Vintage Star Wars Mexican Galacticos?

[Dublinjeff]

Hi, Just wondering have any of you guys heard about these pieces? Think its 'Galacticos', Made in Mexico. Not sure if they were bootleg etc....Hadn't heard of them before, Appreciate any feedback

 

[Dublinjeff]

anyone....... :lol:

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

It rings a bell mate. I think Marco (DrDengar) has mentioned before somewhere :?

 

[Dublinjeff]

Cool, cant seem to find out to much about them online :?:

 

[spoons]

Cool, cant seem to find out to much about them online :?:

Are these the bootlegs of the 1990s figs? I seem to remember seeing some muscley Vader bootlegs a while back

 

[Joseph_Y]

A pic may help as, if they're bootlegs, sometimes the same figures are released in different packaging.

Cheers
Joe

 

[jedi_masters]

Yea I think the vader and chewbacca were silver and very beefed up if it's the same figures.

 

[jedi_masters]

Well that's annoying, google galacticos and all it keeps bringing up is Robbie aka staffie bull terrier. :?

 

[Dublinjeff]

A pic may help as, if they're bootlegs, sometimes the same figures are released in different packaging.

Cheers
Joe

Thats just it can't find any pic's online. The one I was shown was a like R5D4 Droid, Looked like a bootleg but it was in a sealed packet, made in mexico your man said :?: Just wondering were they rare enough?

 

[flycasual]

There is a Galacticos Vader half way down this page:
http://www.potf2.com/potj/forums/pop_printer_friendly.asp?TOPIC_ID=6632

Is that them?

 

[flycasual]

Are these the ones you were on about, spoons?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63966262@N06/6913277135/in/photostream

 

[Joseph_Y]

A pic may help as, if they're bootlegs, sometimes the same figures are released in different packaging.

Cheers
Joe

Thats just it can't find any pic's online. The one I was shown was a like R5D4 Droid, Looked like a bootleg but it was in a sealed packet, made in mexico your man said :?: Just wondering were they rare enough?

r5-d4? Same as the one in this pic?(2nd row, 2nd fig in)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffin_joe/3168831832/in/set-72157612172559186

Cheers
Joe

 

[flycasual]

A pic may help as, if they're bootlegs, sometimes the same figures are released in different packaging.

Cheers
Joe

Thats just it can't find any pic's online. The one I was shown was a like R5D4 Droid, Looked like a bootleg but it was in a sealed packet, made in mexico your man said :?: Just wondering were they rare enough?

r5-d4? Same as the one in this pic?(2nd row, 2nd fig in)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffin_joe/3168831832/in/set-72157612172559186

Cheers
Joe

I think that R5-D4 is from the 90's, Joe:
http://original-bootleg.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/r5-d4

Here's a Galacticos C-3PO from the 80's:
http://original-bootleg.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/androides-galacticos-mexikoi-c-3po.html

Which ones are you on about Jeff?

Edit: Just found these: http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1077363/
and these: http://community.webshots.com/photo/fullsize/2173157400072146139ATbIvY (My bad)

 

[Joseph_Y]

The R5 in the Android/Galacticos packaging is also the one from the 90s I'd gather that someone had some unused packaging, and robots and made some variations.I've got a couple with Mex/SA figures in them,but for the most part the articulated 3pos and Vaders are what came on these cards from the factory.
There are lots of sketchy things coming out of Mexico these days,sadly even from typically trusted sellers. I think that we've drained most of the good bootlegs out of there, and sellers are scrambling to put together different packaging variations. We've recently uncovered some fake Fetts, as those following the Mexican bootleg thread on TIG may have seen.

Cheers
Joe

 

[Dublinjeff]

A pic may help as, if they're bootlegs, sometimes the same figures are released in different packaging.

Cheers
Joe

Thats just it can't find any pic's online. The one I was shown was a like R5D4 Droid, Looked like a bootleg but it was in a sealed packet, made in mexico your man said :?: Just wondering were they rare enough?

r5-d4? Same as the one in this pic?(2nd row, 2nd fig in)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffin_joe/3168831832/in/set-72157612172559186

Cheers
Joe

Yeah thats it. It was in a sealed Bag with yellow card header?

 

[flycasual]

There are lots of sketchy things coming out of Mexico these days,sadly even from typically trusted sellers.

I'm reading too many similar things like this.

 

[spoons]

Are these the ones you were on about, spoons?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63966262@N06/6913277135/in/photostream

that's them