Antique Toy Show in Mexico March 2011
We flipped when these photos made their way to us. Mexico’s toy historians know how to have a good time and remain active in their field. The Antique Toy Museum of Mexico (El Museo del Juguete Antiguo...
View ArticleMexico, Elastico and Chavelo
This television special aired a handful of times and served to promote the Ensueño Muñecas y Juguetes toy lines. (Does anyone do anything close to this nowadays?) Kids would participate by competing in...
View ArticleLili Ledy Riddler Box Found! (and the Guason myth grows)
Everybody has a Mr. Mxyzptlk in a Lili Ledy box, and even though the USA versions of Mxy outnumber the Mexican Mxys by at least a factor of 10, the Ledy is still considered plentiful. Boxes of any...
View ArticleThe Mexican Incredible Hulk Elastic Toy
We are back with another important piece of MEGO history from the Ensueño promotional television specials. Elastico Hulk! And for good measure, Elastico Plasticman! Both boxed. Both impossible to find....
View ArticleRodrigo Wins a Mexican SpiderTrax from Dos-XL
Ensueño Toys of Mexico in the 1970s brought some of the best toys for the WorldMEGO lovers to enjoy for decades. In this video clip of a promotional event starring the great Chavelo with his man-child...
View ArticleLucha Libre/Hall of Justice TeamUp! (photos)
The year 2011 brought many great toy lovers together in Mexico City for a monthly series of collecting and enjoying a wide range of muñecas y juguetes. Please enjoy the photos below. Thank you oh you...
View ArticleGet your stinking paws off my copyright
Planet of the Apes. It’s pretty tough to find people who aren’t either completely obsessed with or mildly interested in the Earth takeover story. Well, MEGO knew that and so did everybody else who...
View Article17 Lili Ledy MEGOs say hello and hola
With seventeen characters factory produced, an eighteenth rumored and documented in the official catalogs and original packaging, and even-more-teenth nights & days spent thinking about, I hereby...
View ArticleLili Ledy toys alone do not make an era . . .
The 1976 and 1981 Lili Ledy catalogs found in the Mexican Reader’s Digest December issues have already made the rounds through collector circles via some important early foragers (see:...
View ArticleThe Riddler of Mexico has many preguntas.
The question: must I own three Lili Ledy Acertijos in order to have a complete set?! Ain't that just perfect? Not only is he hard to find naked, but he has three different suit patterns, too?! It's...
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