Publicités et couvertures – Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont – Le Mag (3)

Posted on September 28, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Sept 2019. France.

Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Sept 2019. France. Ad Astra.

Welcome to part 3 of my ongoing web series showcasing print adverts and covers from French publication Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont Le Mag, featuring recent films you may have seen or are planning to see.

Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont, c’est une chaîne de cinema appartenant à Pathé, active en France, aux Pays Bas, en Suisse et en Belgique. Voici plusieurs couvertures et publicités de films récents, scannées à partir du magazine français Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont!

Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont is a cinema chain owned by Pathé, with operations in France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium. Here are some covers and adverts for recent movies you may have seen, scanned from the French magazine Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont!

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Avril 2019. France.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Jul 2019. France.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Mai 2019. France.

Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. July 2019. France. Playmobil: The Film.

Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. July 2019. France. Playmobil: The Film Pop’N Box promo.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France. La Reine des Neiges II.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France. J’ai Perdu Mon Corps.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France. Terminator: Dark Fate.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Jul 2019. France. Le Roi Lion.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Jul 2019. France. Anna.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France. Raymonda.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Jul 2019. France. Sider-Man: Far From Home.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Mai 2019. France. X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France. Maléfique: Le Pouvoir du Mal.

: Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Sept 2019. France. Gemini Man.

Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Oct 2019. France. Le Mans 66.

Pathé Gaumont Le Mag. Sept 2019. France. 4DX.

Merci! Thanks for looking 🙂

AIRGAM – the Spanish toy for the children of the world

Posted on September 24, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Airgam was a Spanish toy company which made a popular range of articulated figures sold throughout parts of Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. These figures were called Airgam Boys and included the lines Miss Airgam, Airgamlandia and Airgam Comics. The figures were similar in style to the famous Playmobil and Play-Big / Busy Bodies toys of the same era, and they came with a number of accesories including vehicles and play sets.

TVTA is pleased to present a selection of Spanish catalogue pages featuring Airgam figures from 1977 to 1980, plus images from the Airgam Comics line showing the Super Fantastics and Super Diabolics superhero figures from the mid-80s – courtesy of the excellent site Weirdotoys.com

Airgam Boys and Miss Airgam

Airgam Boys Wild West. Airgam catalogue page. Spain.

Miss Airgam. Airgam catalogue page. Spain.

Ouch!

Nurse: “Bend over. This might hurt a bit.”

Patient: “But I’m only supposed to be having my tonsils out.”

So many different figures to choose from…

It’s impressive how many themes Airgam explored. Just some of the figures the company made were: cowboys and indians; aliens; astronauts; military; circus; Dracula, Frankenstein and Satan (no kidding!) from the ‘Terror’ line; Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto and other Disney characters from the ‘Zooland’ line; World Cup 82 football teams; emergency services; pirates; musketeers; vikings; Romans; Robin Hood; Zorro, and many, many more.

Get behind me Satan!

From the Airgam Boys ‘Terror’ / ‘Monster’ line: Satan. Image courtesy of Lulu Berlu

: Airgam Boys Wild West. Airgam catalogue pages. Spain.

: Airgam Boys Wild West. Airgam catalogue pages. Spain.

: Airgam Circus, Airgam Boys and Miss Airgam. Airgam catalogue pages. Spain.

: Airgam Boys. Airgam catalogue page. Spain.

: Airgam figures with horses. Airgam catalogue pages. Spain.

: “The only toy which has been awarded four consecutive ‘Aros’ 1977 – 1980”. Airgam catalogue pages. Spain.

Airgam Comics: Super Fantastics and Super Diabolics

There is no mistaking the similarity of some of the Airgam Comics figures to well-known superhero characters from Marvel and DC comics. How Airgam managed to avoid any lawsuits in the production of these wild, wacky and wonderful figures is probably a superhero feat in itself. Spider-Man, anyone? Captain America? Batman?

Pictures courtesy of Weirdotoys.com Check out the link for more excellent photos of these cool figures!

Airgam Comics Super Fantastics and Super Diabolics loose figures. Image courtesy of Weirdotoys.com

Airgam Comics Super Fantastics and Super Diabolics MOC. Image courtesy of Weirdotoys.com

Airgam Comics Panther Man and Bad Tiger figures. Image courtesy of Weirdotoys.com

Airgam Comics Super Fantastics and Super Diabolics play sets. Image courtesy of Weirdotoys.com

Airgam Comics Red Maskermobile vehicle. Image courtesy of Weirdotoys.com

Airgam Vehicles

Action jeeps and helicopters.

: Airgam Boys vehicles.

: Airgam Boys Jeeps.

: Airgam Boys Helicopters.

: Airgam Boys Jeeps.

Airgamlandia

Mini Airgam figures, doll house play sets and accessories for small hands.

