back card, and the figure is just like the previous, except without the painted green eyes on the harness, and with a now corrected shield mold. The staff is the normal size, yet these accessories are still translucent, and dark red. 

As the Taiwan Teela production moved along, the hair and boots began to change from a bright red to reddish-brown, to brown colors. The hair and boots don’t always match in tone, so you can have red hair/brown boots Teelas, and vice versa. The accessories became more opaque, and a lighter red color. The eyes are applied evenly, with pupils of the same size and distance (probably applied now by paint mask).

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Bronze armor highlights on an off-white bodysuit
2. Light-tan skin tones (similar skin color as He-Man Taiwan)
3. Bright red or reddish-brown hair and boots
4. Semi-translucent dark-red or mid-red accessories

MARKED BEHIND THE NECK: © M.I. 1981 TAIWAN (along with 1, 2, 3, or 4 batch numbers)
ALL ACCESSORIES: BLANK

EARLY RELEASES:
(Uneven hand-applied eye paint, bright red hair, and boots, spray painted boots)
1. Green eyed Harness, Red Boots and Red Hair, Spray painted (uneven) boot paint
2. Red Boots and Red Hair, Spray painted (uneven) boot paint

LATER 8-BACK RELEASES:
(Even eye paint, darker hair, and boots, mid-red opaque accessories, paint-dipped boots)
3. Red Boots and Brown Hair
4. Brown Boots and Red Hair
5. Brown Boots and Brown Hair