Spanish Baggie figure find
Posted: 23 Jul 2017 15:50
Hi all
Back in May I was looking through Spanish classified adverts and I came across an advert for Action Man dolls, what caught my eye was that they were action force figures (no weapons) but all in individual bags of the same type..
I shot the seller an email using google translate asking if they had put them in the bags themselves and the seller replied that they infact came from the factory like that and that his mother had worked there.. Curious I looked at the sellers completed transactions and he had sold another lot but this time containing about 40+ Star Wars figures in the same bags with a few of the action force figures mingled in..
I then spent the next 3 weeks trying to buy them and eventually the seller sent me the payment details, 2-3 weeks later the seller shipped them and they finally arrived.
He also asked his mother some questions for me which gives some insight on Spanish figures
His mother worked for the Spanish company PBP at the factory located in Hostalric which is a Provence of Girona from 1981-1983. She was in charge of the section where the assembly and painting occurred. Like PBP Star Wars figures you can see they painted the faces and hands of the figures a very white colour. These Baggie figures were purchased from the employee store within the factory.
Here's some pictures of them, the series 1 have lots of obvious differences, the series 2 are identical. The one British marine has a lighter colour cap and no rank on the arms..
And unfortunately these are the ones that were sold in the Star Wars lot
Back in May I was looking through Spanish classified adverts and I came across an advert for Action Man dolls, what caught my eye was that they were action force figures (no weapons) but all in individual bags of the same type..
I shot the seller an email using google translate asking if they had put them in the bags themselves and the seller replied that they infact came from the factory like that and that his mother had worked there.. Curious I looked at the sellers completed transactions and he had sold another lot but this time containing about 40+ Star Wars figures in the same bags with a few of the action force figures mingled in..
He also asked his mother some questions for me which gives some insight on Spanish figures
His mother worked for the Spanish company PBP at the factory located in Hostalric which is a Provence of Girona from 1981-1983. She was in charge of the section where the assembly and painting occurred. Like PBP Star Wars figures you can see they painted the faces and hands of the figures a very white colour. These Baggie figures were purchased from the employee store within the factory.
Here's some pictures of them, the series 1 have lots of obvious differences, the series 2 are identical. The one British marine has a lighter colour cap and no rank on the arms..
And unfortunately these are the ones that were sold in the Star Wars lot
