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[PlasticSoul]

I tried searching but i couldn't find much info here at all.

 

I found a tin case at a thrift store of these things thinking it had a few in it but when i opened it at home it actually had 70 figures in it. A few gold ones and 2 or three mono ones with the rest having paint apps of some kind. Are these worth taking a picture of for identification? I've never collected these before.

[steverotters]

I could ID them with a pic. Mono ones are probably from late 90s.  All the others are from 2010-12.  Gold ones are worth about $1 each mint.  There are a couple rare ones that exist, but they are not gold.  Each series is about 80 sculpts in 5 colors each -- they are made to be cheap with lots to collect. 

Edited by steverotters, 12 January 2015 - 09:11 PM.

[PlasticSoul]

That makes sense. Thanks for the info.

 

Here's the ones that i found in the tin. A couple of them are pretty neat. I like the grey robot and the one that looks like no face from spirited away.

 

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[ironmask]

Those all look like the more recent Gogos. My daughter has a metric ton of these things, and I recognize them all... And hate them. They're up there with Legos, as little plastic caltrops.

I take that back, there are three on the bottom left of the first picture, that are classic Crazy Bones. 

I still hate them all.

[Matlock]

Is there giant crazybones? i found a weird thing this summer at a flea market, it looks like a crazy bone. but is 2'' tall and 1.5'' wide and 1.5'' deep.

[plasticfiend]

I like those two green ones in the lower row in the second pic... They look Tetris themed!!


Awesome!

PF

[Draznar]

Yes there is, matlock!

I've got a bunchanged of the "vintage" and new ones.

[Matlock]

I just got one.big one. a hundred or so of the mini or regular sized ones

It dosent have a date on it.

it says mfg forMcD. so this must be a mickydee's promo..i got it with a ton of other unopened mcsquirts items.

they are pretty cool when there this size. wouldnt mind some more. so hes got someone to hang with

Edited by Matlock, 13 January 2015 - 03:12 PM.

[sugarpappy]

I have some bigger Mcdonalds crazy bones and a rare gold Mcdonalds crazy bones. Also a very rare cap'n crunch still in package (only one I have ever seen) and a mail away cap'n crunch. If anyone has any idea what they are worth and could let me know, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

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[steverotters]

@PlasitcSoul -- you have 4 moderately rare ones.  They are 3 "wanted" ones from series 1 and 1 "most wanted" from series 4.  The rare one is called Frug -- it is the purple metallic egg-looking guy with stars on his head.  You could probably get $10 for this one on ebay if mint.  

 

The other 3 rares are Codi, Tut, and Cho.  You can look those up on ebay.  Notice that the rare "wanted" are repaints of their regular versions.  These are worth maybe $6 or $7 each.  

 

You also have a lot from the Limited Edition "silver tin" whose sculpts were never part of a regular series.  If someone were trying to complete a master set  of silver-tin versions, they might go for your lot rather than buying the 5 individual tins.  

 

You actually have 4 from the original (late 90s) series -- they are the 3 in the bottom corner of first pic plus the orange alien, 2nd in top row of 2nd pic.  The original ones are worth even less (typically) than the 2010+ series. 

[steverotters]

I have some bigger Mcdonalds crazy bones and a rare gold Mcdonalds crazy bones. Also a very rare cap'n crunch still in package (only one I have ever seen) and a mail away cap'n crunch. If anyone has any idea what they are worth and could let me know, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

 

The large McDonald's ones are from 2000.  They sell for about $.50 to $1 each.  They are collectible because like MIMP, FoP and everything else, they were issued in tons of colors and varieties.  GID, metallic, translucent, etc. 

[sugarpappy]

Thanks for the info. Do you know what the captain crunch are worth?

[steverotters]

Those were a Canada only promo. I have never seen one.  Someone has a set of 3 on ebay right now for about $20 with shipping -- no bids.  

 

There is info on them here: 

 

http://crazybonesped...nch_Crazy_Bones

[theGardener]

Steve, you seem to know a lot about these. Are there set lists around someplace that give rarities, etc.?

[steverotters]

There were different sticker-books and packaging types that had checklists.  The backs of the 5-packs had checklists and names.  They also had a "track your collection" type website back when they were current to the marketplace.  

 

I assume that the Gogos Wiki has checklists.  

 

I do not know much about the late 90s Gogos -- except you can get tons of them for cheap on ebay.

 

I collected the newer incarnation which ran from 2010-12 in North America.  This was Series 1-4.  

 

Magic Box International stopped supporting the North American market after series 4.  Series 5 and 6 (plus some exclusives) continued in the UK.

 

Other markets got entirely different series -- France, Netherlands, Israel, and Peru especially -- which surface on ebay. 

 

One of the reasons I finally joined this site was that I was hoping to find international collectors to trade with.  But that has not happened.  

 

I will give you a rundown of the North American Gogo's Crazy Bones.  

 

First, only two series had actual "rares."  It may seem like others are rare -- or at least shortpacked per case -- but if you buy enough, and look at ebay sellers, you will be able to find the remainder of each series at roughly the same price per figure.  

 

There are a couple of characters that also may seem rare due to their popularity.  Mosh #1 and Fist #38 and definitely the most popular. 

 

The fact is, the sets are just huge.  

 

Series 1 -- 80 sculpts x 5 color variants*

Series 2 -- 80 sculpts x 5 color variants

Series 3 -- 80 sculpts x 5 color variants

Series 4 -- 80 sculpts x 4 color variants**

 

*plus an additional 20 re-painted rares (15 "wanted" and 5 "most wanted")

**plus an additional 10 re-painted rares ("most wanted")

 

Any given Series 1 rare showed up in about 1/20 packs-of-three (1/60 Gogos) and any given Series 4 rare showed up in about 1/30 packs-of-two (1/60 Gogos).  

