It’s a new entry for TVTA as we present some 1995 Polly Pocket scans from French catalogue Ets De Neuter.
Polly Pocket is a line of toy dolls and accessories that became popular during the late 80s and early 90s. The original dolls came in pocket-size cases and were sold by Bluebird toys of the UK and Mattel. Polly Pocket has also appeared in feature films, video games and a web series. It continues to be sold to date.
Thanks for looking 🙂Â
Les CinĂ©mas Gaumont PathĂ©, c’est une chaĂ®ne de cinema appurtenant Ă PathĂ©, active en France, aux Pays Bas, en Suisse et en Belgique. Voici plusieurs couvertures et publicitĂ©s de films rĂ©cents, scannĂ©es Ă partir du magazine français Les CinĂ©mas Gaumont PathĂ©!
Les Cinémas Gaumont Pathé 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 Gaumont Pathé!
Thanks for looking 🙂
Pif Gadget. France. 1986.
France. Pif Gadget. 1978.
France. Pif gadget N° 765. 1983.
France. Pif Gadget. 1978.
France. Pif Gadget. 1980.
France. PIf Gadget. 1988.
France. PIf Gadget. 1988.
UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1979.
UK. Star Wars Weekly. 1978.
France. Pif Gadget 795. 1984.
… is not an alien or a dinosaur or a bear or a fluffy yellow cat
he’s a giant fat yellow dog cartoon monster with a deep voice
who wears a red and white striped hat.
1979. Pif Gadget. France.
Can you help Groquik find his Nesquik?
France. Pif Gadget. 1979.
Yogi Bear and Boo Boo escape Jellystone in a red convertable
Mebetoys. 1973. France.
Italian ice cream goes Atomic with Motta
Topolino. 1978. Italy.
Construct yourself something constructiveÂ
Ets De Neuter. 1995. France.
Slot Car Circuit Racing Fun From Carrera
France. 1973.
Win yourself a Star Wars digital watch! (time machine, pen and postcard required)
Star Wars Weekly. 1978. UK.
A Snugglebum can be called a Bum-Bum
Super Jouet. 1985. France.
A Care Bear can be called a Bisounour
Super Jouet. 1985. France.
Princess Power can be called La Princesse du Pouvoir
Super Jouet. 1985. France.
Electronic non-stop dodgem from 1969
Jouets Mont Blanc. 1969. France.
And lastly in today’s post, The Muppets Take Manhattan, storybook and record courtesy of Cheerios
Marvel Power Pack. US. 1984.
Thanks for looking 🙂
Qui Est-Ce? / Guess Who?
Nutella Nigella, your Pater has audacity far thicker than blood
Mixed with water and palm oil and gathered in the gutter
Such hypocrisy to mutter about tiresome hoops
Of bureaucracy he may have to haul his arse through
Watches his nuts as he jumps, palm-oiled and bright red as a propaganda bus
That suggests money saved from Europe could go to the NHS
Oh whore-brandy, weak scarlet-mouthed rock shandy-dandy
Piss-taker extraordinaire, serpent-tongue brass shiner
Slop-deliverer of rank duplicity, Baboon-arsed quackery
And slime-lipped pecksniffery of the highest merit
Utter Cant. May your carte de séjour receive no rubber stamp
And please purchase your Nutella from the Britain you wanted
No single market nuts, free movement or customs union trust
And enough forms to fill in to make even a French person blush
(Love never ends) We’ll always be together
Together in Brexit dreams
Words by the editor.
Jouets Mont-Blanc General Catalogue 1969. France. Front cover.
The Mont-Blanc 1969 tri language catalogue (French, English and German) featured not only a small range of traditional toys and games but a selection of household telephones and, bizarrely, a full-size kitchen.
Being a 1969 catalogue it’s good to see the famous and iconic Concorde aeroplane represented – possibly one of the very first toys to do so.
Remote control Intercontinental Concorde with patented tilting nose system, imitation engine hum and flickering jets. 1969.
