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In its first run, there were 11 series released.
A second series of dinosaurs is rarer than series 3, and included only four premium figures released with confectionery, numbered #223 to #226.
The Dinosaurs appear to have been released in the U.S. only through premium distribution by Hardee's, and these were not the standard figures that were sold in stores.
The first nine, including Tony the Tiger as a coach, were released in Kellogg's Frosties cereal.
Although the 2006 relaunch was released as a full set of 48 monsters, only three - Phantom, Ghost and Grim Watcher - were never released to UK markets.
Paintings were made for at least the first three series as well as the Dinosaurs, though only the first was released in the U.S.
These were also released in a sticker album format, including a series 1 only edition in the U.S. from Panini.
Other toys included Super Scary Howlers representing Vampire, The Monster, Swamp Beast, and Werewolf, a Monster Mountain display case with custom labels for series 1, a Monster Pouch fanny pack, Battle Cards featuring The Beast and Witch, and a Haunted House playset, which was never released, although it was shown at Toy Fair 1992.
Although the 2006 relaunch was released as a full set of 48 monsters, only three - Phantom, Ghost and Grim Watcher - were never released to UK markets.
The series was ultimately scrapped and Cyber Group Studios was liquidated in 2025.
The line was revived in the United Kingdom in 2003, titled Monster in My Pocket: The Quest, with deluxe figures of the principal monster characters and reissues of the series 1-2 monsters essentially unchanged.
Marvel Comics reissued the comic stories in newly-formatted annuals, and World Publishing (an imprint of Egmont Publishing) followed by a Monster Wrestlers in My Pocket annual—which had no continuity with the previous series—in 1995, with a cover dated 1996.
"Monster in My Pocket" was divorced from the renamed "Monster Quest" in December 2004.
There also an audio cassette of original music along with a cover version of Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash" titled Monster Rock, produced by Rincon Children's Entertainment for BMG Kidz in 1992.
"Monster in My Pocket" was divorced from the renamed "Monster Quest" in December 2004.
The series was being developed by Mike Yank and had a projected budget of $9.5 million USD.
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