This blog will soon provide information about variants in the Voltron: Defender of the Universe toys that were produced by Panosh Place during the mid-1980s. The information in this blog is based on observations by collectors of Panosh Place Voltron toys. As a result it’s possible that additional toy variants exist that are not described here.

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• Variant A: Text printed on back of each leg. Black cross on red key badge. Red belt with gold buckle. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant B.
• Variant B: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Plain red key badge. Red belt with unpainted buckle; red paint of belt overlaps somewhat on outer parts of buckle. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant A.

• Variant A: Text printed on back of each leg. Black cross on blue key badge. Black belt with gold buckle. Black bottoms of blue shoulder cuffs are almost horizontal. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant B.
• Variant B: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Plain blue key badge. Black belt with gold buckle. Black bottoms of blue shoulder cuffs are angled upward toward outer arms. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant A.

• Variant A: Text printed on back of each leg. Black cross on green key badge. Black belt with gold buckle. Black bottoms of green shoulder cuffs are almost horizontal.
• Variant B: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Plain green key badge. Black belt with unpainted buckle; black paint of belt overlaps somewhat on outer parts of buckle. Black bottoms of green shoulder cuffs are angled upward toward outer arms.

• Variant A: Text printed on back of each leg. Black cross on pink key badge. Black belt with gold buckle. Pink (not black) bottoms of pink shoulder cuffs are almost horizontal. Slightly different overall mold than mold of other variants listed below.
• Variant B: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Black cross on pink key badge. Black belt with gold buckle. Black bottoms of pink shoulder cuffs are angled upward toward outer arms. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant A.
• Variant C: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Plain pink key badge. Black belt with unpainted buckle. Black bottoms of pink shoulder cuffs are angled upward toward outer arms. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant A.
• Variant D: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Plain pink key badge. Black belt with gold buckle having two thin (unpainted) white vertical stripes. Black bottoms of pink shoulder cuffs are angled upward toward outer arms. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant A.

• Variant A: Text printed on back of each leg. Black cross on yellow key badge. Black belt with gold buckle.
• Variant B: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Plain yellow key badge. Black belt with gold buckle.

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• Variant A: Text printed on back of each leg. Skin color of head is more saturated than the skin color of the head of Variant B. Front of neck is painted with Lotor’s skin color. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant B.
• Variant B: Text printed on bottom of each foot. Skin color of head is “muddier” than the skin color of the head of Variant A. Front of neck is painted with Lotor’s white hair color. Slightly different overall mold than mold of Variant A.

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Black Lion

I know of at least two variants of Black Lion. Soon I’ll describe them and provide photos.

Blue Lion

I know of at least two variants of Blue Lion. Soon I’ll describe them and provide photos.

Yellow Lion

I know of at least two variants of Yellow Lion. Soon I’ll describe them and provide photos.

The mouth blades and snap-on leg weapons of Red, Green, Blue and Yellow Lions come in two variants that differ only in color.

Red Lion’s mouth blade is known to have been made in both an all-black variant and an all-chrome variant.

Green Lion’s mouth blade is known to have been made in both an all-black variant and an all-chrome variant.

The snap-on leg weapon of Red and Green Lions is known to have been made in both an all-black variant and an all-chrome variant.

Blue Lion’s mouth blade is known to have been made in both an all-red variant and an all-chrome variant.

Yellow Lion’s mouth blade is known to have been made in both an all-red variant and an all-chrome variant.

The snap-on leg weapon of Blue and Yellow Lions is known to have been made in both an all-red variant and an all-chrome variant.

Soon I’ll upload photos of these variants.

Two variants of this play set are known to exist. The more rare of the two versions seems to have been made in Canada. I’m not a subject matter expert on these variants, but I know someone who is, and soon I’ll provide more information provided by that person.

Some individual parts from the Castle of Lions playset seem to have been made in multiple variants. I recently discovered two variants of the flip-down tomb floor part. The images below show the tops and bottoms of the two variants. The variant parts appear to be identical from the top, but from the bottom, it’s clear that one variant has a rim along the edge with the hinge posts, and the other variant has no rim.

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