#Monster in my pocket checklist series#

The lines ran into difficulty in the Hindu communities, as the divinities Kālī, Ganesha, Hanuman, and Yama, were all depicted as 'monsters', which included a public outcry by the Vishva Hindu Parishad.

#Monster in my pocket checklist series#

The toys were initially solid-colored, though later series would gradually add more painted colors, until they became fully colored under the auspices of new toy makers Corinthian Marketing and Vivid Imaginations. Initially, the high point value was 25, which was elevated to 30 for the second and third series the fourth, 'Super Scary', series introduced the 50-100 point monsters. Among the highest valued monsters were the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Griffin, Great Beast, Behemoth, Hydra, Werewolf (25 points) and among the least being Charon, The Invisible Man, The Witch (5 points). There were over 200 monsters in the collection, most of which were assigned a point value.

In its first run, there were 11 series released. It consists of small, soft plastic figures representing monsters, and later other tangentially related characters. Monster in My Pocket was best known as a toy-line released by Matchbox in 1990. Monster in My Pocket produced trading cards, comic books, books, toys, a board game, a video game, and an animated special, along with music, clothing, kites, stickers, and various other items. The focus is on monsters and fantastical and legendary creatures from religion, mythology, folklore, fairy tales, literary fantasy, science fiction, cryptids and other anomalous phenomena. Monster in My Pocket is a media franchise developed by American company Morrison Entertainment Group, headed by Joe Morrison and John Weems, two former senior executives at Mattel.

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