It costs around £60,000 to convince Hasbro to use the Subbuteo license for a branded box set or item of clothing. That is probably beyond the means of many in the Subbuteo community who are actually producing Subbuteo-quality items. The high cost of entry – which is unsurprising given how…
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Subbuteo launches new France box set featuring Mbappe
A new Subbuteo box set featuring French football stars on the cover is now on sale. Subbuteo has launched the set via French toy company Megableu and is selling the fully licensed product on the French Amazon website for around 35 Euros before postage. The new set is a coup…
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Review: Subbuteo England Women’s Lionesses set
Are the makers of Subbuteo actually listening to feedback? It would definitely be a new development in the sorry saga of a once great toy brand but since Hong Kong-based Longshore took the reigns from a disinterested Hasbro we have been subject to shoddy communication, shambolic product launches and cheap-as-chips…
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New Argentina and Brazil collector’s edition Subbuteo sets revealed
You wait ages for a new Subbuteo set and now four come along at once. Hot on the heels of the news that UK license holder University Games announcing a new starter set and a new England-branded set there are now two extra editions available to buy. Collector sets featuring…