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And apparently an even older promotion with Crest in 1985.

There are the Colgate-sponsored toothbrushes and set released in 1990, and 2003-2004. I remember the Jack Stone toothbrushes from when I was 7. I have a blue and blue-red Jack Stone figures from them, and rioforce has two green figures.

That gif. Whyyyyyyyy.... No-one's actually said 'welcome' here yet So, welcome to RRU, cue hilarious comment from jamesster which gets seven likes, cue TAR's little RRU: It's Bat **** Insane, cue QP's comments about the sheep, cue me writing up a welcome summary, cue you replying 'thank you'... and so on.

[12:04:02 PM] Jim Brickkeeper: You can also use a trick with the flowerbed and light post to get on top of one of the buildings in the hub using standard mouse controls. [12:04:38 PM] Nealybealy: Oh? [12:04:49 PM] Nealybealy: The flowerbeds are still bugged then? [12:04:58 PM] Jim Brickkeeper: Uh huh. [12:05:06 PM] Nealybealy: gg funcom [12:05:09 PM] jamesster: flowerbeds are typically full of bugs [12:05:17 PM] Nealybealy: .... [12:05:20 PM] jamesster: sorry [12:05:25 PM] Nealybealy: I've got nothing to say to you [12:05:55 PM] Jim Brickkeeper: And don't let the flowerbed bugs bite.

As the title suggests, this topic is purposed for the general discussion of obscure and/or rare LEGO merchandise. In particular though I wanted to share some obscure Japanese Rock Raiders merchandise I acquired sometime ago via an online Japan shopping intermediary service. Included among them are the following: -11 Japanese LRR sticker sheets, all of which are duplicates -A green Rock Raiders CD case with the Chrome Crusher, a Rock Monster, ore, and Energy Crystals printed on the front -What's apparently a functional miner's headlamp in its original box -2 sealed Jet keychain polybags -18 Japanese LRR cards featuring a silver scratch-off area on the front, along with a telephone number and other information on the reverse What's especially interesting about this all is that the aforementioned cards seem to have been geared towards a contest of some kind given their contents. Further, on the back there's 4 prizes/items cited, and if I remember correctly, they were cited also in the auction's description, and when the page was translated by Google Chrome they were revealed to be the other items included in the auction. Perhaps hinting at the possibility that this contest never took place or didn't pan out exactly as planned. If anyone can help shed some more light on this please do so.

So, recently I realized that when I originally joined I didn't actually introduce myself at all in the New Members subforum (actually, I think I just joined and then forgot about RRU for a while, and then I rediscovered it several months later), and because I now have this shiny new Blog, I thought I'd actually write a bit about myself even though you all know who I am. Anyway, enjoy! Or try to at least... So, hello there, My name is Ayliffe! If you're wondering how to pronounce that, it's like bailiff but without the B, and NOT pronounced Bayleef as Shadowblaze thought it was originally. I did consider using the Username AyliffeMakit as I do on Eurobricks but I realized that it was a bit of a mouthful and- Okay, I'm getting too sidetracked now. Remember, this is my introduction, not my life story, right? Let's try this again, from the top now... Hello RRU, my name is Ayliffe, and I have quite a lot of Lego! Seriously, I reckon I own about 200 sets and I have a rather large city made up of modular buildings. I also have quite a few old lego games, including all of the lego racers and lego island games plus quite a few more. Sadly I don't own LRR yet, but if I see it then I'll pick it up (fun fact: so far all of my Lego games have come from charity shops. In fact, ALL of my games have come from charity shops, which may explain why I play RCT2 so much). For gaming, all I have is a basic Windows XP computer, so I don't really play games too much- Right, now I'm just getting sidetracked by my gaming history. I've just got to focus on the task at hand, writing a simple introduction about myself. How hard can it really be? Okay then, let's have one last try at this... Hello there, I'm Ayliffe, and I'm pretty new here. I live in London, so I can be classed as pretty British indeed. Sadly this means that the nearest lego store is not very close to me in stratford, but thankfully I can get the Javelin, which is a high-speed train that takes 7 minutes to get to Stratford, even if it is slightly expensive- Now I'm getting distracted by trains in London! this is getting ridiculous now, I've gotta start again now- in fact, forget it, I don't really need an introduction now, this disasterous post has really introduced me now anyway, so congratulations for reading through all of these ramblings about myself, here's a cat GIF to reward you: Now, maybe I should actually write something serious, informative and worth reading on this blog.... nah, too boring. I'll just continue writing silly pointless stuff constantly about anything and everything. :P

We also have Sire-Vam, Sigh-Rem, Aye-Den-Pons, Le-Seven-One-Seven etc etc

Ah yes, Kabaya. They also released a number of pre-existing LEGO sets with their candies as polybags. Turaga Vakama, Nokama, and Nuju, for example. There are also the Nesquick promo sets (comprising four Studios and one Drome Racers set.) I'm not sure how obscure they are, but I thought I'd mention them, just in case. They are: 4049 Nesquick Rabbit Film Set, 4051 Nesquick Rabbit, 4052 Director, 4053 Cameraman, and 4299 Nesquick Rabbit Racer. All were released in Germany, the first four in 2001, the fifth in 2002. Furthermore, 4049 was released in New Zealand and Australia in 2003, and #4051-4053 were available on the covers of some UK kids comics in December 2001 (LEGO Adventures! among them.) Another Studios promotional, also from 2001, is 1411 Pirates Treasure Hunt, which was distributed with Quaker Oats breakfast cereals in the US.

Howdy. It feels like we have meet before. Certainly not. "Bayleef" is quite literally the words bay and leaf combined. That is a not too subtle but different enough contrast from the work bailiff. EDIT:

There were also a series of 4 promotional mini-sets released in conjunction with the Japanese confectionery company, Kabaya in 2000. Additionally, Hallfiry added the following merchandise to the wiki: 928228 Rock Raiders Mine Lamp (Germany) 927160 Rock Raiders Mug (Germany) 927155 Rock Raiders Patch (Germany) 928264 Rock Raiders CD Bag (Germany) 928447 Rock Raiders T-Shirt (Germany) 928448 Rock Raiders Sweatshirt (Germany) 927151 Rock Raiders Desk Pad (Germany) So provided some of these refer to the same items imaged in the original post, it's possible they were marketed outside Japan also.