Rayman merchandising
Several merchandise based on characters and items from the Rayman series have been produced.
Rayman promotional stickers
A sheet of pre-release promotional stickers for the game Rayman.
Rayman sitting on a cloud keychain
This keychain was given away at E3 in 1995, it depicts Rayman smiling while sitting on a cloud, it is unknown if the keychain was available for selling in other places.
Atari Jaguar's Rayman pulse watch
In 1995, it was given away at the release of the Atari Jaguar version of Rayman a promotional pulse watch in the United States of America. It isn't known if more countries gave this pulse watch away and its existence was only known by the community at 29 November 2012. It is one of the rarest Rayman items known.
The Rayman pulse watch
French LU's Cracotte Craquinette Rayman promotion
In 1995, after the release of the very first Rayman game, a cookie brand named LU promoted a small collection of sixteen "Craq's" about Rayman as a freebie in the Cracotte Craquinette product packages to collect. This promotion was only done in France and these "Craq's" are not findable for sale anywhere.
Rayman watch
This watch was given away in French supermarket called Carrefour. This was a special pack with the PlayStation or Saturn version of Rayman. The watch strap is in leather and the case in metal. It came in a watch box and the whole pack was a special blister.
Rayman keychain
A French videogame magazine named Picsou Magazine gave away a Rayman keychain in the edition of December 1998. It is unknown if the keychain was available for selling in other places and in other countries.
A keychain of Rayman
Guillemot's DualShock Rayman controller
A French company named Guillemot released a quadripack for the PlayStation, including Rayman's game copy, a writing pen, a memory card and a controller with Rayman drawn on one of the handlers. It was available in France and in other countries.
A DualShock controller of Rayman
Rayman cap
This is a cap depicting Rayman logo and head embroided probably from Rayman 1 version on the front. The back get "Ubisoft" embroided.
Rayman coin wallet
It's a Rayman coin wallet depicting Rayman as he looks in Rayman or its Game Boy Color adaptation. There is no brand label so it could be a promotional item.
Rayman Advance super jumpy ball
A ball depicting an antitoon from Rayman Advance. Not much is known about the ball's history or its distribution. The ball allegedly had lights according to an eBay listing.
Rayman clip-on earring
This is a Ubisoft Rayman clip-on earring which is depicted as a large circular earring that has the Ubisoft logo engraved into bottom side of it. According to seller on Mercari, this was given to attendes of Ubisoft's live show during E3 1998. The earring was contained in a see-through package that shows off his Rayman 2 render and illustrating where the event took place.
Rayman 2 promotional statue
A promotional statue for Rayman 2 that was shown off at a japanese trade show, alongside with the Rayman 2 mascot costume.[1]
Rayman 2 promotional slinky
According to an eBay listing, this item was intended to be given out in retailers to promote Rayman 2 Forever for Game Boy Color.
Rayman 2 altoids tins
During the release of Rayman 2, altoids tins were given to select members of the press.
Rayman stickers
Several newer copies of the Game Boy Color version of Rayman in Europe came with a small sticker booklet and some stickers based on Rayman 2 and the animated series artwork. The rest of the stickers could be obtained at the now-defunct official Rayman 2 website, Rayman2.com.
Rayman 2: The Great Escape yo-yo
The online store of Ubisoft from the United States of America did a pre-order campaign that gifted the people who pre-ordered the game, a Rayman 2 yo-yo.[2] It is unknown if the yo-yo was available for selling in other places and in other countries.
French McDonald's Happy Meal's Rayman 2: The Great Escape promotion
The French restaurants of McDonald's did a Happy Meal promotion of six Rayman 2 figures between the 17th May 2000 and the 13th June 2000 - at least one complete collection is known to be owned by a member of the fanbase. Its exclusive limited distribution in the Metropolitan France territory makes this collection very hard to find nowadays; despite of some of the figures being found in the French eBay. It was discovered in 11 April 2014 that existed a silver coloured and golden coloured variants of the "Rayman sitting on a plum" figure. Whoever was getting the silver figure, he/she would be awarded with a PC copy of Rayman 2: The Great Escape and whoever was getting the golden figure, he/she would be awarded with a top-range computer along with the PC copy of Rayman 2: The Great Escape". This contest was described in the Happy Meal bags, that contained and a Rayman 2 artwork of Rayman riding a Walking Shell. If a person was getting a Happy Meal bag with Rayman blinking an eye in the artwork, he/she would get a power card with tips and tricks of Rayman 2: The Great Escape. It is currently unknown how the power card looked like.
