For adding the gap in the middle, couldn't you place one hemisphere on the table, then put something half as high as the gap you want between that hemisphere and the beach ball, then do the same on the top, so its all supported and you don't have the sticky tape everything? say a narrow roll of top either side, then remove it after you deflate the ball again...
@lowercentenaryАй бұрын
Brilliantly unsatisfying...i mean you would think either the creators or players of the game would have come up with a way to tackle and add some fast paced chaotic action...look at subbuteo!!!
@nmdonoАй бұрын
I think that players of the game have come up with their own rules to improve it. Obviously I’m just mucking about in a one player version, but I think a defending team could flick a player within an inch of an attacker and he was classed as ‘tackled’, but it is famously unplayable
@cuebj4 ай бұрын
Just seen just about the most uplifting video I've ever seen.The channel is called 'Love Ro&Ra' - it'sa couple of twin? girls introducing and explaining and reviewing a modern production of Subbuteo Football from a company address in Stoke Newington (iirc from the video). Absolutely brilliant explanation of rules and how to flick properly, Total enthusiasm, very precise and accurate explanation, crystal clear critique of some aspects of the product and... a comment about it being easy to play, hard to master, and easy to get out and pack away. A lesson in how to make a KZfaq video and what a refreshing change from us boring old farts. Understandably, comments are turned off, hence my mentioning it here
@zanussidish56854 ай бұрын
I only realised a few months ago that it wasn't just Subbuteo Football. Nice production but I don't think I've missed out playing it. 😂
@nmdono4 ай бұрын
No it gets boring pretty quick
@tonymcvann45044 ай бұрын
Definitely an illegal flick game over 😢
@tonymcvann45044 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant 👏
@UrMom-tz4sm5 ай бұрын
Love old videos like this, this is pure gold
@UrMom-tz4sm5 ай бұрын
I love this so much ❤❤
@JoeZUGOOLA6 ай бұрын
Awesome i need this instructional video!! Thanks
@gio26166 ай бұрын
How do you deflate the beach ball tho?
@nmdono6 ай бұрын
Make sure the valve is at the bottom in the neck hole so you can still get to it when you’re ready
@mkrbrtsn18 ай бұрын
I want to see the Bodyline series!
@nicolecole40429 ай бұрын
Thanks 😊
@patrickleonini49169 ай бұрын
Brilliant! "By the unsatisfying scoring in rugby" HAHAHA
@Ineedabreaknow Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Very helpful! Really pleased with the finished article too!
@nigelnightingale1160 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. I'll be starting mine over the Summer. This video is going to be a game changer for me! Thank you for the in depth walkthrough, thoroughly enjoyed it 👍
@nmdono Жыл бұрын
You’re very kind, thank you
@rodrirm Жыл бұрын
Well done!
@acobrasilacimadetudomaisde4940 Жыл бұрын
Belo trabalho, parabéns!
@graemeatkinson2138 Жыл бұрын
Mmmmmm.....got the old football Subbutoeo out today. ,My young adults in the family were fascinated by it - the pre playstation days!!!! However I was never sure why the rugby version was created. Just does not land for me.
@nmdono Жыл бұрын
That’s good to hear that Subbuteo sets come out at Christmas Graeme. Yes, I think they tried to Subbuteo all sports and it only worked with football (I’ve never played the Hockey game mind)
@graemeatkinson2138 Жыл бұрын
@@nmdono They tried hockey Neil? Must look that up and share with my wife, a life long hockey player. Never knew that.
@nmdono Жыл бұрын
@@graemeatkinson2138 yes, sets go for big money on eBay as they didn’t sell well at the time (early 80s)
@richardgreenfield72862 жыл бұрын
Great video. Had this as a boy. A nightmare to play!
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I set this up at work recently and had a proper go. It’s so fiddly. The bails fall off at the slightest vibration
@nickpoole39792 жыл бұрын
Brilliant made me and my mates smile , just watching the test match now, Black and white footage was great 👍 plus the rain drops, well funny
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@nickpoole39792 жыл бұрын
@@nmdono very welcome Neil Still laughing now , perspex strips ! 🤣 The ambulance crew and stretcher is a classic 👌 Do you know any lads that still play it ?
