For the adverts page I used the TV commercials as well as the printed ads from the comics Chris provided. Then the Mail-away offers page talks about both the Mummy Mumm-Ra figure as well as the UK Rainbow Toys Thunder Warrior club. Using all the club stuff, again Chris provided.
Let me know what you guys think to them. I spent ages writing them and making sure all the information on them is correct.
In particular, Chris could you give me feedback on what I wrote about the Thunder Warriors club? I’m not too familiar on that has I never joined up as a kid, but hopefully what I wrote is correct and makes sense.
Thanks
Next job will be to get that Card Backs article finished up so all 5 new Toy section articles I’ve worked on can go online (fingers crossed) in the next update!
First of all, Neil, fantastic job on these, IMO they are excellently written and very informative!
The UK Thunder Warriors club info is correct, at least as best as my memory recalls! I remember applying to join inbetween moving house when my family and I were staying at my grandmother’s, so that would be December 1988, and then receiving the stuff early in the New Year of 1989. I have to say, I would’ve said it was longer than 28 days, but possibly the lag was because of the Christmas period - it was certainly early in 1989 and so I wouldn’t bother to amend what you’ve said. And yep, there was only the one mailing - had there been more I would’ve saved the stuff, and there was never an option for me to rejoin the club, so that would appear to be an accurate assessment too.
I’m really excited at the thought of finally seeing this material online!
Also, something I wanted to add about the toy ads that you have in .avi format - with the exception of the Thundertank one (which you’ll note has a different narrator), I’m 99.9% sure the other three are narrated by a guy called Victor Caroli, who is probably most notable for being the narrator on the original 1980s Transformers cartoon! His voice is very distinctive, and as soon as I downloaded the Beserkers advert from X-Entertainment’s website I went “That’s the guy who narrated Transformers!”
