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Manufacturer: Furuta (confectionery) / Kaiyodo (Toy figure) Release Date: September 1999 Notes: This was the first series of Choco Eggs released. It included 24 figures of animals, birds, insects and marine animals that are found in and around Japan. The figures were all designed by Matsumura Shinobu of Kaiyodo, who has since become something of a national celebrity in Japan for his toy figure designs. The earliest releases apparently had one piece of paper inserted, with the figure details and assembly instructions on one side and the series list on the other side. Later the two were separated, so that each capsule contained two pieces of paper. In 2001 the early series Choco Eggs were re-released in Hong Kong, and these re-releases had only one piece of paper again. Many Japanese collectors cited this as evidence that the Hong Kong Choco Eggs were distinct from the original Japanese ones, whereas in fact they are probably exactly the same, except for the paper difference which was nevertheless how they were initially released in Japan. Suffice it to say that the Hong Kong Choco Eggs are not fakes. |
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001 Japanese Monkey 002 Japanese Dormouse 003 Japanese Crested Ibis 004 Japanese Marten 005 Japanese Giant Salamander 006 Japanese Thais Butterfly 007 Reeves Pond Turtle 008 Japanese Hare 009 Common Kingfisher 010 Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle 011 Japanese Serow 012 Medaka Ricefish |
013 Red Fox 014 Giant Black Stag Beetle 015 Okinawa Tree Agamid 016 Greater Japanese Shrew-mole 017 Finless Porpoise 018 Japanese Tree Frog 019 Iriomote Cat 020 Ribbon Seal 021 Narcissus Flycatcher 022 Frilled Shark 023 Tufted Puffin 024 Three-Spined Stickleback |
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This page last updated 19 October 2002
Contact Douglas Burbury at dburbury@vision.net.au
