FREE GIFTS in UK comics
- standby4action
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FREE GIFTS in UK comics
I was thinking about the smell of the free gift in Fantastic #1 - yes the smell - and wondered if the thing still smelled of that specific vinyl plastic smell even today....off to ebay and guess what....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271000703307
fantastic1 by standby4action, on Flickr
fantastic2 by standby4action, on Flickr
fantastic3 by standby4action, on Flickr
I wondered if we wanted to start a thread of free gifts in order to create a store of pictures but then a quick search showed me our own Lew Stringer has done this already - and follow his other features on free gifts. The Comic Book Price Guide also has a feature.
Anyway if this does take off, this is my contribution!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271000703307
fantastic1 by standby4action, on Flickr
fantastic2 by standby4action, on Flickr
fantastic3 by standby4action, on Flickr
I wondered if we wanted to start a thread of free gifts in order to create a store of pictures but then a quick search showed me our own Lew Stringer has done this already - and follow his other features on free gifts. The Comic Book Price Guide also has a feature.
Anyway if this does take off, this is my contribution!
- Niblet
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Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
Great images, Standby. I remember the gifts in the first image. I think by the time of the later gifts above I had moved my comic allegiances elsewhere, no doubt lured away by some plastic/cardboard enticement offered by another title.
Actually we already have a couple of general free gift threads, but I'm always interested to see more examples.
http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=134&t=3911
http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3114
Also;
http://cheekyweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2010 ... er_01.html
http://cheekyweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2010 ... et_12.html
http://cheekyweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2010 ... ge_22.html
Actually we already have a couple of general free gift threads, but I'm always interested to see more examples.
http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=134&t=3911
http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3114
Also;
http://cheekyweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2010 ... er_01.html
http://cheekyweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2010 ... et_12.html
http://cheekyweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2010 ... ge_22.html
- standby4action
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Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
Well done Niblet, of course I should have thought of adding these links - especially after having searched the Forum first for this thread anyway!
The following are taken from various places on the Net with many thanks to the original scanners
The other thing I always found strange was the lack of a free gift in issue #52 when Thunderbird strip was launched! That was fun enough, obviously!
Here's a great link- what do people think about 'stripping' pix from elsewhere to 'store' here? Is this not the done thing?
And are these too many picture links for one post?
The following are taken from various places on the Net with many thanks to the original scanners
- TV21 #1 - Identicode kit
- TV21 #2 - Vinyl/cloth badge plus secret code cards - see link below
- TV21 #3 - Fireball XL5 cardboard model - see link below and eBay regular 'Northern-lad'
- TV21 #90 - Thunderbirds International Rescue Hat
- TV21 #105 - Thunderbirds marksman game - see link below
- TV21 #106 - IQ Test - see link below
- TV21 #141 - 3D Glasses - see link below
- TV21 #155 - Captain Scarlet Album plus 4 Spectraprint pictures
- TV21 #156 - 4 Spectraprint pictures for the Album
- TV21 #157 - 4 Spectraprint pictures for the Album
- TV21 #192 - 5 Colour Portraits of Famous Soccer Stars
- TV21 #218 - Strato-streak Ready to Fly Plane
- Stingray Special (TV Century 21) 1965 - WASP and Stingray "cloth" badges - see link below
- TV21 Summer Extra Copyright 1965 Cosmic Capers Kit - see link below
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The other thing I always found strange was the lack of a free gift in issue #52 when Thunderbird strip was launched! That was fun enough, obviously!
Here's a great link- what do people think about 'stripping' pix from elsewhere to 'store' here? Is this not the done thing?
And are these too many picture links for one post?
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Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
Link didn't work. Here's the correct one:standby4action wrote: I wondered if we wanted to start a thread of free gifts in order to create a store of pictures but then a quick search showed me our own Lew Stringer has done this already - and follow his other features on free gifts.
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-1.html
Followed by the rest of the posts in that series:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-2.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-3.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-4.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-5.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-6.html
Yes, they didn't need a free gift at that point as TV21 was outselling other comics anyway, and, as you suggest, having a Thunderbirds strip beginning in that issue was all the promotion they needed.standby4action wrote: The other thing I always found strange was the lack of a free gift in issue #52 when Thunderbird strip was launched! That was fun enough, obviously!
Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
Also, to promote the series and generate a sense of excitement, I seem to recall that they did a countdown in the previous five issues, each of which featured a colour photograph of one of the Thunderbird craft. As the TV show was originally broadcast in black and white this was the first chance I got to see them in colour; up until then I'd been convinced that Thunderbird 2 was red and Thunderbird 4 was pink!Lew Stringer wrote:Yes, they didn't need a free gift at that point as TV21 was outselling other comics anyway, and, as you suggest, having a Thunderbirds strip beginning in that issue was all the promotion they needed.
- Phil R.
Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
These Zodiac cards were free with Lindy no 3, they came with a set of Fortune telling cards. Unfortunately I only have two of them.
I know they are not as exciting as the free guns, and planes etc, but, I would love to see a full set with all the different colours that were used at that time.
Now, there must be lots of these lying around somewhere? So, if these are annoying anyone and they would like to offload them, please let me know.
I know they are not as exciting as the free guns, and planes etc, but, I would love to see a full set with all the different colours that were used at that time.
Now, there must be lots of these lying around somewhere? So, if these are annoying anyone and they would like to offload them, please let me know.
- standby4action
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Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
Well spotted Lew - sorry about that. Still learning BBCode way of doing things!Lew Stringer wrote:Link didn't work. Here's the correct one:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-1.html
Followed by the rest of the posts in that series:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-2.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-3.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-4.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-5.html
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... art-6.html
Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
Nowt to do with BBCode, you just had an extra L at the end.
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Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
I've posted pretty much all the free gifts that came with Whizzer and Chips over on my site -
http://whizzerandchipscomic.blogspot.co ... story.html
http://whizzerandchipscomic.blogspot.co ... story.html
Visit my blog all about British comics old and new! http://www.whackycomics.blogspot.com
- standby4action
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Re: FREE GIFTS in UK comics
...and as usual our mate Lew has the latest on free gifts over on his blog where he tells us about a brilliant new book on free gifts!!
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- of course, our mate Phoenix (aka the author) deserves some credit too!
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I can honestly say that it is worth every penny. Plus getting an autographed copy doesn't hurt.
I started to say something sensible but my parents took over my brain!
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ColCool ,check your PM.
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