I picked up this bootleg figure a couple of weeks ago. It’s just so wrong that it’s right. I have a newfound love of foreign toys produced beyond the reaches of our fine American legal system.
Hey Rich, I bet you don’t have one of these in your Super Powers collection! 😉
If you go to various flea markets or farmers market you will find some great incorrect packaging. I once saw one package that had Shrek with a bunch of Super Heroes
I’m sure if I ever make it down to Mexico, I would come back with a suitcase full of these things. 🙂
Yes there is a lot of great bootlegs from Mexico, this one was from china where there is a lot bootlegs too.
Ha, yeah you got me there Brian! I do appreciate the foreign bootlegs but have thus far stuck to the Amigos mostly. I heard they’re using that Spidey outfit in the upcoming moving this summer 😉
Well, if they do, it better include the smile. 😉
I like how all the heroes are blatant copies but they left off the actual symbols so I guess it’s ok….lol
You can’t sue me! There’s not bat symbol on that hero’s chest. 😉
Seems legit. That’s obviously oval man! He just likes pointy ears and gauntlets!
What an absolutely beautiful bootleg. He looks to be from the same makers of the Mexican red pajama Batman.
Probably so. I’ll have to photograph those two together. 😉
With no markings, it’s hard to pin down when and where these things were produced. This one says Made in China, but it seems like they are usually listed as being from Mexico.
I love these especially when they’re ridiculous like this. My favorite bootleg Spider-man is this one with two chest logos that I found in a flea market a few years ago…
http://static.flickr.com/57/219667797_3664191ec5.jpg
Ha! Nice one!
Dude those are ALL over the place down here!
Care package??? 😉
No seriously. Let’s talk. 😀
I think my favorite thing is how he’s got the web texture all over…except his legs!
I’m sure the budget played a big role in this decision. 😉
I run across things like these once in a great while Brian i will have to grab one or two for you next time i do.
Love that Spidey. Got one in my bootleg collection. I also have the Superman, which reuses the Batman body, so its Supes, with the Bat-Gloves with the fins. Ridiculously fun stuff.
Spidey’s got a wrist gauntlet-thing on his right arm. I’ve always wondered if that was some reference to the 70s live action tv show, where he had the one web shooter?
In my head, I like to imagine the bootleggers using some dusty old copy of Starlog or something as the only reference while designing him.
-Matt
I’m really not sure how I feel about this, lol.