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In 1995, it was given away at the release of the Atari Jaguar version of ''[[Rayman 1]]'' 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 29th November of 2012. It's one of the rarest [[Rayman (series)|Rayman]] items known.

A french company named Guillemot released a quadripack for the PlayStation, including ''[[Rayman 1]]'''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.

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 On the edges, stars have been replaced by circles, above “Rayman 20th Anniversary” is again written and below it is written “[[Ubisoft]] Studios in France”.  

[[Image:Shirt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The 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's extremely rare and it was given away to very few people.

The T-Shirt has also been released in the mistery box "Wootbox" of July 2016, along other officialy licensed retro videogame merchandise.

Several newer copies of the [[Rayman (Game Boy Color)|Game Boy Color version of ''Rayman'']] in Europe came with a small sticker booklet and some stickers based of ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and [[Rayman: The Animated Series|the animated series]] artwork. The rest of the stickers could be obtained at the now-defunct official ''[[Rayman 2]]'' website, Rayman2.com.

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. <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19991013201725/http://www.ubisoft.com/usa/</ref> It is unknown if the Yo-Yo was available for selling in other places and in other countries.

[[File:Rayman2TGE-FrenchMacDonaldsCollection.JPG|right|thumb|500px|The french McDonald's ''[[Rayman 2]]'' collection]]

The French restaurants of McDonald's did a Happy Meal promotion of six ''[[Rayman 2]]'' figures between the 17th May of 2000 and the 13th June of 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 11th April of 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 [http://raymanpc.com/wiki/en/File:Menhir_Hills.jpg 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.

*''[[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]]. It also has a black suction cup on the bottom, to hold it in place.

[[File:RaymanInAnBush-PromotionalFigure.JPG|200px|right|thumb|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 - 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.

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 stitched up on it. It was available in France and in other countries.

This resine figure with aproximately 15cm 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 (series)|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 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]] [[Grimace|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 (series)|''Rayman'']] merchandise, with appearances on eBay being extremely infrequent and only three members of the fanbase known to own one.

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]]''.