Disclaimer first. The info I want to post is stuff I've absorbed from people like Morg, Devvi etc and others with Mexican TF sections on their website. I've asked a few guys if I can reference their sites and lists and they've given me the green light so here it is. I am in NO way taking credit for the discovery or documentation of these variants, but I do want to talk about them and share the info so here it is. =) The Transformers were released in Mexico by a company called Iga. Mexico received the 1984 and 1985 run of TFs, and some 1st year minibots were repainted (but NOT remolded) to serve as 3rd year minibots, and that's all Mexico got from Iga. Burchy informs me that USA TFs were also imported in small quantities to Mexico also. As for exports, Mexican TFs were exported and sold in the UK, Netherlands and some other European countries too on a small scale. Possibly even Russia. Mex toys are not easy to find, in fact I'd go so far as to say that the Prowl and Smokescreen variants show up less than things like Red Tracks. They show up in the UK more than most places. The packaging on Mexican TFs is a tad different too. The writing is in Spanish and the little Hasbro logo in the bottom left corner of the box/card was replaced with a white square containing a house and the company name "Iga". The same was done on the back. The first year toys had strange techs pecs. The 'graph' spec chart was replaced with a white rectangle which had the Iga logo in the middle of it. Here's an example: However, the second year (and 3rd year minibots) releases had the proper tech specs, as seen here: Also, there was no Mexican mailaway TF promos so there were no robot points on the boxes either. The inner packaging on the boxed TFs is usually of lesser quality. It has been known for the toys in MISB Mex boxes to fall off the backing card where the adhesive holding the bubble to the card had given up! Onto the toys. The Mexican TFs had no rubsigns. The stickers are usually of a more papery quality and different fonts and colours have been used on some Mexican TFs. Paint application is usually pretty sloppy too. They are generally of a lesser quality than USA and European TFs. Many Mexican variants exist, but towards the later end of the run, some of the variations were changed, resulting in a few versions of some toys. Hence 3 (maybe 4) versions of Mexican Prowl, 2 versions of Smokescreen etc. In the UK, there was quite an uproar about the high lead content in the paint Iga was using on the Mexican TFs when they were imported and sold here. Some later boxed examples can be found with safety stickers on saying that there are no toxic substances used in the construction of the TFs. Copyrights now. A good deal of Mexican toys have the "Japan" section of the copyright blocked out by a slightly raised rectangular bit of plastic. Possibly due to the toys being manufactured, assembled and painted in Mexico and having slightly unique molds. They are all still Hasbro and Takara stamped though. It should be noted that there ARE Mexican TFs with no blocks on the copyright. So that's not an airtight test. Mexican TFs usually have quite potent un-neutered launchers also, so watch our eyes if you ever pick one up!