Kids would have been much less likely to have a Big Boy in their area than a McDonald's or Burger King, for example. release at Big Boy, there were not a lot of those restaurants around. release (where MIMP seems to have been post popular), and even though they saw a U.S. Monsters 73-80 were released two ways in 1992: As Canadian cereal premiums in boxes of Nabisco Shreddies and as kids meal premiums in "Secret Monster Packs" at Big Boy restaurants in the U.S. But in addition to that I found out that there were 8 other Series 3 monsters released, which along with Blemmyea, make up numbers 73-81 in the line. I discovered that I actually did own one Series 3 figure as a kid-Blemmyea, which I got as a pack-in with my copy of the MIMP Nintendo game. It wasn't until years later when I found out about Series 3 online. I guess it's a good thing I didn't know about Series 3 figures back then because there was no way I could have gotten them and it would have just added to the frustration created by not being able to track down the second series! In my area, Series 2 never even made it to stores, so I had to settle for only Series 1 and the less cool, larger and painted "Super Scary" series that came later. Way back when MIMP toys were on store shelves, most kids who collected the line didn't even realize there was a Series 3. To start I'm focusing on Series 3, which includes some of the most popular and desirable figures of the entire line, thanks to its rarity. Since Monster in My Pocket is one of the biggest, most collectible, and arguably one of the greatest lines of little weirdos ever, I thought it was about time to start highlighting some of its individual series.
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