In the 1994 German Tyco/Matchbox dealers catalog new series of
M.I.M.P. were announced:
To my knowledge these two series were released only in the UK.
The Secret Skeleton Dinosaurs have a cold sensitive skeleton
painting, if they are dunked into cold water the skeleton
appears. Secret Skeleton Dinosaurs are made of hard rubber.
24 different Secret Skeleton Dinosaurs were available in single
packs with a fact card, in 4-packs, and in 12-packs.
Colors of the figures were yellow, green, orange, cyan, and
purple. The painting of the details of the figures is
different than the painting of the regular dinosaurs.
The catalog picture above shows prototypes of the Secret Skeleton
Dinosaurs. The later released painting of the bones looks different
(see below).
Pam Taylor found one of these figures in the UK, others
appear from time to time on Ebay. Overall the Secret Skeleton
Dinosaurs belog to the most rare MIMP. I even can
not provide a picture of a packaging of these.
Release info by Mark Daffin.
Figure images by Pamela Taylor, Ebay, and Wolfgang Schlögl.
