Argentina (PlayFul/Pacipa Super Amigos)

 

Between 1987 and 1989 (after the line was cancelled in the US) the 2 companies Pacipa and PlayFul released figures in Argentina under the branding “Super Amigos”.  While both companies made several of the characters, not all characters were made by both companies.  Super Amigos are notorious for their numerous quality control induced variations and errors, including poor paint application, poor bubble placement, factory staples or glue holding on bubbles, and even putting the figure on the wrong cardback.

When determining which company produced a given loose Super Amigos figure, the easiest way to tell them apart is by looking at the heads.  Pacipa molded the heads out of flesh colored plastic and did not paint them, where PlayFul painted the heads flesh color.  The result is the PlayFul heads usually look much nicer and much more defined, however the Pacipa heads look almost translucent.

Pacipa Amigos: Aquaman, Brainiac, Cyborg, Darkseid, Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Lex Luthor, Penguin, Plastic Man, Riddler, Robin, Superman

PlayFul Amigos: Aquaman, Batman, Brainiac, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Joker, Lex Luthor, Penguin, Plastic Man, Riddler, Robin, Shazam, Superman, Wonder Woman

 

Pacipa Aquaman aquaman_pacipaaquaman_pacipa_back
PlayFul Aquaman aquaman_playful_amigosaquaman_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Batman batman_playful_amigosbatman_playful_amigos_blueeyes_back
PlayFul Batman
Error: Unpainted Eyes
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PlayFul Batman
Error: Joker miscard
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Pacipa Brainiac brainiac_pacipa_amigosbrainiac_pacipa_amigos_back
PlayFul Brainiac brainiac_playful_amigosbrainiac_playful_amigos_back
Pacipa Cyborg cyborg_pacipa_amigoscyborg_pacipa_amigos_back
Pacipa Cyborg
Error:  Bubble misplacement
pacipa_cyborg_bubble pacipa_cyborg_bubble_back
Pacipa Darkseid darkseid_pacipa_amigosdarkseid_pacipa_amigos_back
Pacipa Flash flash_pacipa_amigos_flash_pacipa_amigos_back
PlayFul Flash flash_playful_amigos_flash_playful_back
Pacipa Green Arrow (Flecha Verde) greenarrow_pacipa_amigos_greenarrow_pacipa_back
PlayFul Green Arrow (Flecha Verde)
Variation: 2 arrows
greenarrow_playful_amigos_2arrowsgreenarrow_playful_back
PlayFul Green Arrow (Flecha Verde)
Variation: Wider bubble (inner tray) 5 arrows
greenarrow_playful_amigos_5arrowsgreenarrow_playful_amigos_5arrows_back
Pacipa Green Lantern (Linterna Verde) greenlantern_pacipa_amigos_greenlantern_pacipa_amigos_back
PlayFul Green Lantern (Linterna Verde) greenlantern_playful_amigos_greenlantern_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Green Lantern
Variation: Joker miscard
greenlantern_playful_amigos_jokermiscardgreenlantern_playful_amigos_jokermiscard_back
PlayFul Hawkman (Hombre Halcon) hawkman_playful_amigos_hawkman_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Joker (El Guason) joker_playful_amigos_joker_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Joker (El Guason)
Error:  Unpainted white face
joker_playful_amigos_whitefacejoker_playful_amigos_whiteface_back
PlayFul Joker
Error:  Hawkman miscard
joker_playful_amigos_hawkmanmiscardjoker_playful_amigos_hawkmanmiscard_back
Pacipa Lex Luthor lex_pacipa_amigos_lexluthor_pacipa_back
PlayFul Lex Luthor lex_playful_amigos_lex_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Lex Luthor
Error:  Wonder Woman miscard
lex_playful_amigos_wwmiscardlex_playful_amigos_wwmiscard_back
Pacipa Penguin (El Pinguino) penguin_pacipa_amigos_penguin_pacipa_amigos_back
PlayFul Penguin (El Pinguino) penguin_playful_amigos_penguin_playful_amigos_back
Pacipa Plastic Man (Hombre de Goma) plasticman_pacipa_amigos_plasticman_pacipa_back
PlayFul Plastic Man (Hombre de Goma) plasticman_playful_amigos_plasticman_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Plastic Man (Hombre de Goma)
Error:  Joker miscard
plasticman_playful_amigos_jokermiscardplasticman_playful_amigos_jokermiscard_back
Pacipa Riddler (El Acertijo) riddler_pacipa_amigos_riddler_pacipa_amigos_back
PlayFul Riddler (El Acertijo)
Variation: Sheet of riddles included
riddler_playful_amigos_riddler_playful_amigos_back
PlayFul Riddler (El Acertijo)
Error:  Green Lantern miscard
riddler_playful_amigos_glmiscardriddler_playful_amigos_glmiscard_back
PlayFul Riddler (El Acertijo)
Error:  Joker miscard
riddler_playful_amigos_jokermiscardriddler_playful_joker_miscard_back
PlayFul Riddler (El Acertijo)
Error: Shazam miscard
riddler_playful_amigos_shazammiscardriddler_playful_amigos_shazammiscard_back
Pacipa Robin robin_pacipa_amigos_robin_pacipa_amigos_back
Pacipa Robin
Error:  Black Batman cape
robin_pacipa_amigos_blackcaperobin_pacipa_amigos_blackcape_back
PlayFul Robin Photo needed
PlayFul Robin
Error: Joker miscard
robin_playful_amigos_jokermiscardrobin_playful_amigos_jokermiscard_back
PlayFul Shazam shazam_playful_amigos_shazam_playful_amigos_back
Pacipa Superman superman_pacipa_amigos_superman_pacipa_amigos_back
PlayFul Superman Photo Needed
PlayFul Wonder Woman (La Mujer Maravilla) wonderwoman_playful_amigos_wonderwoman_playful_amigos_back

 

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