#533 Unknown Toymaker - The Littles/ Los Diminutos Pvc Figures (Around 1985)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

I bought these figures a piece agone inward to a greater extent than or less flea market. I produce non scream back just when was it. When I decided to inspect them to honor out a fleck to a greater extent than almost them, I noticed that they were non marked, together with that they were non Comics Spain, because they are painted inward unlike colours and, paying fifty-fifty to a greater extent than attention, the figures are non together with then good finished. The plastic has to a greater extent than or less imperfections, together with the paintwork is non together with then accurate.

So they are definitely a Comics Kingdom of Spain bootleg, or perhaps a bootleg from other toy manufacturer, although I am non aware that these PVC figures were made anywhere else past times whatever other brand.

I scream back the TV series, which I establish quite nice. I didn´t know that, just it was a real brusk series, alongside entirely 29 episodes inward three seasons. The chapters ever ended alongside to a greater extent than or less advice to produce to a greater extent than or less crafts. This V serial was based on the books past times american autor John Peterson.

To my knowledge, the serial was never real pop (except perhaps inward Spain, French Republic together with real few other countries) together with at that spot are no (or real few) toys made of them. In Kingdom of Spain at that spot was fifty-fifty a chewing paste that included ane tatoo-sticker each. Other trade were a sticker album or a deck of cards made past times Heraclio Fournier.

From this bootleg serial I am missing Tom Little, I promise I tin give the axe honor it sometime.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: THE LITTLES: LUCY LITTLE, GRANDPA LITTLE together with DINKY LITTLE
• Alternate Names: LOS DIMINUTOS (Spain)
• Year: Around 1985
• Company: Unknown (Probably Spain)
• Size of the figures: Around four cm (1.5’’)

#537 Wwf - Macho Human Being & Ax/Smash Hasbro's Knock-Offs (1991)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

 

I lead maintain no consider where these figures came from. They are non marked at all, together with their character is quite low. However they are real overnice reproductions of the master copy Hasbro figures, together with this turns that slice of plastic inwards a rare collectable.

Probably they were imported from Red People's Republic of China inwards 1991, mayhap for the showtime pound/dollar/euro shops (at the time, inwards Spain, 100-pesetas-shop), although the solely 1 I owned was purchased at a street market.

These figures are made of a rather soft plastic, much softer than the average PVC figure. Of course of report the figure has no activeness move, but it is notwithstanding articulated (with classic ball joints). The paintwork is bad, but inwards almost cases respects the colours of the master copy Hasbro figure.

The pictures are taken together amongst the master copy Hasbro figure. Note that the bootleg is slightly shorter than the master copy one.

Most figures from moving ridge 1 addition a few ones from moving ridge 2 were reproduced. There are to a greater extent than or less 8 dissimilar figures made.

UPDATE (FEB/2017): I besides lead maintain the Ax figure from this bootleg series. Or is it Smash? I would nation the torso together with caput parts are based on Smash, but the hands added are those of Hulk Hogan, then at showtime sight, it may await to a greater extent than like to Ax than to Smash. I estimate the society behind these figures made merely a few casts. If they copied the arms of Hulk Hogan #1, it wouldn't had made whatever feel to re-create besides Ax's arms, since they are then similar.

I besides removed Red People's Republic of China every bit a province of origin, because it may besides live Spain...

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: MACHO MAN & AX/SMASH
• Toy Line: Knock-Off of Hasbro's Official WWF
• Year: 1991
• Company: Unknown
• Size of the figures: eleven cm

#539 Strategic Innovation – Ability Drag Robot (Around 1987)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

 

The cease of the 80s were the golden years of Transformers inward Europe in addition to North America. As a result, enough of plastic knock-off in addition to bootleg robots were available inward inexpensive toy stores at that time. Then, most of these toys were nonetheless beingness manufactured inward Hong-Kong, only the outset Made inward PRC toys were already appearing.

In this case, this robot is non a knock-off in addition to perchance non fifty-fifty a bootleg, since it is an ain designed model. The robot comprises 2 vehicles/parts that tin live combined every bit a "Gestalt". Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 futuristic reddish motorcycle turns to legs in addition to head, in addition to a bluish dragster auto turns to breast in addition to arms. They must live combined to shape a unique robot, which, inward my opinion, looks great, only each business office separately is no consummate robot.