The collection has got the following figures:
- Rayman sitted in a plum: This figure measures (approximately) 10 cm of height, 5 cm of length and 7 cm of width. When the wheels of the plum drag in the floor, Rayman's hair spins like a helicopter.
- Rayman riding a Walking Shell: This figure measures (approximately) 9 cm of height, 11,5 cm of length and 7,5 cm of width. When the chess-paterned exhaust system of the Walking Shell is turned clockwise and the figure itself is putted in the floor, it will walk forward and occasionally turning to the sides in circles.
- Ly the Fairy with a Silver Lum: This figure measures (approximately) 9,5cms of height, 4,5 cm of length and 6 cm of width. Ly's arms can be moved up or down, but if the right arm is moved up, the transparent globe in her legs will glow into red.
- Globox: This figure measures (approximately) 9 cm of height, 4,5 cm of length and 8 cm of width. Globox's arms can be moved up or down. When the clockwork, located in the down-right side of the figure, is turned his mouth will open and close alternately and Globox will walk slowly step by step.
- Red-ranked Henchman 800: This figure measures (approximately) 11,5 cm of height, 8 cm of length and 11 cm of width. The Henchman's arms can be moved up and down, while the belt and the hook can be turned. When the lever, located in his back, is pressed slowly and repeatedly, the chest will glow with sparks.
- Robo-Pirate cage: This figure measures (approximately) 8 cm of height, 8,5 cm in length and 8cms of width. It has got a black Robo-Pirate symbol in his top and the cage shape is equal to the in-game model. When a clockwork is turned clockwise, some random glowings can be seen in the center of a red sphere located in the front of the cage. It also has a black suction cup on the bottom, to hold it in place.
Rayman standing beside a bush
This PVC figure with approximately 9 cm of height has got Rayman standing side to a bush, with the yellow logo of "RAYMAN" written behind it - at least two figures are known to be owned by members of the fanbase. It is known to have been bundled with some copies of Rayman 2: The Great Escape in France and Germany. It could be bought in the boutique section of the official website of French Ubisoft. The M6 Multimedia pack of the PC version of the game is one of the most known packs that bringed this rare figure, hard to find nowadays.
This figure was gifted with some copies of Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2 PlayStation shoulder bag
A French company named Guillemot released a mega pack for the PlayStation, including Rayman 2's game copy, a memory card, a VHS of Rayman: The Animated Series and a shoulder bag with Rayman embroidered on it. It was available in France and in other countries.
A shoulder bag of Rayman 2
Rayman 2 phone covers
Rayman phone covers were made for Nokia the 3310 and Nokia 3330.
Rayman 2 pen
An official Rayman 2 pen from Ubisoft which was never commercially available according to the seller on eBay.[3]
Rayman 2 Dreamcast T-shirts
Rayman 2 T-shirts came packaged with the game for the Sega Dreamcast.
Rayman Junior controller
A Rayman Junior controller.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc bag
The official RaymanZone magazine included a black Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc bag as a freebie, depicting Rayman attacking with a Lockjaw. Since the magazine was only released in the United Kingdom, the bag wasn't available anywhere else.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Black lum plush
This official Black lum plush was first made for E3 2002, as shown in some pictures and it was later given away in some raymanzone contests along other items such as pens, magnets, stickers and a rubik cube. It is a very hard to find item nowadays.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Yoplait Petits Filous stickers
Promotional stickers for Yoplait’s Petits Filous yogurts.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Yoplait promotional bag
Promotional bag offered by Yoplait for their collaboration with Ubisoft for Rayman 3.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc flask
This promotional Rayman 3 flask was given away in some Rayman 3 contests with other goodies such as pens, magnets, shirts and an Oxmox Rayman 3 statue of Rayman holding himself on the Leptys scepter.
