Subbuteo, did you ever ?

[Leekbrookgull]

Just saw the bit on the news,re-Subbuteo. Have to confess to owning and playing.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Yes I used to play it.

 

[Mr deez]

Of course, great game...

What was on the telly about it?

 

[Easy 10]

Naah, I always thought it was a bit shit to be honest. It was competing with Action Man, Scalextric and my Atari 2600. Once I had Donkey Kong and Pitfall, that was it really.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Tucked away somewhere in the loft (either there or the Teaboy has nicked it) is a boxed set of 1950s vintage Subbuteo, dating from the time when there were only two teams available - the team in red shirts and the team in blue shirts.

Probably worth a fortune, if it was complete and undamaged - which it isn't.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Mr deez,just a story on Subbuteo,made Nr T/Wells, how many people play etc,talking to the son of the founder. Was on BBC South-East.

 

[Northstander]

Action Man and storm trooper laser guns for me all the way!

Subbuteo was ...well.....just not for me!

 

[Legend]

Used to play it many years ago. I was for ever kneeling on the goals and the keeper. Was not allowed to put it on the table. Cost me a small fortune buying goals and new teams. Ah Memories !!!!

 

[Scotty Mac]

loved subutteo

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Used to be some CLASSIC Subbuteo threads on here. Could have sworn some of the best made it on to NSC Gold. Can't see them on there tho

 

[The Large One]

The box is sitting proudly on the top shelf above the computer. It's the current Deluxe Edition - which is a pitch, two teams, two goals, two balls, a scoreboard, pitch surround fencing, and a stand (a red version of the Phoenix Brewery Lego Stand thing). I bought it in Toys 'R' Us in Stevenage about five years ago.

I had to buy a Brighton & Hove Albion team off eBay. Cost about £26 I think.

When I used to work, myself and a Crystal Palace supporting work colleague (he also got his team off eBay, but for £44, ha ha) played most lunch times to the bemusement of my female colleagues and the close fascination of the male ones.

All a far cry from my first Subbuteo set - which me and my brother had to play on the lounge floor while the cat usually walked across the pitch - that I got for my 8th birthday in 1977; a present I vivdly remember opening while 'Mr Telephone Man' played on Radio 1.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Used to be some CLASSIC Subbuteo threads on here. Could have sworn some of the best made it on to NSC Gold. Can't see them on there tho

Look more carefully, then.

http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4064

 

[Robot Chicken]

You can still buy it and not the shit version with cardboard players

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

World Cup Edition with everything thrown in, Floodlights, stands, scoreboard the lot!

 

[algie]

Loved it.Also those plastic soldiers,crossbow and catapults,lego

 

[Dave the OAP]

anyone have the referees and linesmen

The linesmen had their flags up all the time.....

" I was never offside lino"




Anyone used to play with the small white balls as opposed to the larger ones...they were ace

 

[Brixtaan]

World Cup Edition with everything thrown in, Floodlights, stands, scoreboard the lot!

I bet you bought the Barcelona team and screamed "Johnson!!!!","Bright!!!!" "Dowie!!!!" intermittently.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Look more carefully, then.

http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4064

Once more I, a humble acolyte, prostrate myself and genuflect in the general direction of Sir Lord Bracknell MP

 

[Statto]

Used to love it. I had nearly every team, and the stadium and stuff like that.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Anyone have the Cricket version ??