I bought the bluish auto a long fourth dimension agone every bit a business office of a Transformers lot, only the motorcycle was much to a greater extent than hard to find. At first, I idea that the auto was incomplete, or that I didn´t know how to transform it correctly, only searching the meshwork for "Drag-4" I finally works life pictures of the toy, then I knew I had to hold back for roughly other part: the motorcycle or "Drag-3". Now it´s consummate at habitation in addition to beingness displayed inward a drinking glass cabinet.
DRAG-3

DRAG-4

Unfortunately, at that topographic point is zilch I tin nation nearly the toymaker. I cause got seen other transformable robots inward like boxes, only at that topographic point seems to live no data at all nearly the manufacturer inward the box. Note how poorly written it is, they fifty-fifty misspelled the parent of the robot (Darg instead of Drag). I don't fifty-fifty know if at that topographic point are Drag-1 in addition to Drag-2!

All pictures of the parcel are taken from todocoleccion.net

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: POWER DRAG ROBOT
• Toy Line: Strategic Plan (?)
• Year: Around 1987
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (Hong Kong)
• Size of the figure: Around xv cm (both parts inward robot mode)

#629 Unknown Manufacturer - Dinosaucers Pvc Figures (Around 1990)

 

This PVC dinosaur is a bootleg figure from the Dinosaucers series. The cartoon was never real popular, as well as in that place were never an official (licensed) business of activity figures. The exclusively vintage toy products I know were a serial of PVC figures (licensed past times Telecon  Inc 1988) as well as closed to other PVC figures past times Yolanda (monochromatic). This plastic figure is nearly completely unmarked (China is the exclusively give-and-take marked on the figure) as well as came inward a blister pack which was quite simple. Each packet included 1 torso as well as several heads (5, I think). I recall I bought 1 every bit a birthday introduce for my neighbour, thence I recall good the figure.

The toy could live purchased inward the early on nineties inward the famous inexpensive stores inward which everything costed 100 pesetas (0,60 Eur) today, these shops withal be only most products terms 1 Euro. These shops were a modest revolution dorsum then, as well as they had closed to lineament toys at the beginning, similar MC Toy scale cars or several figure bootlegs of MOTU, G.I.Joe as well as other pop lines. Later, the lineament would decrease.

I gauge the figure is older than that, since the figures e'er came subsequently to Espana than to the residue of the world. The TV demonstrate dates from 1987 (65 episodes for iv months) only also came subsequently to Spain, past times the early on nineties again. The figures were belike available before inward other parts of the world, although I convey exclusively seen as well as then on Ebay Espana or Castilian auction sites. Some Dinosaucers collectors worldwide also wrote that they got their figures inward Spain, thence it is hard to gauge on this point.

There were 2 torso casts available, each of them painted inward many unlike patterns, including closed to exotic colours. Most dinosaurs convey a base of operations color peel inward yellow/orange as well as the color of the uniform would vary, only these exotic figures convey for example majestic skin.



Second cast available. Tail did non correspond real good as well as it is real ofttimes missing, every bit inward the picture.

The heads available are non real good casted, thence it is hard to mention the dinosaurs as well as the mention of the characters that each represents. One of them is clearly "Allo", the leader of the Dinosaucers, which tin attain the axe live clearly identified because he is wearing a helmet.

Other are Styraco, Tricero, Ankylo (missing) as well as an unidentified one, which could live Stego, Bonehead, Bronto Thunder, Dimetro, Quackpot or Plesio. All these dinosaurs had similar heads.

FACTS as well as FIGURES:

• Name: DINOSAUCERS PVC FIGURE
• Alternate Names: ASTRO-DINOS (German)
• Year: Around 1990
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (China)
• Size of the figures: Around x cm

#636 Heimo/ Unknown Toymaker - Heidi Pvc Figures (1974)

Heimo is a German linguistic communication producer of plastik figures, really famous for their Disney plasic figures from the 60s an the 70s. There is really few data availble nearly the companionship itself, only apparently, Heimo is a build of Marx Toys from the U.S.A., 1 of the „classic“ american toy manufacturers.

The figures made past times Heimo were really popular, together with despite beingness actually former (40 or l years old), they are really unexpensive today. According to my German linguistic communication catalogue, these Heidi figures are 2 Eur worth each. As catalogues e'er heart upwardly prices, I would tell 1 Euro each is already enough.

