CENTRAL EUROPE SERIES 2

The very first thing to mention regarding this series has to be the name, for a very long time it has been labelled as 'Poland/Czech Series 2' however I feel this needs to be classified as 'Central Europe Series 2'

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My reasoning behind this is the fact the series was distributed and sold in 4 different countries, which are Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, all 4 of which are located in Central Europe. The packaging and collector's information leaflet all carry the 4 languages of those countries too, so I personally feel it is a more accurate name for the series.

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The series was done in collaboration with Italian company 'Giochi Preziosi' who were also behind the Italy series, I assume this is due to the fact the series contains players from Italy's Serie A, so there cooperation would be required due to a license issue.

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Distribution wise there were different companies involved, which are as follows:

• Poland - EPEE

• Czech Republic - EPEE

• Slovakia - Alltoys

• Hungary - Formatex

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What sets this series apart from any other is the packaging used, the figures were inside a plastic capsule and placed on a backing card, and it is my assumption they were not sold in a CDU but rather placed on a rack, due to the punched hole at the top of the blister card.

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The series contains 22 different figures, all of which have unique MC collector codes, with each figure being done on all 7 base colours, Green, Red, Blue, White, Sliver, Gold and Black. As was the standard practice, the goal keeper figures of Jens Lehmann have 4 different MC codes for each base colour, except the Black base for which there is just the solitary MC code.​​