When Subbuteo was first launched it was a mail order business. Many of the first buyers bought the game before founder Peter Adolph had even built a prototype. Even when orders flooded in for the game after magazine advertisements Subbuteo remained mail order for a long time before shops decided…
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A look at a collection of 701 Subbuteo teams
As a child anybody who bought Subbuteo teams will remember the famous ‘green wall’ of toy shops. The green wall was a display of Subbuteo and appeared in toy shops all across the UK when the table top football game was at its peak. The green comes from the colour…
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Subbuteo fan goes into attic and finds an incredible treasure trove of teams
Most people go up to the attic and find a couple of dead spiders, some water-damaged boxes of books and plenty of dust. A Subbuteo fan has had a bit more luck when they headed up to the attic and found a treasure trove of incredibly rare and staggeringly-good condition…
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Massive Subbuteo loft find includes over 30 pristine teams
It is the dream of many Subbuteo collectors and fans – a hidden stash in a loft or cellar with piles of teams, accessories and other Subbuteo bits and pieces. A Subbuteo fan has rediscovered just that after taking a trip to his loft and finding a massive haul of…
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This collection of 2,100 Subbuteo players is something special
Subbuteo collections do not get more spectacular than this. Andy Trasler shared images of his Subbuteo single players collection on Facebook and has kindly allowed us to showcase them here too. Andy is aiming to collect one of every single Subbuteo team ever produced, from the early heavyweight figures to…