Pocketeer Ads and Catalogues

Look-In Pocketeer adverts

"Look-In" was a weekly UK children's magazine.  These ads appeared in consecutive issues during June and July 1979.  Many thanks to Ian Pleasance for these.

Rebound
Rat-A-Tat
Pitfall
Big Match
Casino and Letterbox

Here is an advert for a promotion that Palitoy did wherein they were giving away a free Rock 'n' Roll game.

Rock 'n' Roll page

 

Palitoy Catalogues

Catalogue Year Comment Number
New
To Date
Continued New Presumably Discontinued
1975          
1976 I have this one. They are marked as 'New' so assume that there were none in 1975. 8
8
8
 

Blowpipe
Crossbow
Golf
The Derby
Grand Prix
Pinball
Cup Final
Fruit Machine

 
1977 I have this one. 10
6
14

 

Grand Prix
Pinball
Cup Final
Fruit Machine

Poker
Time Up
Rock 'n' Roll
Rally
Flick 'n' Spin
Basketball

Blowpipe
Crossbow
Golf
The Derby
1978 Carlos from Belgium enormously kindly sent me scans of the 1979 and 1978 catalogues 12
6
20
Rock 'n' Roll
Rally
Poker
Cup Final
Fruit Machine
Time Up
Las Vegas
World Cup
Roll Up
Bombard
Angler
Drop 'n' Catch
Grand Prix
Flick 'n' Spin
Pinball
Basketball
1979 Carlos from Belgium enormously kindly sent me scans of the 1979 and 1978 catalogues 17
8
28

Fruit Machine
Time Up
Rally
Las Vegas
Bombard
Angler
Drop 'n' Catch
Rock 'n' Roll
Poker

Big Match
Rebound
Casino
Letter Box
Rat-a-Tat
Pitfall
Steeplechase
Time Machine

Cup Final
World Cup
Roll Up
1980 A lovely lady called Jackie Hart sent me colour photocopies of the 1980 catalogue 15
9
37
Bombard
Rally
Big Match
Rat-a-tat
Fruit Machine
Steeplechase

Smurf Hat Trick
Smurf Ball
Smurf Look Alike

Gobble
Splash Down
Pile Up
Space Invader
Big Hit
Tremor

Time Up
Las Vegas
Angler
Drop 'n' Catch
Rock 'n' Roll
Poker
Rebound
Casino
Letter Box
Pitfall
Time Machine

1981 Thanks to a chap called Joseph from France, I have a copy of the 1981 catalogue 15
6
43
Steeplechase
Tremor
Fruit Machine
Splash Down
Pile Up
Big Hit
Rat-A-Tat
Rally
Space Invader
Mutineer
Time Trap
Cat 'n' Mouse
Derby Day
Monkey Puzzle
Moon Shot
Bombard
Big Match
Gobble
Smurf Hat Trick
Smurf Ball
Smurf Look Alike
1982 Many thanks go to Billy Boy Rodgers for the final scan - the catalogue cost him a fortune so I'm most grateful!

18
3
46

Mutineer
Tremor
Time Trap
Cat 'n' Mouse
Derby Day
Monkey Puzzle
Space Invader
Moon Shot
Big Hit
Fruit Machine
Pile Up
Rat-A-Tat
Splash Down
Rally
Steeplechase

 

Stunt Bike
Vampire
Basketball
 

Undated Palitoy pamphlet of the sort that manufacturers include in games.

 

UK Tomy Dealer catalogues

Palitoy
catalogue
Possess Scan
Only
Pocketeers
Mentioned?
Informed of inclusion
of Pocket Games
1990       DOES THIS AND EARLIER EXIST?
1991       Ray Mercer says that 18 games are shown
1992       Ray Mercer says that sames 18 games are shown as in 1991
1993       Ray Mercer says that 6 games are shown.
1994       DOES THIS AND EARLIER EXIST?

 

 

US Tomy Dealer Catalogues / Flyers

For details see the page for Tomy catalogue information. Most of the information that has produced the definitive list of US Tomy Pocket Games that is part of the Complete List of Tomy Pocket Games has come from that table.

Tomy catalogue Possess Scan Only

 

Exists?
1975 US TOMY catalogue   YES    

1976 US TOMY catalogue

  YES    
1977. YES      
1978 US TOMY catalogue. YES      
1979 US TOMY catalogue   YES    
1980 US TOMY catalogue YES      
Spring 1980. YES      
1981 YES      
Spring 1981. YES      

1982

YES      
Spring 1982. YES      
Spring 1983 YES   Only Pacman mentioned  
Fall 1983 YES      
1984. YES      

Spring 1984.

YES   Pocket games not mentioned  
Spring or vanilla 1985       Not sure.
Fall 1985. YES      
1986 YES      
1986 spring or fall       Not sure.
1987 YES      
Spring or Fall 1987       Not sure. From 1986 onwards, haven't seen any Spring or Fall catalogues. So possibly not.
1988 (spring, fall or vanilla)       A Coleco 1988 catalogue exists. Ebay seller says that Tomy and Coleco merged around now so this might be the Tomy one too. But he also said that it did not feature any Pocket Games.
1989 YES   Pocket games not mentioned  
1990 YES   Pocket games not mentioned  
1991 YES   Pocket games not mentioned  
1992 YES   Pocket games not mentioned  
1993        
1994        
1995 YES   Pocket games not mentioned  

 

 

Special One-Off Japanese Tomy Marketing Catalogue

With very special thanks to Tomy.

This catalogue is one prepared by Tomy for discussing business in 1989. Only a very few copies of it were ever made. Although many of the games are almost identical to UK/US games, all the evidence points to them all being Japanese Pocketmates. The numbers on the catalogue do not represent anything and were put next to the pictures simply to make identification easier for non-Japanese speakers. Indeed, a couple of numbers are missing - simply a mistake by the person who wrote on the catalogue.

The catalogue is very significant because it identified more than 10 games that appear to be unique to Japan and will therefore, I expect, be new to most western collectors.

The only design that is missing from this list is Golf Game, which was definitely released in Japan at some point.

1 - 8
9 - 18
19 - 24
25 - 34

35 - 43
44 - 56
57 - 68
69 - 79
80 - 87
88 - 100
101 - 112

 

Does you have any further info from catalogues or magazines?  If so, I would be very grateful if you could email pocketeers at masters.me.uk


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