Police in Bayreuth seize around 2,000 of the audio figures during a routine check in a car trunk. One distracts the bookseller, the other clears the shelf.
Across the region, shelves containing the figures were cleared out. One of the characters, which has been available in endless variations for years, as Raven Socke, Wilder Guy or Bibi Blocksberg, costs 16.99 euros, and of course you also need the Tonie box that goes with it.