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Original Jojo's
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Range

Original Jojo's / Jojo's Bouncin' Boneheads

Year

  • 1995 (Original Jojo's)
  • 1998 (Jojo's Bouncin Boneheads)
  • 2002 (Original Jojo's France re-release)

Availability

Europe, Canada, South Africa, Israel

Rarity

Common

Alternate Names

Jojo's, ז'וז'ואים, Чудики

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Original Jojo's is a series of plastic bones made by LAOR TOYS in 1995.

Originally, the series was composed of 36 characters including Jojo Khalastra, Mystery JoJo 7 and Unknown Bouncin Bonehead. Released in Israel, it's a huge hit with 9M units sold.

In 1996, Jojo's were imported in France through a licensing agreement made with the French television network TF1, resulting in 70,000,000 units sold in nine months[1]. The 36 first characters were sold packaged in a foil bag containing three figures and stickers. For this release, Jojo Khalastra is replaced by Caesar, Mystery7 by Squiggy and Jammer (Jojo's) is added.

In 1998, LAOR TOYS teamed up with Imperial Toys to export Jojo's to the United States, UK and north America. Imperial Toys then added the "Bouncin' Boneheads" branding to the name, and started to spread the continent with television campaigns and many promotional items. Imperial Toys is responsible for most of the merchandise relative to Jojo's that's not purely plastic figures. (Bounce balls, Caddies, Bounce decks...)

Jojo's were available in a wide selection of packagings around the world. The most common in Europe is the foil bag containing 2 or 3 figures and stickers. In US, the most common was the card containing 9 figures. (see the Gallery section)

Jojo's made by Imperial Toys have an additional stamp on the back, including the "Imperial" trademark and a "CHINA" mention. These have slightly different colors and finish. Some molds used are a bit thinner. (see Jojo's Color Guide )

In summer 1999, Jojo's were released in South Africa, including merchandise, exclusive figures and a music record.

It's unclear when the Jojo's Bouncin Boneheads Series 2 was released (probably around 1999 or 2000), yet it increased the character count from 36 to 48.

Due to the success of the first series, TF1 launched once again the Jojo's line France in 2002, quickly followed by a massive release in Denmark.

Checklist[]

Colors[]

Base colors:

Originally, Jojo's were released in seven colors : dark reddish magenta, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. Transparent figures were also distributed, but a definitive list of shades has not been made.

Special colors:

Later on, "special editions" were released, mixed with classic colors. Those were metallic shades of silver and gold, solid black, white and an ivoiry-like color. In north Europe, Ivoiry and Gold are more yellowish, making two more colors to collect.

Imperial colors:

The Jojo's made by Imperial toys all had a slightly different color tones. Green is lighter and magenta is more purple than red. Imperial also introduced a new color, halfway between yellow and green.

A visual guide to all known Jojo's colors is available on the wiki : Jojo's Color Guide

Limited Edition Jojo's[]

Jojo's Bouncin Boneheads released limited edition shiny metallic and painted face Jojos. Unlike Crazy Bones, these were not randomly put in regular packs, instead were sold in special packs guaranteeing you got them.

Packagings[]

  • Packages ordered by amount of Jojo's included

Stickers[]

Various types of stickers were released, depending on the selling area and era.

Merchandise[]

  • Necklace Jojo's

South Africa and parts of Europe had special Jojo's that could be attached to a necklace. Available characters are numbers 2 (Noggin), 3 (Boomer), 4 (Mookie), 5 (Buster) and 9 (Junkyard). Necklaces are available in the seven classic colors. Rares Mysterious Jojo's have also been seen with necklace loops. They came in the red Jojo's packs.

  • Bone Heads Bounce Game Board

The Bounce Deck is a plastic board that is use to bounce the Jojo's onto. It is unsure if the Jojo's coming with the deck were random or not as different listings with the same figures had been found.

  • Bone Heads Popper

A plastic trash can that came in many different colors, you place a figure inside and then press a button which ejects the figure into the air.

  • Bone Heads Clip On Caddy

The Caddy is a plastic tube container that can carry a lot of Jojo's. The Caddy has a clip to be able to place it on the collector's belt. The Caddy came in many florescent colors.

  • Bone Snapper

A rubber hand supposed to be thrown at a Jojo's to grab it from a distance.