On the front of the flask, there's a Rayman 3 logo and a plum. There isn't anything on the back of the flask.
At least one flask is known to be owned by a member of the fanbase.
The Rayman 3 flask.
Rayman 3 mug
A promotional Rayman 3 mug could be obtained as a prize for entering the codes from the game that registered your top score in the Hall of Fame from the RaymanZone official website.[4]
The Rayman 3 mug.
Rayman 2 promotional watch
This electronic watch was a promotional gift from Ubisoft for the release of Rayman 2. It could be obtained in some game stockist (at least in Germany, where the one known piece originates from).
Rayman 2 beach ball
In the year 2000, the Sony PlayStation North American release of Rayman 2 came with a beach ball.[5]
Rayman 2 radio
This fully usable radio is simply labelled Rayman 2. Turning the left wheel sets it on and turns up the volume while the top wheel changes the radio frequency. It works with two batteries. Underneath the radio, the label refers to "Addex Design", a communication company that sells multiple kinds of objects to other companies. It is possible that Ubisoft contracted them to make a Rayman 2-labelled object for their employees.
Rayman doing a grimace on a mushroom
This resine figure with approximately 15 cm of height is a recreation of an artwork depicting the Grimace power in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc - at least three statues are known to be owned by members of the fanbase. It is said that few hundreds of units were created worldwide for the Rayman 3's Press Kit, which contained some straw, a costumized box, a press dossier, two press discs and an artwork book. It is one of the rarest Rayman items that are known to exist. The statue was briefly found for selling in Pix 'N' Love's online store but it quickly sold out as soon as it was discovered. This little statue also makes a cameo in the "Fact number 2 of Bunnies very useful scientific facts: Bunnies don't do vacuum cleaning".
This figure was made to promote the release of Rayman 3
Rayman doing a grimace on a mushroom (M6 Interactions version)
This figure is approximately 9 cm tall and was created by M6 Interactions. It was released in 2004 as part of an unknown promotion in Quick restaurants, alongside other video game character figures. Much like the resin Rayman 3 statue, it depicts Rayman grimacing on top of a mushroom, which stands on a green base with "RAYMAN" sculpted on the front, with the bottom of the figure reading "Métropole collections/M6 Interactions, Designed by Neamedia". The material it is made out of is unknown, although it is fairly heavy and solid, much like clay or polystone. It is a considerably rare piece of Rayman merchandise, with appearances on eBay being extremely infrequent and only three members of the fanbase known to own one.
This figure bears a strong resemblance to the Press Kit Rayman 3 figure.
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc promotional Rubik's Cube
This Rubik's cube was given away in some contests in the Raymanzone forums with some other goodies, it has 6 faces depicting various Rayman 3 characters including André and an Hoodboom.
One of the faces of the Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Rubik's cube
Plush of Rayman on a walking shell
This plush is known to have been sold in the United Kingdom, France and in Spain during the Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc's release. It was available in a small and medium size and they are rare items to find nowadays - at least five plushes are known to be owned by members of the fanbase. Both versions of the plush have different facial expressions: the small version represents a neutral expression of Rayman while the medium version represents an angry expression of Rayman.
Oddly enough, the cloth tag at the rear end of the plush bears the Rayman 3 logo, yet the only feature that is based on the style in said game is the red hood - the rest of the plush's features are based on the Rayman 2 design.
They are believed to have been distributed by Play By Play, a plush toy company based in Spain, according to the cloth tag.
Rayman holding himself in Leptys' scepter
This real-life sized statue of 1,80m of height is one of the most rare items of the entire merchandise. It could be found commonly in gaming shops during the release of Rayman 3, as this statue had purposes of promoting the game's release. Ubisoft did a contest in the RaymanZone Magazine in which one of the prizes was the statue of Rayman holding himself in Leptys' scepter. The statue was also displayed at the following museums:
A life-sized promotional Rayman 3 figure which depicts Rayman holding the Sceptre of the Leptys.