Airgam ‘Airgamlandia little house’ collection. Catalogue page. Spain.

I’m trying to get hold of a few Airgam figures to add to my collection. if I do i’ll be sure to add them to this post. Until then, thanks for looking 🙂

Images scanned from Spanish Airgam catalogues 1977 – 1980 by TVTA.

Special thanks to Weirdotoys.com for additional images.

Airgamboys.Wordpress.com for additional information.

Retrogaming ads 1982 – 1985

Posted on September 18, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Pink Panther hand held electronic game by Orlitronic. France. 1984.

TVTA is pleased to present a selection of retrogaming ads from 1982 to 1985 … featuring The Pink Panther, Mickey Mouse and The Smurfs hand held games from Orlitronic … Atari … Coleco Vision … Parker Brothers … CBS Electronics … and the not-much-known-about French electronics company ITMC.

Mickey Mouse hand held electronic game by Orlitronic. France. 1984.

Smurfs hand held electronic game by orlitronic. France. 1983.

Atari. France. 1983.

CBS Electronics / Coleco Vision. France. 1984.

CBS Electronics / Coleco Vision. France. 1983.

Amidar by Parker Brothers. US. 1982.

Pole Position by Atari. UK. 1983.

Scott Adams presents Hulk, Spider-Man and Fantasic Four home computer games. US. 1985.

Atari video games. France. 1984.

Let’s get dizzy…

This 1983 ad for Solar Fox does its worst to perpetuate the sexist trope of the dumb blonde. CBS Electronics… what space cadets!

Solar Fox by CBS Electronics. US. 1983.

In. The. Mystery. Corner.

We end with these colourful and fun adverts for hand held pocket games from hard-to-track-down French company ITMC. When researching ITMC I found very little information other than these 1983 hand helds were made in Japan and sold in France along with other ITCM-branded gaming consoles. There is also a connection to the French toy chain JouéClub, either in promoting or co-producing certain models.

Panique Spatiale / Space Panic by ITMC. France. 1983.

Guerre des Astres / War of the Stars by ITMC. France. 1983.

That’s all for now. Thanks for looking 😎

Saturday night at the movies – Skywalker is Coming!

Posted on September 14, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Star Wars. The Rise of Skywalker. 2019 chirashi. Japan. Front.

Star Wars. The Rise of Skywalker. 2019 chirashi. Japan. Back.

TVTA is very pleased to acquire its first Japanese chirashi movie poster for the upcoming Star Wars film The Rise of Skywalker which is due for its cinema release in December this year!

In addition to this simple yet elegant Star Wars chirashi, I picked up a sweet 4-sided poster for 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, along with chirashis for 2019 releases Spider-Man: Far From Home, Joker, and Toy Story 4.

Enjoy 🙂

Star Wars. The Force Awakens 4-sided chirashi movie poster. 2015. Japan. Side 1.

Star Wars. The Force Awakens 4-sided chirashi movie poster. 2015. Japan. Sides 2 and 3.

Star Wars. The Force Awakens 4-sided chirashi movie poster. 2015. Japan. Side 4.

Spider-Man: Far From Home chirashi movie poster. 2019. Japan. Front.

Spider-Man: Far From Home chirashi movie poster. 2019. Japan. Back.

Joker. Chirashi movie poster. 2019. Japan. Front.

Joker. Chirashi movie poster. 2019. Japan. Back.

Toy Story 4. Chirashi movie poster. 2019. Japan. Front.

Toy Story 4. Chirashi movie poster. 2019. Japan. Back.

Enjoy your movie 🙂

Robo Machine (very mini) mini catalogue

Posted on September 13, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Robo Machine (sometimes Robo Machines) was a transforming vehicle/robot toy line made by the Bandai company in the 1980s. It was the European version of the Japanese Machine Robo toy line.

When I say that this Robo Machine catalogue I recently acquired is not much bigger than a postage stamp I’m not exaggerating! Here it is all in its tiny, little glory. Small is beautiful.

Robo Machine Command Centre Play Set. The top left picture of the transforming vehicle on four legs reminds me of a very famous vehicle as employed by the Empire in certain Star Wars films!

Thank you for transforming with us 🙂

Panini stickers and trading cards

Posted on September 4, 2019 by The Vintage Toy Advertiser

Panini,originally known as ‘Figurine Panini’, is famous for producing collectable stickers and trading cards – notably football stickers from tournaments and leagues around the world. Panini also produce books, comics and magazines.

The company was founded in 1961 in Modena, Italy, by brothers Benito and Giuseppe Panini. In 1963 two other Panini brothers, Franco and Umberto, joined the company. Alongside its popular football albums and stickers, Panini have produced albums and stickers for the likes of Disney, Star Wars, The Smurfs, Barbie, Masters of the Universe, and many other popular titles from film, cartoons and TV shows.