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GoGo's (also referred to as Crazy Bones or GoGo's Crazy Bones) are small, collectible figurines that became popular fad during the 1990s and 2000s. They are produced by Catalan company Magic Box Int. and are distributed by Toy Craze in the USA, Panini in Brazil, and Plus Marketing in Europe. If the Gogo's advance tins are included, Power Gogo's would be series 5. Although there are about 80 Gogos in a series, Advance Gogos have only 10 gogos. (50 If other colours are counted as separate figures)
Contents
1 History
2 Gameplay
3 European variations
4 GoGo's Crazy Bones in Africa
5 Other merchandise
6 Banning in schools
7 References
8 External links
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History
Crazy Bones was inspired by a book in Ancient Greece called 'Astragals', where children played a similar game using sheep's knucklebones. This ancient pastime is also known as Tabas. Crazy Bones is a modern version of this game, played with characters molded from plastic. There are hundreds of individual characters, each character having a unique face and name. Each series has a number of 'rare' pieces that are sought after by collectors and are sold on numerous websites for many times their original value. There are 80 or 90 in series 1 of gogo's. There are 15 "Wanted", and 5 "Most Wanted" bones.
Crazy Bones was first released by an American company HotShots.
Later HotShots either lost or sold the Crazy Bone patent and now Toy Craze owns and licenses it, while Magic Box int. manufacturers it. In April 2000, Toy Craze increased licensing to include at least 10 licensees. Toy Crazy, opened in 1997, continued to release Crazy Bones in a variety of forms: "Original", "Buddies", "Mutants", "Things", "Aliens" , "Sports", Mega, Ghost, "Third Series" and "Dragonball Z"
The original bones were small plastic figurines made with faces. Each bone had a different name and personality. The long line of characters included the well known Jaws, Top Hat, and Eggy. Slight variations in design with a shift to a more spooky nature, of 59-78, lead to production of the Mutant set of bones. On the other hand, Things, Ghost, Aliens, Buddies, and Sports were intended as each containing brand new characters. "Sports"(40 units)had sports uniformed crazy bones characters. "Buddies" included 58 Gogos, each, like the past series', with its own function and design including: Liberty, Book worm, and Slick. In the "Things" series(60 units) all the bones were shaped like various everyday objects such as: a TV, couch, or book, but as with the other series' they had smiley faces. "Aliens"(60 units) had anthropomorphic figures of a classic grey, big eyed, alien. Some of the designs included: Salad Head(Caesar), Cyclops, Boris, Tut and others. A "Third" series of Crazy Bones(In the old packaging and design) was later released, including 120 all new characters. Some seem to be variations of the originals, or mutant original, but they are all meant as new characters to the series.
A collection of Crazy Bones in a bowl
Gameplay
Other than the collectible nature of Crazy Bones there are multiple games that can be played with the figurines including; There are about 40 street games with the Gogos. Some of them are:
Traditional - Players take turns flicking Gogos at their opponents Gogos, points are scored depending on how many of their opponents Gogos are knocked over.
On-Line - players throw pieces towards a line on the ground, the closest to the line wins.
Battle - players line up multiple pieces and flick them towards the opposing players pieces in an attempt to knock them over.
Bowling - players line up multiple pieces and 'bowl' a further piece at them. (Akin to ten-pin bowling.)
Bomber - players place multiple pieces in a circle on the ground, then throw a further piece at them in an attempt to knock them out of the circle.
Airborne - players throw a piece into the air, then attempt to pick up a second piece whilst the first is still in the air. They then throw the two pieces in the air, attempting to pick up a third and so on until they fail. (Akin to Jacks.)
Basket - players attempt to bounce pieces into a box.
European variations
In Europe Crazy Bones were released under the following series names;
GoGo's Crazy Bones (80 bones, each available in 5 colours, and 5 'Most Wanted' rare bones with different paint schemes)[Series 1]
GoGo's Crazy Bones Evolution (80 bones, each available in 5 colours, approximately half are translucent with embedded glitter)[Series 2]
GoGo's Crazy Bones Explorer (80 bones, each available in 5 normal colours and a 'laser' metallic colour) [Series 3]
GoGo's Crazy Bones Advance (10 bones, each available in 5 colours. Only available in Tin Boxes)
GoGo's Crazy Bones Power (90 bones - 40 normal bones, 40 metallic bones, and 10 'Most Wanted' rare metallic bones with added paint steps) [Series 4] - This set also adds a collectible card game to the mix with each pack containing 2 bones and two cards (often 1 normal figure, 1 metallic figure, 1 normal game card, and 1 metallic card) with a chance of a 'Most Wanted' figure or card replacing one of these. The Most Wanted cards have the character name suffixed with a '-W', and have a laser-style finish.