  • "Bone Jax N' Ball" and "Jo Jo'S Bouncing Balls-3 Up"

A bouncy ball with a picture of Jojo on it, used to play 'Bones Jax N' Ball'. Sold with six Jojo's or as a three balls pack.

  • Bone Pencil Toppers

Simple plastic pencil tops with names of various Jojo's on them.

  • Bone Puffy Stickons
  • Bones Gift Set
  • Chupa Chups Tub

In Europe, a tub container was released in a promotion with a candy company known as "Chupa Chups". Each one contained 4 Jojo's and 2 lollipop. It is assumed that it worked the same way it did in Finland. 'Chupa Chups' would give away special codes that you could save up with each purchase and send away for a free Jojo's figure.

  • Tub

A second kind of tube also existed, containing randomly between 6 and 18 Jojo's. The tube lid can be shaped like Junkyard, Jo_Jo, No_Neck or Stinky (Jojo's).

A music album released in 1996 based on the Jojo's series.

Hand painted porcelain models of some of the Jojo's characters.

Sticker books

  • Wearables

Hats, bags, shirts, socks and more. As seen at the bottom of this picture.

  • Other promotional objects

Story[]

As told by sticker books and websites.

In the beginning...

A long time ago, in fact 11,600 years ago, there was an eighth continent called Atlantis; the inhabitants were some of the most creative and talented people on earth. Some very smart people say Atlantis never existed, but with a little imagination and some hints from Jojo, we know it really did.

Right at the end of the Pleistocene (pronounced Play-toe-seen) Ice Age there was a giant earthquake that sunk Atlantis into the ocean. After thousands of years of cooling off and land mass re-formations, the only thing left at the top of the highest mountain peaks were millions of chunks of really cool pieces of volcanic rock. One day, a boy named Jojo stumbled upon these treasures and showed them to his friends. Soon the word spread and children everywhere became fascinated by the bright colors and sparkling crystals that were shaped like bones. Jojo, who was also very smart, began to paint faces on some of these "bones" and suddenly the "bones" became Boneheads.

Children loved their boneheads and started to collect, trade and play games with these wacky, bouncin' bones. They even named one of them Jojo and the legend grows even now. Today you can collect all 36 of the Original Jojo's *(Sorry they're no longer made out of volcanic rock). You can try your skill, match them with your friends or just keep 'em safe. There's just one thing, insist on Original Jojo's because only Original Jojo's trace their history all the way back to the magical lost continent of Atlantis.

Alternate Names[]

  • Jojo's
  • ז'וז'ואים
  • Чудики
  • Farfelus rebondissants (Canada, Imperial Toys)

Websites[]

Jojo's had at least two websites, depending on the country and the rights owner.

  • www.originaljojos.com (2000 to 2004 or 2005) by Imperial Toys
    • The site contained basic information and story concerning Jojo's. It has checklists for the two series of Jojo's, a game section and a page listing the future releases.
    • An archived version of the site is available at jojos-archives.net
  • www.jojos.com (2001 to 2004) by TF1
    • The domain name www.jojos.com was redirecting to a TF1's website aimed at young audiences, tfou.fr. The site contained some flash games. The exact content has been lost as the website was mainly built using the Flash technology which the Webarchive did not download and is not available anymore.
    • Partial archive is available at jojos-archives.net
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Trivia[]

  • Power Bombers were marketed as 'Jojo's Crazy Bones Power Bombers' in Canada.
  • Goof: Stinky and Brutus names are mixed up on some checklists. Brutus is actually the name of the one with horns.
  • In Halloween 1999, they made Special Edition Ghostly Blister Packs. The figures are the same as regular packs.
  • Series 2 were sold in special boxes along with Series 1.
  • There is a figure that can be found in the box that does not appear on the checklist.
  • Dracco Heads were later released in France as a "Jojo's reboot".
  • Goof: Another series from France called The Barjo's had Buster from this series on the packaging, but the figures were all new.
  • In the single year of 1996, almost 60 millions of Jojo's were sold in France. [2]
  • The 1996 release happened on the 3rd of september (France). [3]

Gallery[]

Sources[]

Mega Jojo's
TF1

Range

Original Jojo's

Year

1996

Availability

France, South Africa

Rarity

Unusual

Larger versions of Jojo's sold in South Africa and France.

There is much rarer versions with the words 'TF1' on their body, these ones were released by Panini as promotional products for the TF1 broadcast network.

