Polistil Logo Lion Rock Italian releases of the WW2 figures

Polistil of Italy

Polistil US Infantry Man Polistil of Italy is mostly world reknowned for their diecast car lines which are famous for their quality and detail. An action figure line seemed somewhat out of their realm, but the Lion Rock WW2 Figures were a great fit seeing as they also had a high level of detail and accuracy.

The Polistil releases feature beautiful packaging which seemed to be the norm for this line. The front of the box uses Camoflague while the back features attractive individual artwork for each figure (see the pics below). A great deal of care was put into each figure with their accurate weapons and clothing. The figures scale might be explained by the fact that Mego wanted the figures to be as detailed as possible while keeping the cost down at the same time.

The packaging was printed in Italy and doesn't bear the Mego or Lion Rock Logo (however Mego is credited on the box).

Polistil US INfantryman box has terrific artwork The name "Storia Delle Grand Battague" translates loosely into the "History of the Big Battles". Polistil released 32 figures into the line similiar to the French and German releases. The Polistil releases are the most commonly found today (not counting the Knock Offs) and can still be found in Italian collector's circles.

Checklist for Mego Polistil "Storia Delle Grande Battague" figures

US Forces: Artic Infantryman, Fighter Pilot, Airforce Tailgunner, Marine, Combat Officer, Infantry man, Frogman.

Allied Forces : Scottish Guard, Anzac Bush Fighter, British Torpedo Captain, British Commando, British Paratrooper, British Desert Rat, French Infantry Man, French Resistance Fighter, French Legionnaire, French Tank Commander, Chinese Infantryman, Chinese Guerrilla.

Axis Forces German Infantry man, Luftwaffe Pilot, Japanese Sharpshooter, Japanese Infantryman, Japanese Fighter Pilot, German Afrika Korps, German Paratrooper, German Mountain Trooper, German U Boat Commander, Russion Infantry, Russian Officer, Japanese Officer, Italian Partesian.


Boxed Figures
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Japanese Officer

Back of the box

French Infantry

BACK OF THE BOX

Japanese Officer Japanese Officer Box French Infantry French Infantry Box

Mego Japanese Pilot

Back of the box

Japanese Infantry
BACK OF THE BOX
Japanese Pilot Japanese Pilot Box Japanese Infantry Japanese Infantry Box

US Scuba Mego Frogman

Back of the box

French Resistance Fighter
BACK OF THE BOX
US Frogman US Frogman Box French Resistance Fighter Resistance Fighter Box

Mego US Pilot

Back of the box

Mego US Tail Gunner
BACK OF THE BOX
US Pilot US Pilot Box US Tail Gunner Tail Gunner Box

Russian Soldier

Back of the box

Russian Officer
Russian Officer
Russian Soldier Russian Solider Box Russian Officer Russian Officer Art

English Commando

Back of the box

English Dessert
English Desert Trooper
English Commando English Commando Box English Desert Rat English Desert Rat Box
US Marine
US Marine.jpg
US Infantry.jpg
US Infantry
US Marine US Marine Box US Infantry US Infantry Back
Chinese Infantry
Chinese Infantry
German Infantry
German Infantry
Chinese Infantry Chinese Infantry Box German Infantry German Infantry Box
German Paratrooper
German Paratrooper
French Tank Commander
French Tank Commander
German Paratrooper German Paratrooper Box French Tank Commander French Tank Commander Back
German Paratrooper
German Paratrooper
German U Boat Commander
German U boat Commander
Scottish Guard Scottish Guard Box German U Boat Commander U Boat Box
Chinese Guerilla
Back of Box
Japanese Sharpshooter
Back of Box
Chinese Guerrila Chinese Guerrila Box Japanese Sharpshooter Japanese Sharpshooter Box

Special Thanks to Bill Kaufman and Vincent Cerbone for all the pics and information without these two, this page wouldn't exist..


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