We can report -- exclusively I think -- that the DFB German football player minfigures are now available in UK brand stores!

CapnRex101 has just sent this image from Gateshead Metrocentre. He's currently fiddling about with packets trying to discern one hair piece from another...

Sophie at LCC told us earlier that French shops are selling them too so it appears that they are more widespread than we originally thought.

I think I read somewhere that some 2.2 million have been produced, which is 36,666 boxes. Doesn't sound as if there's enough to go round, does it...

Update: CapnRex101 has acquired a complete set so our review of the series will be posted at the weekend.