Subbuteo Rugby International Edition Table Game Vintage INCOMPLETE Rare Set
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:8217690 | Modified Item: No |
| Sport: Rugby | Vintage/ Collectable: Collectable/ Vintage |
| Product Type: Heavyweight Teams | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
INCOMPLETE - In used vintage condition, it has some sign of time and use but nothing major, one of the green player is a replaced one, the box is quite damaged, please see the photos for further details.
SubbuteoRugby first appeared on the market in the mid1950’s. It was available for about four years when due to very poor sales itwas deleted. This first version was far removed from the version that we cameto know and love. It was available in two Boxed Sets, Standardand Delu...xe, the only difference between the two being that the Deluxe set had apitch. The contents were very basic, the figures were not the 00 Scale type, but discs about the size of a £1 coin. Onto the side of these you stuck someself adhesive stickers showing a ball carrying rugby player on them. They camein only two colours, blue discs, with the figures on the wearing blue and whitehooped shirts, the red discs had figures wearing red and white hooped shirts. The sets came with a goalkicker, this earlyversion, was a flat figure on a traditional Subbuteo Flat base, with a smallmetal triangle at the rear. You placed the ball, which was slightly smaller anda darker brown than the later version, then lined the figure and ball up withthe posts and flicked the top of the figure to propel the ball over the poststo kick the goal. The goals were metal with white plastictubing covering them. The pitch was the traditional baize of the 1950’s. Whatyou did was place the discs on their sides and flicked them at the ball tomanoeuvre it around the pitch.
SubbuteoRugby first appeared on the market in the mid1950’s. It was available for about four years when due to very poor sales itwas deleted. This first version was far removed from the version that we cameto know and love. It was available in two Boxed Sets, Standardand Delu...xe, the only difference between the two being that the Deluxe set had apitch. The contents were very basic, the figures were not the 00 Scale type, but discs about the size of a £1 coin. Onto the side of these you stuck someself adhesive stickers showing a ball carrying rugby player on them. They camein only two colours, blue discs, with the figures on the wearing blue and whitehooped shirts, the red discs had figures wearing red and white hooped shirts. The sets came with a goalkicker, this earlyversion, was a flat figure on a traditional Subbuteo Flat base, with a smallmetal triangle at the rear. You placed the ball, which was slightly smaller anda darker brown than the later version, then lined the figure and ball up withthe posts and flicked the top of the figure to propel the ball over the poststo kick the goal. The goals were metal with white plastictubing covering them. The pitch was the traditional baize of the 1950’s. Whatyou did was place the discs on their sides and flicked them at the ball tomanoeuvre it around the pitch.