Medabots Crazy Bones
Shin-chan Crazy Bones
In March 2009, to mark the release of the Explorer series in the UK, the Daily Mirror newspaper ran a week-long promotion where they gave away free figurines, stickers and sticker books. Two of the figurines were exclusive to this giveaway
In April 2009, the Entertainer toy shop in Kingston upon thames held a 'swap day'. Every swapper received a special 'Laser Mosh' - Mosh is the first bone in the original series. The Laser Mosh is lime green, and carries the same coating as the Explorer special Gogos.
Daily mirror Exclusive Gogos Crazy Bones
In January 2010, GoGo's Crazy Bones Mega Metropolis was released in the UK. Every week, it features a mega version of the original Series 1 GoGo's. The first issue included Mega Mosh, the second included Mega Angiru, the third included Mega Sato and the fourth included Mega Umu. These mega GoGo's have an Evolution GoGo in their heads, and the heads can be swapped. The Mega GoGo's include their own Pod, a hexagon with an irregular shape in the center and the Mega GoGo can fit inside it. Pods come in different varieties of colors and they can split into two halves, so you could have a two-colored pod.
GoGo's Crazy Bones in Africa
Gogo Crazy Bones Series 1 was released in South Africa in October 2009. The collectables are available as 4 product variations: a booster pack with 3 figurines and 3 stickers a collectables special bag sold with 3 figurines a sticker album a collector item tin containing 10 unique figurines that are not available in any of the other product lines.
In December 2009 the largest South African Sunday newspaper listed the toy as the top gift for boys between the ages of 6 and 8. Four months after release the sales have already exceeded 200 000 units.
Gogo Crazy Bones Series 2 will be released soon. The South African distributors and licensors of the toy are Blowfish Entertainment.
Other merchandise
European Crazy Bones, Evolution and Explorer packets also contain stickers. These can be collected in sticker albums which are sold separately.
Series 4 Power Gogo's replace stickers with cards. There is a collector's folder with transparent sleeves for all cards.
Magic Box Int has also created various collector tins, bags (blue and green) and containers for the pieces.
In August 2009, plush toys of three types were released:
'Clipper' Keyrings (8 different designs)
6" Reversible dolls (5 designs that swap between 'normal' and 'most wanted')
8" 'Bone Shakers' (3 designs with removable heads that reveal a cup to throw normal-sized bones with)
All plush designs are based on bones from series 1
During the mid 1990s, Coca Cola of Mexico released a similar brand of toys named "Hielocos" (translated to 'Crazy Ice').
Banning in schools
Crazy Bones were banned in many schools, because they encouraged theft, arguments, and in-class distractions.
Schools banned these toys, because the students got too competitive, and it led to them getting into fights and not paying attention in class.
References
^ "History Of Crazy Bones". http://www.crazybones.com/history.htm.
^ "The Ancient And Modern Game Of Astragals". http://www.jstor.org/pss/1254294.
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/1thru60.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/buddies.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/mutants.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/things.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/aliens.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/sports/sports.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/mega.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/Ghost.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/Copy%20of%20mega.htm
^ http://www.classiccrazybones.com/whoswho/dragonball_z.htm
^ http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/crazybones_2092_530678
^ "How To Play". http://www.crazybones.com/howtoplay/traditional.htm.
^ "Wholesaler & Distributor Of GoGo's Crazy Bones". http://plusmarketing.co.uk/index.php?cPath=102.
^ "Gogo's Crazy Bones". http://www.magicboxint.com/gogos2008/gogos.html.
^ "Free Gogo's with the Daily Mirror". http://www.toytalk.co.uk/2009/03/free-gogos-with-the-daily-mirror.html.
^ "Crazy Bones Merchandise". http://crazybones.stores.yahoo.net/crazbonmer.html.
^ "Atomic Pictures - Crazy Ice". http://www.atomicpictures.com/cc1mv.html.
^ "Crazy Bones: Children turned into smugglers as schools crack down on the great Gogo's craze". http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jul/05/schools.uk2.
^ "Helen checks out Gogo's Crazy Bones". BBC News. 2008-07-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7490000/newsid_7498200/7498263.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
External links
Official new site
Official US website
Official European website
Official Gogos Crazy Bones
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