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
@@nickpoole3979 No, the football was very popular when I was a kid but not the cricket or rugby games
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
Illegal flicks! Pedant, me! Used to have this, with these teams among others, but sold it about 1972. It was a far, far better game using advanced rules with both players flicking to block or at ball at the same time. Bought it for son in mid 1990s but I'm pretty sure the players don't move as well as in my day. Love the reproduction of the Carlos Alberto goal - just like watching live in black and white
@user-te1hi9rx7b4 ай бұрын
nobody in the 1970s used to play block flicks-thats the stupid fistr rules that hijacked the game in the 90s
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
Having just googled Subbuteo, the pick list to the right of the screen is lots of Subbuteo plus... "Who is Vivienne Westwood, the mother of punk rock?" Bullseye! Best search I've done in years! With both Subbuteo and Sid Vicious, a contemporary, from in and around Tunbridge Wells!
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
Still got my set from late 1960s along with scoreboard, fence (pretty much essential if you want to avoid losing the balls), and a few teams, including West Indies. It was OK but nothing like as good as the football. Also need a grown up as umpire or simply decide to ban LBW. Had the flat plastic football version around 1961, with pitch made from army blanket, then the 3D floodlight version from mid 1960s. Rugby was also a mixed bag. I do regret selling my football set with lots of teams when I was about 16 in 1971 - I'm pretty sure the players were better than what I bought for my son in mid 1990s. Fishing really was just like the real thing - mindbogglingly boring. Wonder if I've written something similar on this page a few years ago. Growing up in Tunbridge Wells, you couldn't get away from Subbuteo. Pretty certain the cricket version would have come out a few years after the match depicted here. Cowdrey would still have been playing but many of the others were surely retired. If I pull it down fromt he shelf, I'll have names from Kent and England and West Indies around 1970. Met prospective son-in-laws parents recently and we swapped comments about the Indian teams to that era
@mr.pavone97192 жыл бұрын
Nice job with the 'olde tymie" film artifacts. Not many people can use that effect without going overboard with it.
@jimmyjam43712 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Great stuff, thanks for posting.😃
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@andrewguthrie22 жыл бұрын
Very good. Amusing interpretation. But aren't the screens supposed to be behind the wickets?
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
My knowledge of actual cricket is minimal
@andrewguthrie22 жыл бұрын
The Subbuteo version is almost as slow as the real thing.
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
For slow as the real thing - you should have tried Subbuteo Fishing! Got it, played it twice, stayed in the game drawer and didn't keep it when parents died. Didn't expect it would be worth a bit of cash. Subbuteo Rugby didn't work well but, as with Football, it was much better if you played advanced version with both players flicking at ball or to block at same time. Still got my original Cricket and Rugby but sold Football so my set comes from 1990s bought for son and it is nowhere near as good as 1960s - the players are lighter and don't do the controlled spins you could do with the older set. Probably the main reason I stopped playing Subbuteo about age 15 was I injured my fingers at real rugby and could no longer flick Subbuteo figures like I used to. Anyone else injured out of a board game?
@grandadneal81142 жыл бұрын
Very clever. Well done
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@uptownavondale2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this. I made one, based on this and a couple of other videos, worked great. 👍
@nmdono2 жыл бұрын
That’s great to hear, thank you
@wanderer19552 жыл бұрын
Fk me! This looks shit!! I had Subbuteo soccer back in the 70s and that WAS SHIT!!
@jordipena79843 жыл бұрын
👌
@cuebj3 жыл бұрын
Great vid, as is your cricket one. Still have cricket and rugby but not played either for 50 years. Aren't you limited to 3 flicks per figure? Growing up in Tunbridge Wells, we had the company down the road and permanent display at the bottom of Nevill Street behind Church of King Charles the Martyr. It only worked well for football. Anyone else ever try their Fishing game? It was utterly dreadful. Also had the Five-a-Side Football which was good but fragile. I think they did hockey too
@nmdono3 жыл бұрын
Hi Stephen, glad you like the videos. The 3 flicks rule was only in football. The bit in the Rugby video where the Ireland player is slowly inching the ball upfield is classed as ‘running with the ball’ and has unlimited flicks as long as he’s always behind the ball and I THINK it can’t land more than two inches away. What’s missing are the opponents flicks where they can try and block his run and tackle him. I’ve never properly played the Rugby game but I gather this is where the game falls down, as the player in possession has to carefully dribble the ball but defenders can streak upfield in one flick to catch him. Never done the fishing game, I saw it being played on the Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing show recently. Would love to get my hands on a hockey set but they’re very rare and go for £££s
@davidperry71283 жыл бұрын
@@nmdono Had the rugby game but it was deeply flawed. Football was good but the better you got the more like an all-court game it became. We used a polystyrene ball (from Pro-shot golf) it changed the game for the better in my opinion. It slowed down shots, shortened those 70 yard passes and made the goalkeeper more realistic. Cricket was the best IMO but only if you had two good players. Hockey, never got my hands on it.
