Exogini: i misteriosi alieni (lit. Exogenous: the mysterious aliens), is a famous bootleg keshi

Keshi

Keshi aka keshigomu is the Japanese for eraser. Modern reference to "keshi" is related to a collectible manga/anime character mini figure made of coloured hard gum. However, keshi is not restrictive to its etymology but a generic term as several gum types are used, from matte to transparent...

 (in the likes of the popular M.U.S.C.L.E. and Monster In My Pocket

Monster in My Pocket

Monster in my Pocket is a media franchise developed by Morrison Entertainment Group, headed by Joe Morrison and John Weems ....

) composite line only released in Italy

Italy

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 around the late '80s, early '90s. The Sesto Fiorentino

Sesto Fiorentino

Sesto Fiorentino is a municipality in the province of Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has c. 46,700 inhabitants.- History :The oldest known human settlement in the area dates from the Mesolithic...

 based GIG Spa company, did mixed three different imported keshi lines to create its own franchise. Around the same period, the Exogini line was marketed in France as Cosmix

Cosmix

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 by Ideal SA.

History

The models and even the leaflet catalogues were identical, however the package and character names were totally different. The gum colors and types were also distinct to each line with the exception of the generic "salmon matte" type. The Exogini had more gum variations than the Cosmix line and the third keshi series did not appeared in the French line.

Falsely marketed as a unique extra terrestrials line, the Exogini were actually, decent quality, model replicas taken from three distinct keshi lines made of wrestlers, ninjas and crustacean monsters. The superchery was revealed by collectors a decade after the Exogini sale out.

Kinkeshi series (1987)

The first line is the most looked after by collectors for it is a selection of forty Kinkeshi

Kinkeshi

Kinkeshi is an extensive and popular line of collectible erasers, an instance of the modern Japanese popular culture institution of keshi...

 ("Kinnikuman series 1984-87" aka M.U.S.C.L.E.), whose are keshi based on the popular Kinnikuman

Kinnikuman

is a manga created by the duo of Yudetamago , which is composed of Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada. The manga was published in Shueisha's Weekly Jump, and received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1985...

 Japanese comic book

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 and anime TV series created in 1979. Several generations of video games helped to popularize the franchise worldwide. This series was part of the Cosmix

Cosmix

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 keshi line.

1st series

Exogini catalogue 1A

• No.01 Testa Di Roccia
• No.02 Minotauro
• No.03 Gigante
• No.04 Cobra
• No.05 Medusa
• No.06 Tesoriere

Exogini catalogue 1B

• No.07 Stentore
• No.08 Marte
• No.09 Samurai
• No.10 Giusto
• No.11 Vite
• No.12 Fantasma

2nd series

Exogini catalogue 2A

• No.13 Ercole
• No.14 Testa Di Stella
• No.15 Faraone
• No.16 Maciste
• No.17 Ira
• No.18 Testa Piatta
• No.19 Crono
• No.20 Nemesi
• No.21 Scudiero
• No.22 Cerbero
• No.23 Toro
• No.24 Teseo
• No.25 Golia
• No.26 Testa Di Ferro

Exogini catalogue 2B

• No.27 Tenaglia
• No.28 Rambo
• No.29 Ciclope
• No.30 Unicorno
• No.31 Centauro
• No.32 Kamikaze
• No.33 Teiera
• No.34 Sfinge
• No.35 Fobos
• No.36 Guerriero Stellare
• No.37 Dinosauro
• No.38 Mattone
• No.39 Sirio
• No.40 Aquila

N.I.N.J.A. MITES (1988)

The second Exogini series was made of N.I.N.J.A. MITES which was a distinct line of ninja

Ninja

A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...

-themed characters also imported and renamed by GIG. This series was also part also of the Cosmix

Cosmix

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 line.

Exogini catalogue 3A

• No.01 Accetta
• No.02 Fauno
• No.03 Cospiratore
• No.04 Oracolo
• No.05 Babele
• No.06 Spiedo
• No.07 Bruto
• No.08 Piranha
• No.09 Panico
• No.10 Piedone
• No.11 Fetonte
• No.12 Zero
• No.13 Pugno
• No.14 Angelo
• No.15 Scarabeo
• No.16 Karate
• No.17 Fama
• No.18 Il Mascherato
• No.19 Sirena
• No.20 Nike
• No.21 Volpone

Exogini catalogue 3B

• No.22 Flash
• No.23 Sputafuoco
• No.24 Mefisto
• No.25 Terremoto
• No.26 Testa Di Scheletro
• No.27 Il Monaco
• No.28 Iride
• No.29 Molla
• No.30 Tarlo
• No.31 Vulcano
• No.32 Banzai
• No.33 Carbonaro
• No.34 Oceano
• No.35 Satiro
• No.36 Dedalo
• No.37 Teste Gemelle
• No.38 Pluton
• No.39 Triangolo
• No.40 Vandalo
• No.41 Donnola
• No.42 Labirinto
• No.43 Vendicatore
• No.44 Testa A Punta
• No.45 Sciacallo
• No.46 Tantalo
• No.47 Segreto
• No.48 I Due Nani

Fistful Of Alien series (1998)

Instead of the Kinnikuman and N.I.N.J.A.S. characters, these erasers were insect/crustacean

Crustacean

Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...

-like characters. It was actually a selection of full color hand painted keshis made in China

China

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 and taken from the American Fistful Of Aliens

Fistful of Aliens

Fistful of Aliens was a game using collectible figures produced by the Yes! Entertainment Corporation. They had a production run from 1997–1999 with 2 series produced. They were discontinued before the 3rd series was released, when the company went bankrupt. The figures were sold in various...

line. This line is not available in the parallel Cosmix line.

Plutonian: Blue Exogini (Plutoniani: Exogini Blu)

• No.01 Vandalo
• No.02 Coriolano
• No.03 Rocker
• No.04 Fetonte
• No.05 Maciste
• No.06 Ira
• No.07 Nemesi
• No.08 Scheletro
• No.09 Sultano
• No.10 Sciacallo

Martian: Red Exogini (Marziani: Exogini Rossi)

• No.11 Bruto
• No.12 Ercole
• No.13 Minotauro
• No.14 Medusa
• No.15 Octopus
• No.16 Cerbero
• No.17 Gigante
• No.18 Spaccaossi
• No.19 Sei Braccia
• No.20 Panico

Venusian: Green Exogini (Venusiani: Exogini Verdi)

• No.21 Fauno
• No.22 Araknos
• No.23 Scarabeo
• No.24 Sgorbio
• No.25 Vulcano
• No.26 Tenaglia
• No.27 Ingordo
• No.28 Vendicatore
• No.29 Tallone
• No.30 Aspirator

Superalien: Exogini (Superalieni: Exogini)

• No.31 Mefisto
• No.32 Il Monaco
• No.33 Tremoto
• No.34 Orco
• No.35 Fobos
• No.36 Rombo