 

These rares still command fair prices, though not nearly as high as when the toyline was current.  

 

The others you can find by buying bulk lots or by using the "U Pick" sellers where you can complete your set for around $2 per figure.  

 

A couple more quick things...

 

If you are buying bulk lots or finding them at thrift stores, a short description of the styles might be helpful:

 

Series 1 -- all solid-colors

 

Series 2 "Evolution"-- all are actually variants of Series 1 sculpts.  Half of the sculpts are in new colors, the other half are in glitter-translucent colors.  Any glitter-translucent figure is from Series 2.  One thing I always hated is that they did not make a glitter-translucent version of each sculpt.  A sculpt either has 5 glitter-translucent variants OR none.  

 

Series 3 "Explorers"-- all new sculpts.  Each figure has 4 colors plus one "laser" finished color.  These are super-shiny, but not metallic.  They may seem to be shortpacked when you are looking for certain figures, but overall they do appear as 1/5 Gogos, or about 1 in every 2 packs.  Any "laser" finish is from Series 3.  

 

Series 4 "Power"-- all new sculpts.  2 per pack instead of 3.  One solid-colored and one metallic. This series also featured 10 alt-paint metallics that are truly quite rare.  Any metallic Gogo is from Series 4 or it is one of the ten exclusive to the "gold tin."

 

Series 5 (UK) -- this is a "best of" series called "Superstars."  They are flocked versions of Series 1-4.  There are also super-rare versions that are flocked and metallic.  

 

Series 6 (UK) -- all new sculpts called "Edge."  (I have none of these.)

 

Other North American releases:

 

Gold Tin -- also released in the UK.  This features gold-finished versions of 10 Gogos from Series 1-3.  The UK also had a second, similar gold tin that we did not get.

 

Silver Tin -- the silver tin does not feature metallic Gogos.  It is a separate "series" of 10 solid-color sculpts.  There are 5 versions of each figure and are acquired through buying 5 separate silver tins that have distinct lids -- to get the set of 50.

 

Black Tin -- another separate "series," though there was no way to externally distinguish one set from another. However, 5 distinct tins of 10 Gogos each still made the set of 50.

 

White Tin -- exactly as the "black tin" and issued at the exact same time.  5 tins of 10 Gogos made a third distinct "series" at 50 figures.  

 

The White and Black Tins were Walgreens exclusives and turned out to be the absolute last Gogos in North America.  I've still seen some at clearance as recent as 6 months ago.  You may also find other Series 2 and Series 3 deadstock packs at Walgreens still.  Series 1 and Series 4 are long sold out since they were the only ones with the potential of "rare" contents.  All other retailers have sold off their Gogos stock long ago.  They were a pretty big deal when they first came out with Series 1, the gold tin, and the silver tins -- quite plentiful at Target, Wal-Mart, and TRU.   

 

Anyway, just looking at the 2010-12 Gogos available in North America, there are 1,710 distinct figures!   

 

Series 1: 420

Series 2: 400

Series 3: 400

Series 4: 330

Tins: 160

 

This does not count the mono-colored Gogos from the 1998-2000 incarnation....

or promotional Gogos...

or knock-off Gogos...

or any international Gogos... 

 

Like I said, the UK had our Series 1-4, plus at least two more regular series, plus Mega Gogos and Mini Gogos....  

 

Much like MUSCLE, MIMP, FOP and all the other lines famous on this site, there is a lot of other minutiae that I could get into.  

 

But just in sheer numbers alone, you can see that this is a pretty intense toyline.

 

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Edited by steverotters, 14 January 2015 - 08:35 PM.

[theGardener]

Thanks for all the info, Steve. Hmm, I usually collect sculpts. In this case perhaps I should widen it to sculpt/paint-job combinations. Sculpt/color combinations looks a bit overboard.

 

The White and Black Tins were Walgreens exclusives and turned out to be the absolute last Gogos in North America.  I've still seen some at clearance as recent as 6 months ago.  You may also find other Series 2 and Series 3 deadstock packs at Walgreens still.  Series 1 and Series 4 are long sold out since they were the only ones with the potential of "rare" contents.

Funny you should say. I've been checking my local Walgreens stores over the past several days. They are running a sale on remaining packs, and between the stores I can get every serries for around $1 a pack. I found whole booster boxes of series 1, 3 and 4 which don't seem to be going anywhere, and a bunch of series 2 to boot. Apparently I'm in a Walgreen Gogos sweet spot.

I actually used to have tons of the late nineties Crazy Bones. I had every sculpt in sets 2 and 3, most of them many times over (they didn't seem to have a fixed color list, and I kept finding odd colors). We had such big heeps of them that my brothers and I used them as poker chips. Sadly all that went to a thrift store years ago.

Edited by theGardener, 15 January 2015 - 05:11 AM.

[steverotters]

Yeah, there is no S1 or S4 at any Walgreens near me -- probably because I bought them all over the last couple years.  For $1 per pack I would still buy up S1 or S4 for the chances to get the rares.  Just the basic blind-pack cheap thrill I suppose.  

 

Let me know if you buy any and go for sets, I can probably help round out some sets with all the extras that I still have. 

[Somerandomweirdo]

Does anyone know what any of these would be worth?
PS, how does one add a photo on mobile? I'm struggling to figure it out.

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[wizard]

Hi does anyone have info in these South African JOJOs?
They were give sways at a restaurant think from the late 90's

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