First up is this amazingly titled FLIPPO TRIPPO figure from Italy. I saw this in a lot on eBay and I had to have it! Now I can't stop saying FLIPPO TRIPPO! FLIPPO TRIPPO!
If you scroll to the bottom of this blog post, you can see some ads for FLIPPO TRIPPO in an Italian magazine (along with some other sweet ads).
I even found two YouTube videos of people opening/playing with FLIPPO TRIPPO figures: this video shows an unboxing of the Clown Around Town Hall and this video is a fairly well done episode of life in Flipponia!