The Heidi serial comprises five figures: Heidi, Peter, The Grandfather, Josef (the dog) together with a pocket-size lamb which is to a greater extent than hard to notice (catalogue price: 10 Eur) together with seems to live also really frail because of its sparse legs.

The official Heimo figures accept a logo at the dorsum which is a cross within a circle, every bit good every bit a copyright symbol.

In add-on to the Heimo figures, I desire to introduce a bootleg of the Heidi figure (the other 2 are Heimo original). At kickoff sight, they look identical, only a closer expect reveals that they are different. The size is slightly higher, the colours applied differ together with the score at the dorsum says „Zuiyo“, which are the Japanese studios that created the cartoons.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: HEIDI OF THE ALPS PVC FIGURES
• Year: 1974
• Company: Heimo/ Unknown Toymker (Germany / Unknown Country of Origin)
• Size of the figures: five cm

#662 Super Caser - Super Atlas Bot (Lh-747) (Around 1989)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AND THE KNOCK-OFF AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

 

 

I flora this box a few years agone at a flea market. It is a transformers-like combiner (or "gestalt") robot made inwards Taiwan. The laid upwards comprises ii cars (both await quite futuristic) together with 1 jet, summation about chromed accesories. The names are Ex-Caeser, Atlas-Carbot together with Atlas-Jetbot. They combine into Super Atlas Bot.

 

 

I cause got made pictures of each part, although I ddin´t endeavour to transform or combine them, since this toys are oftentimes quite fragile, together with non really good done. I intend this laid upwards was made inwards the slow 80s, perhaps root for the American together with European markets, together with it in all likelihood came to Espana later, inwards 1991 or 1992. When I flora it, it was alongside many other inexpensive toys from the early on 90s, I estimate it was the classic street vendor of toys together with candies that goes from 1 fair to the next. During the 80s, most toys were made inwards Hong-Kong, merely starting inwards 1992 or 1993, Chinese toys were to a greater extent than together with to a greater extent than common, together with character decreased.

 

 

To my knowledge, these 3 robots are non copies of whatever Transformers robot, they are non bootlegs, merely knock-offs. However, I intend about of these accesories are actual copies of other made yesteryear Hasbro or Takara.

 

The toys are made basically inwards white plastic, alongside parts inwards vivid orange, blueish together with other appealing colours. Stickers are similar to Hasbro´s: colourful merely without silverish background, together with the full general appearance is, I would say, similar a G2 Transformer. It could live easily false yesteryear a G2.

 

 

 

 

Something I discovery groovy virtually knock-offs are their imaginative packaging. The box is too colourful together with makes a groovy impression. Just similar the "expensive" transformers, the box has about windows that disclose the actual contents of the box. It too has a flap to live hung inwards about sort of display case. The labels used together with the names are really exotic, alongside an abuse of superlatives, similar "Double Joint Power Up", ". The dorsum of the box has the instructions, how to transform each business office together with how to combine them into Super Atlas Bot, merely they comprise several spelling errors, which is too typical inwards many Asian knock-off toys from the 90s.

 

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: SUPER ATLAS BOT (LH-747)
• Toy Line: Super Caser
• Year: Around 1989
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (Taiwan)
• Size of the figures: Around 8 cm long

#731 Unknown Manufacturer - Game Sentry Basketball Game (Around 1990)

Game Watchs became actually pop past times the mid 80s. Most kids dorsum too then wanted a Casio lookout amongst chronometer, alert too equally many other functions equally possible) too and then a Game Watch. There was no Game Boy yet, thence this was the “top” inward electronic games…

Well, non this game inward particular, simply some made past times Nintendo amongst double enshroud too most complex controls (up, down, left, correct too ii buttons). Those were nifty games, too rattling expensive at the time. Even today are rattling sought-for too rattling expensive to discovery inward practiced condition.

The toy I am presenting is the inexpensive option to those Nintendo or Casio games. As a small-scale fry I had ii of them that I volition rescue for a futurity entry. In the offset i I had, yous had to movement a trampoline to avoid that some gymnasts autumn too wound themselves. The instant i dealt amongst basketball game players that passed the ball to each other until the ball was thrown to the basket.

This 3rd game was flora inward a flea marketplace several fourth dimension ago, equally i identify unit of measurement that worked equally travelling sellers decided to sell some stock that they had from the 80s too the 90s. Every slice costed i euro, thence I picked this machine.

