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Barmy FC Promo Figure
£2.50
Single Subbuteo Tango Barmy FC figure with orange base. Still sealed in the clear packet with information to enter a competition (which ended on ended 3.7.98)
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Pro Goalkeeper (Red Confetti Design)
£9.50
Pro full size professional keeper with long seven inch aeroplane tail control rod in red with Confetti shirt design and has been varnished. This is the largest legal goalkeeper available for todays modern game at around one and a half inches tall.
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Late 70's Reproduction Boxes
£3.00
Brand new team box ideal for replacing badly damaged boxes in your collection. These are supplied flat and require making up with a few simple folds and require no glue or staples.
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History of LPM Black Box TeamsBlack Box 2005 Edition
Released October 2005 - Deleted 31st December 2005
Reference numbers 1-20 produced in the numbered LPM black box using 2003 style figures (including 2 bald and 2 pony tailed figures per team) on two part bases with matching goalkeeper on a black rod. Each team carried a serial number hidden under the inner tray beginning 055 which can be used to trace the original owner. The range was made up of thirteen UK Premiership teams, five German and two Spanish clubs.
Quips and quirks of the 2005 range...
Of the two Chelsea kits produced (reference 1) the 2004/05 version was only painted once and was sold to a collector in Italy. The inclusion of the 04/05 kit came about in the catalogue as some of the 20 teams were painted well in advance and as early as May 2005 - No one bothered to point out that Chelsea may actually change their kit for the new season, so come August, reference number 1 was out of date. As it looked OK as far as the painting went, it seemed a shame to bin it so was added and then 'deleted' from the catalogue as soon as it was sold.... and of course creating an absolute one off rarity in LPM teams for the unsuspecting buyer who just wanted a Chelsea in last years kit! It has to be worth £200 by now!.. or maybe not.
Only one team of each was ever produced in references 7 West Ham and 13 Newcastle United.... if truth be known they both took so long to do and get right I couldn't bear the thought of selling them and having to do another, so never advertised them! The West Ham was signed by the first team players and was given as a corporate gift (picture below) and the Newcastle ended up in the great ebay sell off after the range was deleted in January 2006 |
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Several black shorted versions of Manchester United reference 6 were produced and sold, the white shorted version was painted just once and given away in aid of charity, but unboxed, so is officially non existent... if anyone offers you one of these or you see one on ebay claiming to be the 'lost reference 6 white shorted Man United' then believe me, it's a repaint!!!!
Some teams took a few goes to 'get right' and these early efforts plus some others that never made the final 20 but were originally intended for the series (AC Milan, Inter and Fenerbache) were re-based onto anything lying around other than 2003 the bases, mainly Flickmaster bases and re-boxed into the cheaper Subbuteo black boxes and sold on auction. One LPM team incidentally was produced and sold on eBay in error using the 2K4 figure in the LPM numbered box, a Real Madrid reference 20 which went to a collector in Spain. The bulk of the remaining stock not sold or advertised on the site prior to 31.12.05 from the deleted range was sold off on eBay and any profits were donated to the Air Ambulance Service. A small amount of stock was also kept with a view to being offered at a later date to new collectors of LPM teams or offered on the site periodically.
Click the thumbnail below to see the final catalogue from 2005 which was given away with all teams sold in the three month period that they were available and which can be enlarged in older versions of internet explorer by using the expand button the bottom right hand corner (81kb)
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History of LPM Special Limited Editions - England 1966England World Cup Winners 1966
Released 15.11.2005 in a Special Limited Edition of 6 team sets.
The first special Limited Edition white box release was restricted to just six sets with numbered certificates. The set consisted of 10 figures (including a blonde Bobby!) and matching goalkeeper with high detail badges in the famous 1966 World Cup winning red shirts. The inner discs were also specially printed. Set 1 is retained by LPM and sets 2-6 were all sold privately to previous collectors of black box LPM Teams. |
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History of LPM Special Limited Editions - UNICEF Soccer Aid 2006
UNICEF Soccer Aid 2006
Released 05.06.2006 in a Special single Limited Edition team set.
The second special Limited Edition white box team with certificate was released as just one single unique team and auctioned on the site with all profits donated to the charity UNICEF in June 2006. Included 17 high detail figures in total complete with squad numbers. Two special named figures, Ant and Dec were also included.
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