Rayman 3 stamp
On the 14/11/2015, this stamp was released in France along with a collection of stamps called "Collection jeunesse : 2005 Héros de jeux vidéo". This collection portrayed other iconic video games heroes. Since 3 million Rayman stamps were produced, it is a common item to collect.[8]
Rayman 3 Game Boy Advance sticker
A promotional sticker was included in rare Italian copies of the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3. It only fits on an original Game Boy Advance, not the SP version.
Rayman DS pocket for the Nintendo DS
This pocket was included as a gift to the people who pre-ordered Rayman DS in the aderent shops of Netherlands and France - at least one pocket is known to be owned by one member of the fanbase.. Both countries' pockets have different designs, but both are designed to store and protect an original Nintendo DS.
North American Game Boy Advance's Rayman 10th Anniversary special pack
A special pack was sold in the United States of America and Canada, in Walmart shops. The pack contained the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 10th Anniversary and school materials all costumized in the North American style of Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. The materials were one pencil case, three pencils, one rubber, a notebook and a portfolio.
Some of the content of the North American Game Boy Advance's Rayman 10th Anniversary pack
"Bunny Gonzales" figurine
This figurine was once available to buy from the now defunct Ubi Art store as a means to promote the release of Rayman Raving Rabbids in 2006, until 2009 when it became unavailable before the store disappeared - at least two statues are known to be owned by members of the fanbase. It is a resin figurine that depicts Rayman riding on the back of a large Rabbid, while wearing the Goth costume from said game. It is the last figuring based on Rayman himself to have been manufactured, before a large amount of Rabbids merchandise became available.
Rayman riding a Rabbid while wearing the Goth costume from Rayman Raving Rabbids.
Rayman Raving Rabbids Cheese Heads promotional ruler
During the release of Rayman Raving Rabbids, Saputo Cheese Heads released a promotional ruler that included artwork from the game. It has a 3D effect with an image that changes depending on the viewer's orientation.
"The Art of Rayman Origins" book
This art book contains 50 illustrated pages of high quality. The hardcover variant was available in North America via a pre-order of Rayman Origins on Amazon, and in Europe through the Collector's Edition, exclusive to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 consoles. This edition also came with the official soundtrack and a 3D cardboard pop-up display. A paperback version of the art book was released exclusively in Russia as part of the Rayman Origins Collector's Edition for the PC, with most of the text in the book translated into Russian.
"The Art of Rayman" book is part of the Collector's Edition of Rayman Origins
Rayman Origins headphones
Headphones with the Rayman Origins logo could be found at the Ubisoft booth at E3 2011 in Los Angeles.
Rayman Origins keychain
This keychain was a promotional item given away at gaming conventions in Birmingham at the time of the release of Rayman Origins. As well as a few other conventions across Germany and France.
Rayman Origins keychain
Rayman Origins desktop slapping bag
Before the release of Rayman Origins in 2011, Best Buy offered a small "slapping bag" as a pre-order bonus.[9] One side features Globox with the game's logo, while the other side features Rayman himself.
Rayman Origins slapping gloves
As part of the promotion for the release of Rayman Origins, slapping gloves were given at various events.
Rayman Legends steelbook
This steelbook was only released along the Rayman Legends game copies for a limited period of time in France and Germany. These were also available as a pre-order bonus from some retailers.
A promotional case of Rayman Legends
Pinny Arcade PAX Prime 2013 Rayman Legends Pin
The Pinny Arcade Rayman pin was released as part of a promotion by Penny Arcade, alongside other pins from a variety of different games. This particular pin was given out at the PAX Prime event in 2013 to attendees who pre-ordered Rayman Legends at the Ubisoft booth. This pin is just under 4 cm tall and less than half a millimetre thick, coloured with silver outlining. It resembles Rayman's head, drawn in the style of Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends.
The Rayman Legends Pinny Arcade pin.
Rayman Legends surfboards
In 2013, during the Surfboard Auction for Child's Play Charity held at eBay, Rayman Legends-themed surfboards designed by the street artist Chase, were made available. One of this designs could also be seen in one of Michel Ancel's Instagram posts.
Rayman Legends surfboards.
Surfboard seen in Michel Ancel's Instagram.
Rayman 20th anniversary medallion
The Rayman 20th anniversary medallion is one of the prizes of the “I love Rayman” contest. It could also be gained by sending “!raffle” in the chat of the Rayman 20th anniversary live stream. Ubisoft's employees have all received this medallion.
