Mexico
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Lili Ledy was the premier
toy company in Mexico and had the rights to G.I. Joe, Star Wars and Stretch
Armstrong. Due to Mexican law at the time Lili Ledy would gain the rights to the
toys and produce them in Mexico Every Mego figure Ledy
produced was a variation on a US one. Often wrongly percieved as knock-offs,
Ledy figures are an interesting and exciting chapter in the Mego saga NOTE: New Gallery Pages added October 2010 Ledy Figures
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Most of these Knock Offs use a crude copy of the Mego star Trek body, I own a variation of the Kirk and they are extremely flimsy.
These things came out of Mexico long after Mego's demise and despite the fact that they are made with little to no care, they are highly collectible. Other subjects include Mazinger, the Keeper form Star Trek, Mighty Thor and The Gorn!
If you have any figures(loose or boxed) not mentioned
here, or variations of them, please contact me!
Knock Off Figures
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| Captain Kirk | Batman | Spiderman | Kaliman |
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| Robin | Captain America | Lion-O (thundercats) | General Urko |
The body style is almost identical to a mego type 2 Ape body, however the heads reflect a somewhat cruder design. Cipsa redid some of mego's packaging artwork (they did similiar revisions to Jack Kirby's Big Jim PACK art) or simply created their own, they packaged the figures in large boxes they had also used for the Gabriel Lone Ranger line.
In 1996, Toy Dealer Mike King had a large find of boxed items from this line, prior to this discovery it was relatively unknown. Supply of the MIB items has pretty much dried up and didn't seem to meet demand.
There are five figures in the line and a great number of playsets (including the Horse, Catapult and Wagon which was exclusive to Mexico and Canada). The Allan Virdon figure was remodelled into "Bill" most likely the hero of the Deptie Freling "Return to the Planet of the Apes Cartoon".Cipsa Dolls
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| Gral Urko | Soldato Ursus | Dr.Zauis | Cornelius |
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| Bill (Came with Rifle) | Bill Box | Boxed Urko | Cornelius Box |
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| Throne | Jail |
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| Boxed Horse, Catapult and Wagon | Boxed Treehouse |
ENSUENO
A third player in Mexico was
Ensueno who picked up two Mego lines in the early eighties as Mego had world
wide rights to the Superheroes.
The twelve inch line made
by Ensueno had a flying action (I don't know how it works) and included Spiderman,
Superman, Batman and Mighty Mouse (!).
The Elastic Heroes were a rehash of Megos elastic Heroes
and included Plastic Man, Superman, Batman and Spiderman.
Boxed Examples
Got something I don't have? Please don't be shy and send me a pic
Questions or Comments?
SPECIAL THANKS to Jesus Magana for letting me pick his brain daily, pics and for being the amazing friend he has become to me, Genaro Poszos for being a pal and trying to teach me Spanish, Mike Holub for getting me hooked on Mexican toys (My Wife thanks you too Mike), MegoSteve (for motivation and for having so much patience!) and the folks at Bluechiptoys for Without them I wouldn't have my precious Ledy tarzan. Thanks guys without your invaluable help, support and knowledge of this stuff this page would not have been possible.
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