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MOTU products for overseas markets were often delayed from their initial US releases, which is why you see mainly 1984 and 1985 toys in this 1986 catalog.
It’s nifty seeing marketing material in general, but stuff from around the world is fascinating! Thank you!
Such a beautiful catalogue and nicely scanned. Interesting to see the ‘TV Calendar’ page too, and how the toy lines were influenced by their cartoons and vice versa.
It really took until 1986 to get product moving out there that we’d had since (I think) 1984?
It really depended on the country. I think MOTU was introduced in Spain in 1984. In some others it started in 1983
What bad thing did Kobra Khan do to deserve that chaining?