I'm primarily looking for someone in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany, or elsewhere who has access to the
Monsuno toyline marketed by
Giochi Preziosi.
Jakks Pacific, based in the USA, holds the master
rights to the toyline. In the US, in 2012, they issued about 70 figures
(counting figures from playsets not in the regular numbering system).
In 2013, you probably saw them at deep clearance somewhere in the US. The single
packs even came to Dollar Tree briefly in late 2014.
The toyline was marketed with the ridiculous "100+ to collect"
gimmick. As far as I can tell, they gave us #1-65 plus #100, giving the
impression that they intended to fill in #66-99 in time. Anyway, this
never happened.
I did some research and found that the line continued in Japan with #66+ with a partnership with
Bandai.
Then I found out that about 30 new figures exist, with a new
numbering system (and some new sculpts, not just variants) with a
partnership between Jakks an Giochi Preziosi for Europe. People from
Greece, Italy, and Bulgaria currently have these on eBay.
Some of these were even released in Jakks packaging (as if they were originally intended for a US market) and the GP stickers were added afterwards.
These are the ones I am looking for (since the Bandai ones end up at
an unrealistic price-point for me). I can pay $5 US per new figure
(plus card and core)
at the very most. Of course, I can offer
lots more in trade-value. I don't need any packaging at all. Hopefully
someone can help out. I suspect that the price in these regions still
retailed at less than the equivalent of 1 USD per figure. Possibly they
are even current in some discount stores in these regions.
Here are some pictures of the
Giochi Preziosi stock, as you can see, there are many pack varieties (1-pack with no core, 1-pack with core, 2-pack, 3-pack, and 6-packs).
