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« on: Friday, December 16, 2011, 23:33:56 » |
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Thought I'd get my nephew a Subbuteo set for Christmas, except you can't. Looks like after Hasbro bought it they put out a couple of cheap and tacky sets and then promptly gave up on it. Fortunately there is still a few foreign companies making equivalent products so I'll be getting him one of them instead.
Pity that Subbuteo has in effect been killed off though. Was pretty popular when I was a kid and I was even sad enough to play in a few tournaments (I was shit and always lost though). Wonder why it was the one to go when other brands are still going strong, guess the Americans buying it didn't help?
We should organise a TEF Subbuteo tournament.
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, December 16, 2011, 23:37:19 » |
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i just looked on ebay, you can buy it
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 00:23:35 » |
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http://www.subbuteoworld.co.uk/But ebay looks your best bet like bennet said
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 00:33:34 » |
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Put me down for that mate!
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jonny72
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 01:23:25 » |
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Don't fancy getting him something second hand which is all you'll get on eBay - Subbuteo hasn't been made for 5 years or so and even then it wasn't the proper Subbuteo from when I was a kid. Hence I'll get one of the copies instead, Total Soccer or Zeugo for example, which ironically are both better than any Subbuteo product that was ever made.
I'm actually getting excited about being able to play again, escpecially as I'll win every time as my nephew is 8 and so shit at everything compared to me - I don't do that letting the kids win thing.
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 01:40:38 » |
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I think I've still got fuck loads of Subbuteo stuff under my bed at my parents house.
So many of the players broke though...
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 06:37:06 » |
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 06:59:28 » |
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Thank you NMH - I had the link ready and was pleased to get to the bottom of the thread and see someone beat me to it.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 07:14:02 » |
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I'm actually getting excited about being able to play again, escpecially as I'll win every time as my nephew is 8 and so shit at everything compared to me - I don't do that letting the kids win thing.
So your not really getting it for him, it's for you |
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 08:24:07 » |
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I think I've still got fuck loads of Subbuteo stuff under my bed at my parents house.
So many of the players broke though...
I had loads of players held together with blu tack, gave them a bit of personality. It's probably Computer football games that have done for Subbuteo, damn shame. Me and my brothers had Subbuteo and Striker where you pushed the players head down to kick the ball. Subbuteo was the best though. |
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 09:30:44 » |
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Was Striker the one with magnets?
I think a lot of my subbuteo players have match stick splints to keep them standing!
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Barnard
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 09:48:39 » |
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The one with magnets was a bit later.
You had a plastic footballer with a kind of tee arrangement on his foot. The game was 5 a side and had a rebound wall round the side. The version we had had diving goalkeepers. It was pretty good, but not as good as Subutteo.
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 10:00:14 » |
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I used to love subbuteo, had the whole stadium and all that shit
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 10:04:11 » |
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I loved it when i was a kid, used to squash/break the players by accident, the pitch on the carpet was never flat!
I've got loads of 50's subbuteo stuff in my attic i got from my uncle, i never use it but don't want to get rid of it on e-bay so it's just going to get even older up there.....
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 10:33:21 » |
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I've still got loads of subbuteo stuff somewhere. The problem is of course that it was never really very fun to play. However much effort you put into flattening out the pitch and pinning it down to something it would always get crumpled up and some cunt would try and cheat. Not sure I ever actually finished a match, it always degenerated into just trying to throw the ball into the little goals from across the pitch, which was a much more fun game.
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