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December 29, 2018, 6:51pm

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I remember my brothers set when I was very young, I'm 70, and the figures were stamped out of celluloid sheet - not the 3D figures of later years. The actually name ,Subbuteo, has a very interesting history. The guy who invented it wanted to call it The Hobby , but this name was protected by a patent. He was a keen bird watcher and the Latin name for the falcon the Hobby is Falco Subbuteo so he opted to call his new invention Subbuteo.


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