El Greco

No, not the painter.

El Greco was a Greek company that held the license to manufacture and market Transformers toys in Greece during Generation 1.

They released a handful of toys from the original toyline, some of which bear a few differences in tooling and colors. These featured the original Greek names for the characters on the packaging, rather than the ones used by their US counterparts. In the early 90s El Greco also re-released a handful of Generation 1 toys as pack-in gifts with Easter candles - a surprisingly common thing for toy manufacturers in the European market at the time!

Toys

1986 Egkéfalos (Brawn) * Gígantas (Huffer) * Achtýpitos (Warpath) Kyríarchos (Cosmos) * Keravnόs (Powerglide) * Angeliofόros (Beachcomber) Thalassόlykos (Seaspray)

1990 Easter candle giftsets Grimlock Slingshot Streetwise Groove First Aid Dead End

1991 Defensor (giftset) Excavator (Devastator) (giftset)

Gígantas (Huffer)

* - Indicates toys with noticeable differences compared to their original Hasbro / Takara versions

External links

• Greek Transformers!
• The Toy Archive