The Midnite Gamer

The recent World Cup fever is bringing me back to my old fave table soccer game - Subbuteo (r).

I still have a full set with Astropitch and two teams painted in the national colors of Brazil and Germany, coincidentally the two finalists in the last (2002) World Cup.

BGGer Trevellion posted a recommendation (on BGG where else) for the Stefan Corda's handmade and unpainted Subbuteo figures. A quick check on their website http://www.stefancorda.co.uk/ indicated they are premium collector items (and not those basic Subbuteo sets which you can get easily from eBay for a few USDs).

What caught my attention is their special Vintage Years collection which has a special painted two-team set collection figuring the characters from the classic football movie "Escape to Victory".

If GBP35 is a pinch to you and you luv the Escape to Victory movie, worth dropping by their site to look-see.
http://www.stefancorda.co.uk/Pages/Vintage Years.htm