Note that the controls are express to ii buttons (left too right) too and then yous conduct maintain “Start” too “Game A/B”. The Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 too the B are commonly a difficulty degree mark, so, i yous top dog A, yous tin give notice play a lilliputian longer amongst the B-mode earlier it becomes also boring. The affair virtually these games is that they had no-end, thence yous could play for the infinity, each fourth dimension faster too amongst to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than balls, gymnasts or whatever your game was about.

I don’t hollo back this auto has whatever involvement for collectors today, Federal Reserve annotation that it tries to copy the electrical flow arcade machines, inward which the enshroud was commonly framed past times some figures or illustrations of the game. Back then, the graphics were non rattling good, thence whatever hand-made illustrations would assistance the thespian to croak into the storey inward a much easier way.

This auto comes amongst a rather pitiable box (original, though), ii didactics sheets: i generic inward English, too the translation to Spanish, too i battery, which later xx years, I’d improve accept it to a recycling-spot.

And why game-watch? Because on top of the game, the auto had a clock too yous could run across what fourth dimension it was. I hollo back some also had an alarm, simply non this one.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: BASKETBALL GAME WATCH
• Year: Around 1990
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (China)
• Size: approx. ix cm long

#744 Unknown Manufacturer - Handbasket Fever Pvc Figures (1993)

This plastic figures were made inward 1992 too are marked (C) D´Ocon 1992. Interestingly, in that location is no manufacturer marker on the dorsum of the figures too collectors inward Espana fence if the manufacturer was Comics Espana or not. The figures are identical to these: same plastic, same paint, like design, exactly the companionship inward 1992 has some economical problems every bit I explained inward entry #267. This would brand some feel if they did this figures using a 2nd companionship inward lodge to cash the coin too avoid paying other debts. One item hither is that inward 1997, together amongst Comics Espana in that location were other 2 companies that were precincted too closed.

Curiously, that same yr it would live some other D'Ocon production (Delfy) that would crusade the destination of Comics Spain.

It volition in all probability accept a few years to a greater extent than until nosotros notice individual involved inward the casting or manufacturing of these figures too nosotros know the balance of the story. No affair what, the figures  are actually swell too stand upward for characters from the Castilian cartoon serial "Basket Fever" or "Locos por el Basket".

This serial was produced yesteryear the Public Castilian TV (TVE), the ACB League (professional basketball game league) too the Castilian Basketball Federation to promote basketball game too sports amidst children. The primary character, a grasshopper was also the official mascot of the ACB league.

Charlie too Hooper

The cartoons´ script dealt amongst 2 challenger gangs who instead of fighting create upward one's heed to play sports for the command of the block. One of the gangs is formed yesteryear respectable, overnice too sort dogs, too the other ane are crook too troublemaker dogs. The grasshopper arrives too joins the offset group, too volition get got the stance to play basketball game amongst the challenger gang.

Linda

The expert guys gang is called "dinamics". Although inward the master copy serial in that location were to a greater extent than characters, these are the ones made inward PVC:

-Mike (a.k.a. Boss): Gang Leader

-Linda: Gang member

-Hooper: The grasshopper, newest fellow member of the gang

-Sargent: Trainer (I employ non get got the figure yet!)

The bad guys gang is called "quebrantahuesos". This mention literally agency "the bonecrushers", exactly it is also the mutual mention inward Castilian for the bearded Vulture, a plane that tin live works life inward many places to a greater extent than or less Spain.

-Charlie (a.k.a. Kilo): Gang Leader

-Yvonne: Gang fellow member too Charlie´s girlfriend

-Rapper: Gang member

-O'Rejas: Trainer

Boss too Ivonne

Unfortunately, in that location are other characters that employ non got their figure. In the dinamics gang: Freddie (a.k.a. Krueger) too Plasta, too for the Quebrantahuesos team: Paccino too the Destroyer. With these figures nosotros would get got 2 5 fellow member teams too 2 trainers, too hence nosotros could get got played 5 on 5 basketball game games.

Rapper too O'Rejas

FACTS too FIGURES:

• Name: HOOPER, BOSS, LINDA, CHARLIE, YVONNE, RAPPER and O'REJAS.
• Year: 1992
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer, perchance Comics Espana (Spain)
• Size of the figures: Around vii cm (between  2’’ too 3’’)