I love this picture of a futuristic space vehicle and traditional farm tractor. Sci-fi meets agriculture! Somehow War of the Worlds by HG Wells came to my mind.
Electric motor non-stop Unique Space-Car and remote control McCormick Tractor. 1969.
Onto the full scans. Here we see everything from motorised and remote control cars, planes and cranes – to building bricks – to globes – to rubber ducks – and that full size kitchen we were talking about 🙂 Â
Electric motor Taunus and remote control Ferrari. 1969.
Remote control Jaguar E Type. 1969.
Remote control and friction-power Matra 530 GT. 1969.
Intercontinental Concorde. 1969.
Caravelle and Boeing 727. 1969.
Mobi-Tec. 1969.
Various toys and games. 1969.
Remote control giant cranes. 1969.
Play sets. 1969.
Les Blocs. 1969.
Telephones. 1969.
The Diane kitchen. 1969.
And finally, the back cover. Thanks for looking.
Jouets Mont Blanc General Catalogue 1969. France. Back cover.
ETS DE NEUTER is a French toy distributor that has been in operation for more than 60 years. The following scans are from its 1995 Christmas trade catalogue and feature many of the big name toy and game brands. The front cover has a wintry, foresty, Christmas wonderland feel to it, while the back cover shows a range of cool merchandise for popular 90s film The Lion King. In between these covers are more than 80 pages of well-presented toy photos and dioramas, making this catalogue a joy to look through.
As well as toys and games, ETS De Neuter distributed household, sports, leisure and electrical goods, which the catalogue also features – but we’ll save those goodies for another time. For now, sit back and enjoy these cool 90s toys. Click if you need to go bigger. Thanks for looking.
Cover. Ets De Neuter. Catalogue Noël. 1995. France.
Batman and Robocop toys.
Biker Mice From Mars.
Playmobil sets and Wild West sets.
Joustra construction. Road Rigs.
K’Nex.
Lego Technic.
Meccano construction.
Barbie dolls, play sets and accessories.
Barbie dolls, play sets and accessories.
Barbie merchandise.
Action Man.
Polly Pocket.
Power Rangers.
Play-Doh.
Crayola
Spirograph.
Spirograph.
Monopoly.
Qui Est-Ce? / Guess Who?
Cluedo.
Tir’Pic / Ker Plunk.
Touche Coule / Battleships.
Mastermind.
Docteur Maboul / Operation.
Trivial Pursuit.
Astérix plush.
Sailor Moon.
Sindy.
Tintin.
Nikko Radio Control.
Nikko Radio Control.
Nikko Radio Control.
TCR.
Transformers.
Le Roi Lion / The Lion King. Back cover of Ets De Neuter catalogue. 1995. France.
Thanks for looking 🙂
Just got back from the supermarket with our ‘three-jar-only’ rations of Nutella, both eyes intact and no bones broken. Was a good trip today. Maybe tomorrow not so lucky.
French supermarkets these days, it’s a jungle out there…
The Nutella French supermarket brawls
Pif Gadget. 1977. France.
Nutella Poem
Nutella, Nigella, your nuts have a nuance enrobed in palm oil
Rush for nuts, aisles smeared in irate blood and nuts that are crushed
Underfoot, tut, tut, zut! Leap over yellow signs that say Sol Glissant
Nuts, Nigella, cook me up your brunch of nuts Nutella
Black dress, black hair, let’s split then call 18 pour les pompiers
Nuts, palm oil nuts, Nigella, Nutella, it’s a 24 hour gastronomic countdown to
cut price markdown meltdown supermarket aisle showdown smackdown
Downtown Intermarché, Lidl, Carrefour, Aldi, Super U, Super you
You got Nutella, 3 packs, and all your limbs intact, nuts, pots and pans
Casserole, nuts Nutella, Nigella palm oil, je suis la, j’ai faim, oui, mais calmez vous!
(love never ends) We’ll always be together, together in Nutella dreams
France. Pif Gadget. 1981.
France. Pif Gadget. 1976.
Italy. Topolino. 1978.
