Matchbox Fighting Furies Commercial

[palitoy]

What was Mason Reese famous for?

Deviled ham mostly.

[HardyGirl]

Check him out on YouTube.

What was Mason Reese famous for?

[Emgee]

In England when THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD went on general release in 1974 across the UK Matchbox worked a deal with the distributors to tie FIGHTING FURIES into the movie. A pile of flyers was at the box-office and given to kids upon arrival and the most amazing store style displays greeted you in the cinema foyer. I remember loving the movie of course but the display being equally as impressive with fake sand and miniature palm tress with multiples of the two figures dressed up in various outfits doing battle. Fantastic memories for me. Still have mine from back then too and THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD paperback book which was "available in the foyer" according to the usherettes who had a copy on their ice-cream trays walking around the cinema aisle. Those were the days

[palitoy]

In England when THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD went on general release in 1974 across the UK Matchbox worked a deal with the distributors to tie FIGHTING FURIES into the movie. A pile of flyers was at the box-office and given to kids upon arrival and the most amazing store style displays greeted you in the cinema foyer. I remember loving the movie of course but the display being equally as impressive with fake sand and miniature palm tress with multiples of the two figures dressed up in various outfits doing battle. Fantastic memories for me. Still have mine from back then too and THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD paperback book which was "available in the foyer" according to the usherettes who had a copy on their ice-cream trays walking around the cinema aisle. Those were the days

That is so cool. i hope to track down photos of those some day.

[PNGwynne]

Reese is...odd, but Fighting furies are awesome!

As a kid, I had only the Hook figure & a Captain Blood set; I didn't realize until I got them home that they weren't Mego scale. (I had passed over a Mego Pirate for the cooler FF toys.)

As an adult collector, one of my greatest pleasures has been assembling a complete Fighting Furies pirates collection.

BTW, the Sears Sea Fury ship playset is perfect for Mego's Super-Pirates, too.

[Mongoose1983]

Think you're going to like this one

I have in my album the Spanish commercial that was shown here in my country when I was a kid (unfortunately, the date in the video is incorrect).

http://s374.photobucket.com/user/erich123/media/FightingFuriesESPcommercial.mp4.html?sort=3&o=182

[VintageJoe70]

Listening to that video, his voice could have been one of the Peanuts characters, he sounds like he would have fit right in...