mr_intv Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 So today at a local flee market I came across a French Canadian NASL Soccer sleeve. I have never seen one before. How common are these sleeves? I’ve got many French Canadian game box variations but this is my first sleeve. Even more interesting is the game in the sleeve was World Cup Soccer, not NASL. Pic coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Here’s some pics... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Very rare. I have zero sleeves. Only seen them on eBay and a few in person in others' collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Awesome pickup! As Jason said these are very rare. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 very cool! That sleeve was most likely supposed to come with a standard NASL Soccer made in HK for the US market. That said, I like the unusual combination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Nice pickup! Looks like a wedding present! Something old, something "new", something borrowed, something blue... OK, stretched that to its limit... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Steve Jones Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Odd that they didn’t put the French version on the spine too, “The Soccer of the NASL”, why use only 2 words when 5 will do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Lol... I'd have to check to see if the opposite spine has the other language. I once jokingly said all those extra silent letters and extra flourishes were added to French in the olden days of the printing press so printers could charge more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Should be english on one side french on the other. I suspect sleeves were only used in 1980/81 and only in predominantly french speaking parts of the country. I expect most threw them out. So they should be fairly rare. I don't think sleeves for all the 1980 releases have been found. As an aside, does the price tag on world cup soccer say anything; name of the store? Edited October 28, 2019 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Yes the opposite spine is written in French. The price tag on WC Soccer does not have the name of a store on the remaining sticker. I’d like to find others now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 I’ll be picking up another NASL Soccer box to use the sleeve with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 4 hours ago, mr_intv said: I’ll be picking up another NASL Soccer box to use the sleeve with. I assume it had the World Cup manual with it? The sleeved versions had a different type of manual than the regular two language French Canadian manuals. Pic coming when I tear myself away from the Canucks game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, cmart604 said: I assume it had the World Cup manual with it? The sleeved versions had a different type of manual than the regular two language French Canadian manuals. Pic coming when I tear myself away from the Canucks game. Ya, World Cup manual and overlays. Canucks are killing it tonight.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Does anyone know what other games had these sleeves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, mr_intv said: Does anyone know what other games had these sleeves? Roulette. I had one recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 There's a partial list here. https://intvfunhouse.com/mattel/ I would think all the 1980 releases had them except maybe Poker & Blackjack and Word Fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 1 hour ago, mr_me said: There's a partial list here. https://intvfunhouse.com/mattel/ (...) for example, Las Vegas Roulette and NBA Basketball should be added to that list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Does anyone have Checkers or NFL? or Armor Battle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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