The medallion is made out of metal. Above, “Rayman 20th Anniversary” is written on the edges. Below, “1995 - 2015” is written, still on the edges. On the right and left edges, there are stars. The medallion contains Rayman, who's wearing sunglasses, and a palm tree. On the back of the medallion, there is the Ubisoft logo. On the edges, stars have been replaced by circles, above “Rayman 20th Anniversary” is again written and below it is written “Ubisoft Studios in France”.
Rayman Adventures medallion
The Rayman Adventures medallion is a product which was manufactured for members of the development team who worked on the game.
The Rayman Adventures medallion next to the aforementioned Rayman 20th anniversary medallion.
Rayman Paris GamesWeek T-Shirt
This official T-shirt was given away at the Paris GamesWeek in 2015, it depicts Rayman in his original style with the text: Rayman Vintage, your hero est 1995. It is extremely rare and it was given away to very few people. The T-shirt has also been released in the mystery box "Wootbox" of July 2016, along other officially licensed retro videogame merchandise.
Rayman Insert Coin Clothing product range
In March 2016, Insert Coin Clothing announced the arrival of a new Rayman range of products,[10] which included various T-shirts designs and a hoodie.
Rayman Mini shirt
This simple black shirt has a pocket printed with the Rayman Mini logo, along with Rayman, Globox and Barbara on the bottom of the pocket. It was available to purchase for Ubisoft employees at their internal store in Montpellier.
Rayman Mini beanies
Rayman Mini beanies were offered exclusively to Ubisoft employees.
"Rayman Legends" T-shirt range
In 2021, a range of 11 T-shirts (33 with all colors) was made available on the Ubisoft Store at merch.ubisoft.com/rayman-legends, and named "Rayman Legends" despite all items referring to the series rather than the game Rayman Legends.
Rayman Youtooz figure
In June 2023, the official Youtooz Twitter account teased the release of a new Rayman figure.[11] In July 1 the figure was fully revealed and the release was set to July 7 at 3pm EST.
External links
- Rayman merchandise on Rayman Pirate-Community discussion forums
- French McDonald's Happy Meal publicity (30 seconds version)
- French McDonald's Happy Meal publicity (10 seconds version)
- M6 Multimedia's Rayman 2: The Great Escape PC version pack publicity
- Video of the plush of Rayman riding a Walking Shell (Small version)
- Video of the North American Game Boy Advance's Rayman 10th Anniversary special pack
- Bunnies don't do vacuum cleaning (Cameo appearance of the Grimace statue)
- Rayman series on Génération POG
References
- ↑ Twitter, @Ryemanni, https://twitter.com/Ryemanni/status/1211962241941159936
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/19991013201725/http://www.ubisoft.com/usa/
- ↑ eBay, Rayman 2 The Great Escape---Pen/Kugelschreiber/ballpoint pen---Rar---Selten, https://www.ebay.ca/itm/393501494965
- ↑ Twitter, @RABtoons, https://twitter.com/RABtoons/status/1298198398718349312
- ↑ Twitter, @BirdDogGaming, https://twitter.com/BirdDogGaming/status/1316153253218922496/
- ↑ Facebook, Computerspielemuseum, https://www.facebook.com/Computerspielemuseum/photos/a.181606541851591/781452741866965/?type=3
- ↑ Twitter, @NaVGMuseum, https://twitter.com/NaVGMuseum/status/935834841114972161
- ↑ WikiTimbres, Timbre : 2005 Rayman, https://www.wikitimbres.fr/timbres/1197/2005-rayman
- ↑ Destructoid, Rayman Origins gets ‘slap bag’ with Best Buy pre-order, https://www.destructoid.com/rayman-origins-gets-slap-bag-with-best-buy-pre-order/
- ↑ Facebook, Insert Coin Clothing, https://www.facebook.com/InsertCoinClothing/photos/rayman-range-now-livewe-are-very-pleased-to-announce-the-arrival-of-our-brand-ne/1084933184882543
- ↑ Twitter, @youtooz, https://twitter.com/youtooz/status/1666215588249706498