IGA
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Plasticos IGA, S.A. (often referred to as simply IGA) is a Mexican company that held the license to manufacture and market Transformers toys in Mexico and Central America during Generation 1.
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History
Beginning in 1985, IGA introduced a wide variety of Mexican-made Transformers toys, including such unique variants as a silver Cliffjumper and a Hoist with the same head sculpt as Trailbreaker. However, the Mexican Transformers toyline sold well below expectations (although some sources indicate that they initially sold well but the hype quickly died down), and in 1986 IGA introduced only Metroplex and a handful of repainted Mini Vehicles before giving up on Transformers altogether.
Around 1989, significant quantities of IGA Transformers were quasi-legally exported to Europe, and these created some concern by not meeting European safety standards; for instance, the Mexican Seekers' nosecones were made of hard plastic as opposed to rubber, and some Mexican toys had lead paint applications. As a result, the toys were opened, the lead-heavy paint (which was apparently primarily limited to yellow eyes) removed and hastily painted over in red, resulting in many specimens with nasty "bleeding eyes", then put back into packaging and rushed to store shelves.
Today, IGA Transformers are prized by many collectors due to the presence of unusual variants.
Known IGA released toys[1]
Mini Vehicles
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Autobot Cars
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(with red feet or corrected orange feet) (Trailbreaker head) (reversed arms, then corrected) (no red paint on doors) (regular and re-colored unmodified Bluestreak mold) |
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Jumpstarters
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Dinobots | Autobot Commander
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Autobot City | |||||
Constructicons
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(giftset, w/ red eyes and w/o on Devastator head) |
Triple Changers
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Decepticon Jets
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Decepticon Communicator
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Decepticon Leader
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