I did have it I think but no longer.
Toys and Games you used to have. Page 25
😆 I knew it!!
But what a shame (seriously) that you now think it is lost
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 27th February 2023, 8:44 AM1973...................
I remember those - made a right pig's ear of trying to paint them.
Much like every Airfix plane's cockpit glass always had a glue-y fingerprint on it.
Surprised the pilot could see to fly at all.
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I trust the drawing on the T-shirt is better than the one of the boy in the advert wearing it - 75p inc. p&p sounds a great deal, but people were still remembering pre decimal prices, and this would have made it 15/- (fifteen shillings), which was a lot of money in the early 70s.
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Until I go through some more comics........................
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 30th November 2022, 12:10 PMI first came across Subbuteo in the late 50s/early 60s at my cousin's, who was some nine years older than me (and indeed still is) so he'd probably had his set for some time.
Anyway from the official Subbuteo website https://www.subbuteo.com/history-of-subbuteo/
History of Subbuteo
SUBBUTEO was created by Peter Adolph in 1946 and the first SUBBUTEO set contained goals made of wire with paper nets, a ball and cardboard playing figures on bases made from buttons weighed down with lead washers. These initial figures were made from flat cardboard, known later to collectors as "flats". Both Chalk and instructions were included in the set to mark out the pitch.
In 1961 Peter Adolph introduced a three-dimensional hand painted plastic figure and after several design modifications, this figure evolved into the classic "heavyweight" player. In 1980 the new lightweight figure was introduced.
I got a bargain in a charity shop today. A complete (at least it looks like it) set of Subbuteo featuring goals, balls, pitch and 2 teams (red and blue) in flat plastic with ref and linesman too for £15. Got to be late 1950s.
Quote: Chappers @ 31st May 2023, 3:47 PMI got a bargain in a charity shop today. A complete (at least it looks like it) set of Subbuteo featuring goals, balls, pitch and 2 teams (red and blue) in flat plastic with ref and linesman too for £15. Got to be late 1950s.
Absolute bargain!
Quote: Chappers @ 31st May 2023, 3:47 PMI got a bargain in a charity shop today. A complete (at least it looks like it) set of Subbuteo featuring goals, balls, pitch and 2 teams (red and blue) in flat plastic with ref and linesman too for £15. Got to be late 1950s.
I posted on a Subbuteo Facebook page and apparently they're not quite as old as I thought. It seems that they still produced the 2D figures up to the early 70s although I never remember seeing them in the shops.
Quote: Chappers @ 6th June 2023, 8:34 AMI posted on a Subbuteo Facebook page and apparently they're not quite as old as I thought. It seems that they still produced the 2D figures up to the early 70s although I never remember seeing them in the shops.
Hmm, I only remember my set being made of flat celluloid figures, which had a distinctive smell and could be flexed.
Worth checking out though, and here's a site you might want to look at :-
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 6th June 2023, 10:54 AMHmm, I only remember my set being made of flat celluloid figures, which had a distinctive smell and could be flexed.
Worth checking out though, and here's a site you might want to look at :-
Why did you have to do that Herc? I'm wasting my time looking at it!