@garypritchett81362 жыл бұрын
Awesome!, what is on the site of the factory now?, surely it’s not still standing!. Do you know of anyone around the town that painted the figures?, I believe they were all painted by local housewives?, I guess you got lucky if you got a team painted by someone with a good talent or unlucky if you got a set that was just rushed together. I remember like yesterday, when I was a youngster buying sets in the mid 70’s the shopkeeper would always open the box before you bought it to make sure you were happy with it. No matter what team you wanted, the shop always had it!, happy days!!
@andrewguthrie22 жыл бұрын
@@davidperry7128 Wow, I remember pro-shot golf. My cousin had a set and we used to play in his garden during school holidays. Also Chad Valley Soccer.
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
@@nmdono Thanks. I'd forgotten or never noticed Rugby letting you have more than 3 flicks. But you're right about the difficulty of running with the rugby ball. My other difficulty was nobody else keen to play rugby whereas I could play with brother and friends at football and cricket
@mvagusta3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@nmdono3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@DC-jf8pl3 жыл бұрын
great work well done :)
@nmdono3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@philipsuykens89873 жыл бұрын
Hi, is that the Thomann deluxe model (made by APC)?
@nmdono3 жыл бұрын
Yes it’s a Thomann Deluxe CCW. I think/ read that they are made by Carvalho but I’m not 100% certain
@RypienGT3 жыл бұрын
im so high right now. this is just what i needed.
@nmdono3 жыл бұрын
Happy to help
@shantydoctor3 жыл бұрын
Not a rugby fan, I play subbuteo football , but what a great video.Great stuff.
@nmdono3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I’m not a Rugby fan myself and making this video was the first time I’d played Subbuteo Rugby. I can understand why it didn’t catch on
@straighteight91543 жыл бұрын
Brilliant hey! Look at little frank and his cardboard body...he's just a ladies puppet!
@daniellouis14443 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video Neil!
@plinthman4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. I’m half way through making my first Frank head now. My input to making a Frank head is this (not that there is anything wrong with your masterpiece of course): instead of papier-mâché you can use fibreglass. It doesn’t take long to dry and the whole thing can be done in one sitting, also it’s much stronger and won’t go soft. I bought a fibreglass kit for £15 which included 1kg of resin and 1m2 of matting which was plenty enough. The method is the same as papier-mâché but as I said it’s much quicker to dry and much stronger. I can’t fault yours though, it’s really fantastic, you know it is, it really is.
@nmdono4 жыл бұрын
Ian Smith that’s interesting. I never really looked into fibreglass as I assumed it would be too costly and complicated
@plinthman4 жыл бұрын
Neil Donoghue Thats what I thought, but when I looked online I found you can get all you need for £15. My only warning is that it’s messy stuff. Your gloves get ruined and everything you touch. Also can be harmful if not using correct ppe etc.
@isaaclang6221 Жыл бұрын
Do you just use the fiberglass in place of the paste?
@plinthman Жыл бұрын
@@isaaclang6221 you use resin instead of paste, and fibreglass matting instead of paper.
@steveritt4 жыл бұрын
Great Neil! Big shorts are a bit small though...
@nmdono4 жыл бұрын
😁 Feel free to adjust shorts to individual preference
@notfranksidebottom30604 жыл бұрын
Fantastic work Mr Donoghue, well done.
@nmdono4 жыл бұрын
Not Frank Sidebottom thank you
@RobTaylor19854 жыл бұрын
Class!!
@RobTaylor19854 жыл бұрын
This was great!!!
@nofrills004 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this, Thanks for putting it together!
@nmdono4 жыл бұрын
passarapin101 Thank you, glad you like it
@MrX_TV4 жыл бұрын
Well Burger Me!
@thecontractor3654 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff....👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Me and my friend did a similar one. World Cup Final 1982.
@FEBear14 жыл бұрын
Superb! I had that game, but it really wasn't very good, was it. Every shot was a straight six! Nice memories though, very well done!
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
How did you manage to hit the ball? Usually wickets and the wicket base and slips smashed to pieces every ball
@davejames19534 жыл бұрын
That is Class. Brilliant the way you have put it together.👏
@nmdono4 жыл бұрын
Dave James thank you Dave
@michaelkemp68574 жыл бұрын
Still got my subbuteo cricket game bought in 1959.
@mvagusta3 жыл бұрын
Winner!!
@cuebj2 жыл бұрын
Well that corrects what I just wrote. I assumed it dated from 1960s and most of the names in the commentary retired. My set comes from mid 1960s