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Several figures based on characters and items from the Rayman series have been produced.

French MacDonald's Happy Meal's Rayman 2: The Great Escape promotion

The french MacDonalds Rayman 2 collection

The French restaurants of MacDonalds did a Happy Meal promotion of six Rayman 2 figures between the 17th May of 2000 and the 13th June of 2000. 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.

The collection has got the following figures:

  • Rayman sitted in a plum: This figure measures (aproximately) 10cm of height, 5cm of lenght and 7cm 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 (aproximately) 9cm of height, 11,5cm of lenght and 7,5cm 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 ocasionally turning to the sides in circles.
  • Ly the Fairy with a Silver Lum: This figure measures (aproximately) 9,5cms of height, 4,5cm of lenght and 6cm 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 (aproximately) 9cm of height, 4,5cm of lenght and 8cm 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 (aproximately) 11,5cm of height, 8cm of lenght and 11cm 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 repeteadly, the chest will glow with sparks.
  • Robo-Pirate cage: This figure measures (aproximately) 8cm of height, 8,5cm in lenght 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.

Rayman standing side to a bush

This figure was gifted with some copies of Rayman 2: The Great Escape

This PVC figure with aproximately 9cm of height has got Rayman standing side to a bush, with the yellow logo of "RAYMAN" written behind it. It is known to have been bundled with some copies of Rayman 2: The Great Escape in France and Germany. 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. It can be spotted through the European eBay.

Rayman doing a grimace on a mushroom

This figure was made to promote the release of Rayman 3

This resine figure with aproximately 15cm of height is a recreation of an artwork depicting the Grimace power in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. It is said that few hundreds of units were created worldwide, and a very limited ammount came with a box and an artbook containing conceptual art of the game. It is one of the rarest Rayman items that exist, however the statue can be found for purchase in Pix 'N' Love's online store (it does not bring the box and the said artbook). This little statue also makes a cameo in the "Fact number 2 of Bunnies very useful scientific facts: Bunnies don't do vacuum cleaning".

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. It can be found ocasionally in French eBay being sold for hundreds of euros.

A life-sized promotional Rayman 3 figure which depicts Rayman holding the Sceptre of the Leptys.

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