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VisionsofJessica · 07-19-2016, 04:27 PM

I recently got back to my hometown down south in Sweden, made sure to find some of my old photos from the 80's and 90's - the good old days

I found a photo from my 7th birthday in 1991. On the photo, I'm just opening the gift that was TMNT 1 for NES

In the background I could see a carded Don that I had previously opened. However, what I realized for the very first time was that written that large green font it said SKÖLDPADDOR, which means TURTLES.
A Swedish titled card

The toy itself wasn't that official Playmates one, but one looking more like bootlegs like Turtles Fighters. I still got that figure.

But! Then I had a retro flashback remembered that these figures were sold in major Swedish toys stores like Lekia/ Lekcenter (our version of Toys R US).

I remembered that some were sold carded like the one I got and some were sold in those see-through plastic bags that are more common with Mexican bootlegs.

Is there anyone here from Sweden who also remembered these SKÖLDPADDOR? And how could Lekia/ Lekcenter sell these unlicensed versions?

07-19-2016, 04:27 PM	#1
VisionsofJessica Mouser Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 13	Swedish releases; Just made a discovery I recently got back to my hometown down south in Sweden, made sure to find some of my old photos from the 80's and 90's - the good old days I found a photo from my 7th birthday in 1991. On the photo, I'm just opening the gift that was TMNT 1 for NES In the background I could see a carded Don that I had previously opened. However, what I realized for the very first time was that written that large green font it said SKÖLDPADDOR, which means TURTLES. A Swedish titled card The toy itself wasn't that official Playmates one, but one looking more like bootlegs like Turtles Fighters. I still got that figure. But! Then I had a retro flashback remembered that these figures were sold in major Swedish toys stores like Lekia/ Lekcenter (our version of Toys R US). I remembered that some were sold carded like the one I got and some were sold in those see-through plastic bags that are more common with Mexican bootlegs. Is there anyone here from Sweden who also remembered these SKÖLDPADDOR? And how could Lekia/ Lekcenter sell these unlicensed versions?