No, I know what Pokemon is. The "Monsters in My Pocket" was this series of inch-tall rubber figures based on monsters like Frankenstein, Medusa... basically mythology and what have been come to known as the Universal Monsters. They even had a video game, I think. Am I the only one who remembers?
I found a site on it:
http://www.raumhafen.de/galerie/rubber_guys/mimp/
Perhaps that will spark some memories.