Les Barjos

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Les Barjos
Range	Les Barjos
Year	1995, 2002 (to be confirmed)
Availability	Europe
Rarity	Unusual
Next Series	The Barjo's Series 2

"Les Barjos" is a series of plastic bones created by the french company "D'Arpèje". Firstly released in the end of the 90s, it is constituted of 40 characters divided in two groups :

• 35 Barjos that came in blue, green, yellow, pink, purple and clear transparent.

• 5 Martos (numbers 5, 7, 17, 18, 26) that came in a metallic silver.

The series was mainly released in France but has been found in multiple countries across Europe.

A reference blog states that the Barjos were released a second time in March 2002, however all packaging and marketing materials are referring to prices in francs, a currency retired in February of the same year. Also, the phone number written on all marketing materials is 8 digits, which was abandoned in 1996 in regards of a 10 digits number. The exact events are still in need of clarification.

Checklist

Le Gueulard

Le Gogo

Le Vampire

Le Grincheux

The Ninja

Le Doudou

La Brute

Barjo's No. 08

Barjo's No. 09

Barjo's No. 10

Le Bouffon

Barjo's No. 12

Le Félé

Barjo's No. 14

Le Quenote

L'Abruti

Le Glouton

Le Pleureur

Barjo's No. 19

Santa Claus

Le Looser

Barjo's No. 22

Le Ouf

Barjo's No. 24

L'Édenté

Le Rappeur

Barjo's No. 27

Barjo's No. 28

Barjo's No. 29

Le Marin

Detective

The Aviator

Barjo's No. 33

The Pirate

Barjo's No. 35

La Fifille

Barjo's No. 37

Le cuistot

Le Quasimodo

Barjo's No. 40

Alternate Names

• Wacko's (ref. needed)
• Les Barjo's (as written by Jojo's enthusiasts blogs, but official materials don't have an apostrophe.)
• Marto's (Same as Barjo's but with the Martos subgroup)

Legal peripeteias

The original filed logo

"LES BARJOS" is a trademark filed by Joseph Benhamou (then chairman of D'Arpèje) on 20/09/1995. At this point it is unclear if Jojo's Buster was used as the mascot or if an other legal dispute leads to a trial against TF1, the french distributor of the Jojo's.

A Barjos package can be seen in an early behind the scenes video of the Jojo's (02:55). Displayed alongside Jojo's merch, the reason of the presence of this package is unknown and raise new questions.

Package as seen in the Jojo's video

In 1996, TF1 and D'Arpèje fought in court over competition and infringement issues. However, the exact nature of the lawsuit remains unknown. The same year, D'Arpèje had to make a partial concession over the brand. In November 1996, the international brand was registered by TF1, and a total handover of the brand occurred in January 98.

Since then, Les Barjos belongs to TF1.

Trivia

• Buster from Jojo's is on the package, but is not part of the series.
• Rascal (jojos), Whistler, Bubba, Junkyard, Rocky (Jojo's) and Phantom appears on the retail display boxes, even though they are not part of the series nor the brand.
• Barjot, sometimes written without the "t", is a french word to say "Crazy" or "Loon".
• Martos, the name of the grey figures, comes from the french expression "être marteau" which is translated to "going nuts".
• A second brand was registered by D'Arpèje in 1996 named "LES DINGOS" (The crazies). This could be the name of the series 2, or a totally new series.

Gallery

Sealed box featuring Jojo's characters

Full set (hiddenpackage_ collection)

Barjos foil packaging (front)

Barjos oil packaging (back)

Box packaging

Les Martos (Source: http://original.jojos.1996.over-blog.com/les-barjo-s.html)

B stamp on their back

Two Barjos sticker sheets

The back of a Barjos sticker

Publicité "Les Barjos"

TV Ad

Les Barjos Series 2
Range	Les Barjos
Year	?
Availability	Spain, possibly other parts of Europe
Rarity	Unusual

A second series of "Les Barjos" may have been released. Only a handful of figures have shown up. This second series is extremely rare and there is not much information on it.

Checklist (Incomplete)

Unknown Barjo 1

Unknown Barjo 2

Unknown Barjo 3

Unknown Barjo 4

Unknown Barjo 5

Unknown Barjo 6

Unknown Barjo 7

Unknown Barjo 8

Unknown Barjo 9

Unknown Barjo 10

Unknown Barjo 11

Gallery