Following the National Conference of Collectors, this past Wednesday, April 27, was published both in its print edition and on its website, a new interview, this time more focused on action figures in Venezuela. Here you can see the original digital version . Significantly, the exhibition will run for another month, until Sunday 29 May, so if you have not yet gone, still have the opportunity to enjoy this magnificent display.
The collector treasures more than 4 thousand pieces Juan Carlos Azpurua showcases over 300 toys in action
April 27, 2011
In the Museo Carlos Cruz-Diez you can see this exhibition which runs from Mazinger Z to the new doll Francisco Miranda
Until the end of this month maintain the National Meeting of Collecting at the Museum of Prints and Design Carlos Cruz-Diez. The event is complemented by an exhibition that spans three exhibition halls of the exhibition and a series of forums, discussions and other side, by the exhibitors.
One speaker was Carlos Azpurua, who prepared a presentation about the history of toys in action in Venezuela. During his speech he referred to the boom that had these items in the eighties, when an import ban stimulated local manufacture.
Azpúrua recalled that after the steps followed by the famous Venezuelan Black Friday, "the companies importing toys they had to become manufacturers. Then the toys were sold worldwide were also produced here, as Barbie, He Man, GI Joe and many others. " "In the nineties the ban lifted, return the toys imported and the factories disappeared."
"The factories could not compete with imports because was cheaper to bring the toy to do here. Factories lost national market. Many who were importing at first, were re-importing and usually broke those that emerged as manufacturers, "he recalled.
The action toy collector for over 10 years, is difficult to see that in our country are re-manufactured products such as those treasures. "It's not a case of Venezuela, that is happening all over the world," he said. On the one hand, he said, the big multinationals dominate the toy world market using other strategies, manufacturing in countries where labor is much cheaper, China, for example.
Moreover, in some way that actually stimulates the development of indigenous toys, such as a figure representing the hero Francisco de Miranda, created under an aesthetic "that has nothing to send to a stuffed Lion O ( Thundercats), for example. " "This is not a line of toys because they just have released a single doll. Nor is done here, but in China, but at least it's a toy Venezuela. It's like a bit first, "he said.
Collection of Juan Carlos Azpurua and passed the 4,000 pieces, of which almost 300 are on display until late April at the Museo Carlos Cruz-Diez. His passion began when he was about 20 years old (has 31). "I started because I never threw away my toys, I had saved, then found they were collectibles, magazines and even had was a big move, I retrieved the toys that had saved and I started my collection."
He also prefers a degree in history pieces that were made in the land of Bolivar during the boom in production of toys. One of his favorites is the Rojet. "It's the only robot designed and built entirely in Venezuela," he said.
The Rojet was manufactured by the company Jeice (Games and Entertainment Children's Company Limited) in late 1985. At that time the Transformers were the most sought after toys for children, but the license check was in Argentina.
In response to this problem the national toy company decided to develop their own robots that turned into warehouses, while legal permits expire in the country of Maradona. The product went on sale Creole for a couple of years, sales declined and left the market.
Azpúrua the difference between a collector and a person that only "junk board," in which the first is concerned with research and learn more about the objects together and appreciates their value beyond the economic. Precisely why regrets that rarities such as Rojet not very appreciated by collectors, as with almost all the action figures produced in Venezuela, despite the good quality and how strange it is internationally.
T / Luis Jesus Gonzalez Cova
F / Hector Rattia
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