Series : Retail Singles
Release Date : Jan 2005
Kit release : 2004/05 Home
Format : Blister
Platinum Pack : No
Collectors Code : PR005

The first release of the Retail Singles Blisters with Arsenal players was released in January 2005. The first Series saw two Arsenal players, Pires and Henry repainted in kits not used with any other series. The figures come in a new designed blister, with the player in the Home kit. Also in the pack were a fact file and quiz cards, this was due to no Collectors Card. The figures also have no Platinum packs and supposedly have no Pro numbers on base but they do. The idea behind the Retail figures were that they would be stocked in toy shops to try and get new younger collectors involved in the collecting of Corinthians. After less than a year this line disappeared into oblivion like many other great lines before it, I actually liked these releases.