The years covered by these
one hundred numbers are approximately 1980-83. Having previously covered most of
the teams in Subbuteo's export market countries, these numbers see a return to
England and Scotland, and deal with redesigned kits, often with only minor trim
changes. It also sees an increase in the trend for fancy away kits. The main
exception is the range of French teams 336-348, enlarging, and replacing those
at 137-148.
This is also the point where heavyweight/zombie production stops,
and the new lightweight figures become the standard. The main changeover occurs
somewhere around 322. Certainly I've seen the home international sides 317-321
in zombie, and heavyweight, whereas 324-326 tend to be handpainted lightweights.
However, heavyweight production does seem to creep up to 359. The England kit at
329 is one of the first machine painted lightweights issued - and usually comes
in a World Cup 1982 box (which were the first boxes to display the whole
team).
(by Peter Upton)
Gli anni coperti da questi cento numeri vanno circa dal 1980 al 1983. I numeri dal 300 al 400 raffigurano nuovamente soprattutto squadre inglesi e scozzesi, ma anche francesi e team nazionali. Questo è inoltre il punto in cui la produzione di heavyweight/zombie si arresta e vengono prodotte per la prima volta le nuove figure (lightweights). La conversione avviene intorno alla numero 322, anche se la produzione di heavyweights sembra arrivare fino al 359.