Proof Monty was not a Poland exclusive

Monty got the tag that he is was released in Poland, because it is part of the story of how I finally tracked him down.
I had been looking for him for years, and I am pretty sure that my very first ever post here on BPT was specifically to ask if any members had any information about him.
At that time there was only a stock photo of him on the internet, and he had never been sold in any American chain stores, or eBay, Amazon, etc.
Then about the same time that Toy TrainsTrackmaster Village posted an unboxing video of him on YouTube, one was listed on a Polish website called camp.pl
I was able to figure out who TTTV thanked for helping them get it, and investigated his page, and many of his video were in Polish too.
I then was able to make a connection in Poland, who was able to secure the one from camp.pl for me.
Monty wasn’t exclusive to Poland, but was buried throughout the old eastern block countries like Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.
Croatia and Hungary sound about right, but I have never heard of Portugal before, though nothing dumb that FisherPrice ever does would surprise me either.