Gallery[]

Sources[]

Jojo's Bouncin' Boneheads Series 2
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Range

Jojo's Bouncin' Boneheads

Year

between 1997 and 1999

Availability

UK, Eastern Europe

Rarity

Scarce

12 new characters that were sold along with Jojo's Bouncin Boneheads. The characters were hard to find and were only sold in special boxes.

Given the fact that the figures doesn't have a Laor Toys stamp but only a Imperial Toy one, it's possible to assume that they were created and manufactured solely by Imperial and has nothing to do with LAOR. This could explain the major turn in terms of character designs.

Checklist[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • This is surprisingly similar to Things, as this was a second series of Jojo's, and they include Objects.
  • In Hungary, not all the figures were shiny and they had painted faces.
  • In England, they were sold inside purple packs with the Jojo's Series 1 figures.

Sources[]

Tim'Foot Jojo's
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Package

Range

Original Jojo's

Year

Summer 2002

Availability

France, UK

Rarity

Scarce

Tim'Foot is a Series of Jojo's made by TF1 and LAOR TOYS, released in France and sparsely in the UK. These Jojo's were released for The 2002 Fifa World Cup, even if they are not officialy branded nor endorsed by the FIFA.

The characters are soccer themed. There are 12 characters in total, 11 of which are football shirt-shaped (numbered on the back 1-11) and one of which is a football. The designs were made by a french company named "HAXEY ENTERTAINMENT", the distribution was made by Panini. It is unknown what part LAOR Toys took in this series.

TF1 gave the Tim'Foot a wide marketing campaign, including TV spots, high presence in kid-focused magazines, websites, online games and so on. Despite that, the series did not sold well.

Checklist[]

Colors[]

The Tim'Foot series was released in many solid and transparent colors, including many variations of green, blue and orange tones. Colors similar to the Jojo's S1 metallic gold and ivoiry were also available.

A visual guide to all known Tim'Foot's colors is available on the wiki : Jojo's TimFoot Color Guide

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • A TV series of 13 episodes was planned and written, but has never been produced.
  • Merchandise was planned, like a playmat shaped like a soccer stadium and soccer goals. Those items were probably never produced.
  • CGI was Very Popular for Soccer Fans in 2002, as the 2002 Fifa Mascots were CGI Animated, even on the TV Show for those Mascots. This could a reason why The Artwork for these Characters are in CGI.
  • This is the 1st of the 2 Unoffical World Cup Series to be released. The 2nd One was Nitsus Cup.
  • 8 Years Later, an Offical World Cup Series was made, called Foot. The Designs are not really similar at all, but they are both released for The Fifa World Cup.
  • 6 millions of Tim'Foot were sold in the first 4 months of commercialization. [4]
  • Unlike Jojo's, the color of each character on the sticker sheet is random.

Websites[]

Jojo's Tim'Foots had a website hosted by TF1 in 2002, showing the new figures and two mini-games from the first Jojo's series.

Sources[]

Krema Jojo's
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Range

Original Jojo's

Year

1990's

Availability

France

Rarity

Extremely Rare

These wereJojo's figures that were given away free with packets of "Krema Candy", It is assumed that only one figure has been made for this promotion.

Colors[]

Base colors:

The Krema Jojo's has been found in five colors : blue, green, orange, pink and metallic silver.

Checklist[]

Gallery[]

Sources[]

Ha-Comedy Store Jojo's
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Range

Original Jojo's

Year

1995-96

Availability

Israel

Rarity

Ultra Rare outside of Israel

Ha-Comedy Store Jojo's is an unofficial name for a group of six Jojo's. They are stamped "Laor Toys" on the back like original Jojo's. They are extremely uncommon and are numbered from 1 to 52, the latter being the highest number found yet. This is not a real series.

It appears that the characters are based on the Israeli comedy show "Ha-Comedy Store" and the host Jojo Khalastra even appears in commercials and is the first character in the series.

The first version of the Jojo's series 1 in Israel contained Jojo Khalastra instead of Caesar, Mystery JoJo 7 instead of Squiggy and Jojo's 8bis instead of Jammer (Jojo's).

Checklists[]

Members of the original 36 characters series.


Four figures were released as promotions in 1996 by Bamba maize chips and Burgeranch restaurants. These are numbered from 50 to 54, making a gap between the last LAOR Jojo's (36) and the first israeli promotional.

Gallery[]

Sources[]

http://www.retroreden.dk/en/21-jojo-s

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