Astérix: by Fariboles Productions
My Asterix collection started, as probably anyone’s collection, with a few albums. In my case it was the album Asterix and the Goths how I met the Gauls. My brother later gave some blue or red Asterix figurines made of plastic. It must have been somewhere around when I was ten, because I remember buying a brand new Asterix and Son album. The first album I bought in the year it was actually released.

As the years passed by I gradually completed my Asterix collection. Every time a new album was released I would buy that one. Not a difficult taks in the early 2000’s. Releases were few and infrequent. As a kid I also got my hands on some of the ToyCloud toys that were available back then. Not really great toys, to be honest. The arms would go limb in no time and they weren’t very durable.
Asterix in other languages
For most Europeans going to another country isn’t really that special. For me the nearest countries are about an hour drive away and a trip to Paris (or Parc Astérix) is just a five or six hour road trip. So over the years I managed to collect a few albums in foreign languages. Whenever I visit another country I buy an album in the local language.
The ToyCloud figurines never survived the 1990’s, but my stack of albums was growing steadily. The focus of my collection for the most part is on Asterix albums in other languages, even more so since I got my hands on a few Korean translations back in 2004. The only figurines I had now were one Asterix and one Obelix figurine by Plastoy.
Figurine collection

I decided not to collect any Asterix figurines. I knew that once I would go in that direction, there would be no end to what I wanted to collect. Because I lived abroad for some years this was an easy promise to keep to myself … until I saw the Obelix et Idéfix figurine from Hachette’s La Grande Galerie des Personnages … I really, really wanted to have that one. And once I had that one … I wanted all 70.
Fariboles
Asterix collectibles come in all sorts and sizes. Some are really, really nice … others are really, really bad. The aforementioned figurines from Hachette are some of my favourites. The good thing is, they are quite affordable as well. You can probably find them for as little as 20 euros and they come with little booklets with very interesting information.
Fariboles Productions in France however, they produce Asterix figurines that are out of this world. They are truly something special. They are put together and painted by hand. Their limited edition figurines however come at a steep price. The figurines are definitely worth it, but they are not something you buy as a present to your four-year-old. Especially not the ones from their Collection Classique. Until this year I could convince myself that I didn’t really need one of their figurines in my collection.
However … they have started a new collection, the Collection Emblème, which is a bit more affordable. The first figurine in this collection had to be Asterix of course. Without further ado, here is my very first Fariboles purchase.












The figurines comes well packaged and with a certificate. 1500 were made, mine is number 762. The colours are outstanding and the attention to detail is excellent. I am actually very pleased with this.
In the meantime I have also preordered the Fulliautomix figurine and this week they announced a Dogmatix figurine … how tempting.