ARCO Sword & Sorcerer Bootlegs From Mexico

I recently found out that the bootleg barbarians in my Arco Sword & Sorcerer post were made in Mexico back in the 1980s or maybe very early 1990s.   The figures come with built in weapons and the riders don't the have peg holes in their butts to fit onto the original horses. They were sold in header card bags.  The bootleg sets include all of the figures and one of the two dragons, but no horses.  The figures are almost the same size but with much thicker bases.  The header card is all in English and very close to an exact copy of the original card backs.  

I got these figures in a trade with a collector and artist in Mexico.  I am very grateful to be able to get figures like these that I probably would never have found without help.  My benefactor is Nando Murio.  You can check out his art on pinerest here.  He also sent me an amazing bag of bootleg ninja turtles that includes some bootleg battle beasts.  I will post some pictures in my TMNT post.

Side by Side with Originals.

No peg holes in the riders.  They won't fit on the original horses.  

Bootleg Arco/Fleetwood The Sword & The Sorcerer Two Headed Dragon Snake

I came across a new run of bootlegs of  the two headed dragon/snake thing from The Sword & The Sorcerer line.  One head is a dragon and one is a snake.  These are a little smaller than the originals, but match with some other vintage bootlegs I have. They come in bright shinny new colors but still have that oddball 80s look and feel about them.  They are about five inches tall.  No indication of a manufacturer on the figures or the packaging.  

All of the bootlegs I have found have a hollow center.  The original is solid.

Original on the right.

Same size as the much older bootlegs on the right.