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At this point, my knowledge of the accessory range enters a bit of a dark age. I
was still buying second hand stuff in the late 1990s, but I'd given up the new range as an expensive retread of the old one (with extra advertising). Perhaps this is a little unfair. The range numbers get to 61240, but I'm not sure all these numbers were really used. In a development that has mucked up my lists (!), Hasbro seem to have re-used a couple of numbers. 61125, and 61133. These have been added to the end of the range listed here.61222 Two Greek Pillar Style Floodlights.
61223 Three Umbro Elite balls.
These rather nice Umbro balls first appeared on the 1992 poster (see below) where they replaced the Samba balls. They then stayed in the range until 1995, before being used up in the assorted ball pack (61233). I've also seen them in 1997 "Club Editions" in place of the green logo balls.
61224: 1992 Poster Catalogue.
After a period of producing A4 catalogues, 1992 saw a return to posters to illustrate the range. Whilst a catalogue was usually included in boxed editions of the game, this one was also sold separately. Mine still has a "20p" price tag from the Gamleys in Worthing where I originally bought it. A big thank you to Dimitrios who spotted the bar code on the 1995 catalogue (see below) and made me check back all my old catalogues to see if they filled any gaps in the range. This is the only other bar coded item I found.
All I can really say about this one is that it is issued in an eye-catching box. Oh and they feature on the 1993 poster.
These are
simply the Italia '90 goals with different coloured nets (red, white and blue, rather than green, white and red). They replaced those goals in the range in 1993. The USA '94 goals and balls were also included in the USA '94 boxed edition.61227: 1993 and 1995 Poster catalogues.
Like 1992, these catalogue have a bar code with an accessory range number. The 1995 version turned out to be the last poster to feature a full range of accessories. The 1996 poster seems to be the last one produced, and although it is similar in design, it doesn't have a bar code (nor does 1994). Thanks to Dimitrios who supplied this catalogue, and spotted the bar code.
Do these goals look a little like the Italia '90 ones to you? And the USA '94 ones? Same goal, different colours.
I've also included a picture of the box of this item, because I rather like the Euro '96 design.
The early 1990s accessory range had seen a large number balls with advertising from different ball manufacturers. These balls were sold in boxes of three. By 1996 these boxes had disappeared from the range, and the remaining unsold balls appeared as a random assortment in this bubble pack. The most common balls in these packs seem to be Mitre Deltas, Umbro Elites, and Adidas Tangos (in white)
61234: The Premiership Accessory Pack.
A large box containing a big piece of black plastic with a few accessories poking out of it :-). I'm not sure why I'm so harsh to this set, but at the time it just seemed poor value for money. The set contains all the extra bits also in the Premiership Boxed Edition. It has the trophy (also available as 61125), six flags, referees in green, and two balls. Nice variations, but the box could have been half the size, and the price a little lower (I think it was about £12.).
As a little extra for anyone who likes to collect balls, the Premier League balls in my Accessory Pack have green and red logos, whereas the two in the Premier League Box Set are both blue. And the one cut in half in the Premiership Squads game has black logos.
61235: Euro '96 Balls and flags.
A simple little tie-in set designed to add that Euro '96 fever to any Subbuteo set up. Useful if you'd already sat on your original pitch flags
. The set actually had two different boxes, a Waddingtons one as scanned above and a Hasbro one, which was slightly wider and longer, but much flatter and with a large hanging tag. In fact, the second box is the same shape as the 61239 box illustrated below.
As you can see from the picture, this was a set combining five "stand around the pitch" sets. Or more accurately, the three sets already combined as 61214 since 1986, plus the bench set 61139, and the cameramen from 61208. Shown in the 1996 catalogue only.
The last new number on the accessory range, this final set is another combination. This time it is the referees, and the small flags (in their orange incarnation).
Here is the Premier League trophy from 61234 available on its own in a bubble pack. It was a small trophy compared to the old favourites, but was quite attractive, with a tiny green plinth. Certainly an improvement on the European (Champions League) trophy. I've no idea why it was issued as 61125 instead of one of the seemingly unused numbers in the 61200s.
61133(b): Two throw-in and two corner kick figures.
Another bit of number re-use as Hasbro reissued the corner kick figures and throw-in figures once again, but this time in a double pack. With the corner kickers previously 61131 and the throw-in figures at 61132, it made some kind of sense having the double pack as 61133, but there had already been a 61133. The interchangeable goalkeepers having survived well into Waddingtons' re-numbered range.
New Accessories (not numbered).
Corner kick and throw-in figures from the France 98 edition.
These figures have not been produced as a separate accessory, and do not appear in any of the new box sets, so the France 98 edition is their only appearance thus far. Hopefully, you can see from the above illustration how these items worked. They were a very simple design, but worked quite well. The corner kicker doesn't get as much power as the old one, but doesn't really need it, and it benefits from being the correct scale. The throw-in figure is just a goalie, but you could paint him to match a team without too much trouble. He gives quite a delicate throw-in, but at least you don't get any back spin.
One of the more interesting Subbuteo items to pass through ebay was a pre-production sample box for this set, as illustrated above (right). This shows that Hasbro were considering releasing these figures as a separate set. The see-through bases on the box are an obvious difference to the items as actually produced. I would imagine that the separate accessory plan would have pre-dated the World Cup 1998 set, and the set may have even been using up the stock. Subbuteo was not in good health in the mid-1990s, and a new accessory was not deemed worthwhile. It would be nice to get some inside information on this one though. Was it planned prior to the 61133 set shown above for instance? Sadly, one thing this box was lacking was a reference number.
This was the first accessory in the new Hasbro range. These goals also appeared in the France 98 set, and the 2002 boxed range. They came flat-packed in kit form. The nets were shaped to the goals rather than flat, but needed to be looped around the posts to fit. This does secure the net pretty well, but detracted from the overall look of the goals. The bases are the largest yet, and have a back bar that keeps goal and net away from the goalkeepers rod. The disadvantage to this is if your opponent produces a chip shot, you can't get the goalkeeper high enough to save the shot. Doh.
Hasbro Balls refill Pack (61233).
The second accessory in the Hasbro range was a pack of five balls. Actually, this set was technically numbered up as a second version of 61233, but here all the balls were just the same with each having a red Subbuteo logo.
You seem to have reached the end of the Subbuteo Football range. Go back to the main page if you want to look at something different. (The rugby and cricket accessory ranges are now available).
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