It was one of those toys you had as a kid, because those crafty marketers at Crazy Bones had their ads screaming at you every afternoon when you got home from school.
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The toys have dazzled teens and starred in Inception memes for the better part of a few months, which means we're probably nearing the end of their fad half-life when a new trend takes off or Crazy Bones make a comeback, or whatever.
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In Europe Crazy Bones are released in different sets for different countries.
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Gogo's Crazy Bones (also referred to as Crazy Bones or Gogo's) are small, collectible figurines that became a popular fad during the late 1990s through the 2000s. They are produced by Spanish company Magic Box Int., and PPI Worldwide Group, the sole distributor in North America.
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The band was the original creation of Wayne Fromm. it was based on the toy known as Crazy Bones that was marketed by Fromm and Eric Segal by their company All 4 Fun Toy Products Ltd. The music video "Something to Say" contains short animated images of Crazy Bones characters. Fromm was introduced to Iron Music through an associate Brian Stutz.
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A Starter Pack was also available containing a Collector Album for storing the cards, a full game guide, checklist and 3 packets of cards. The Starter Pack was priced at £3.99. As with all Gogo's Crazy Bones collections, an extensive marketing campaign was in place to support the launch. This included a large TV advertising campaign and product sampling via the Gogo's Crazy Bones Comic.
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From January 21, 2011, Magic Box International added a new Gogo's Crazy Bones Trading Card Game. This new trading game complemented the range of Gogo collectable figurines and created an exciting new way to play and collect Gogos. There were 160 cards to collect, including 32 special prismatic 'Leader' cards. Packets of the Gogo's Crazy Bones Trading Card Game contain 6 cards, including 1 special card and were priced at 50p.
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The Classic series was available in Canada in the 1990s. The rebranded Gogo's Crazy Bones series 1 was sold in Canada in 2009. Series 2 became available in May 2011, then came series 3 and now series 4.
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Bungees are collectible figurines that are produced by Magic Box Int., which also created Gogo's Crazy Bones, and published by Jazwares Inc. Each figurine comes with a collectible card as well as disks which earn a player a certain number of points when they land a Bungee on it.
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He, with Abel, Bones, Ernie, Horse, Lloyd, Red, and the Vitamin Kid, set up a play about the First Christmas on a dark and snowy night, which turns into a hilarious disaster because of the ever crazy Bones. Rosie – The woman who runs the local brothel. Antonio has a deep fear of the brothel because it represents sin. He is devastated when he finds out that his brother Andrew frequently goes to it.
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In January 2010, Gogo's Crazy Bones Mega Metropolis was re-released in the UK after an earlier trial in selected areas. A Partwork, the magazine features a new 'Mega Gogo' each week. Starting with Mosh (Gogo #1 from series 1), the Mega versions are thus far all from series 1. After that, the others have been released in a different order (1,8,3,9 etc.) Each Mega Gogo has a flip-top head which opens to reveal an evolution series 2 bone.
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Series launched to promote "Monica Toy" line launched by Tok & Stok, which features an ultra-stylized version of the characters of Monica in traits that refer to Toy Arts and famous franchises like Hello Kitty, Pucca and Gogo's Crazy Bones. There are 7 seasons, with 23 mini-episodes each with about 30 seconds long, with 2D animation and exclusive language for web delivery. From the episode "Hiccups" (released on July 17, 2013), the series was renamed and had its shortened to just "Monica Toy" title. On October 7, 2013, the series premiered on Cartoon Network in the interprograma format, debuting two episodes a week and airing at various times.
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