Posts Tagged ‘covers’

Turbo Sport 1-70 violet edition covers

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May 04 2010

It appears, that missing information about covers for turbo sport violet edition finally found, and I have already at least 4 of them in my collection. So it’s one series less with unknown covers. And here’s some proof. Thanks goes to Alkin.

Turbo sport violet with covers

As you can see, turbo sport papers have violet frame, violet “sport”, full s line, and no titles for car specifications, like no “speed:” or whatever. ust 230km/h. It is turbo sport violet edition bonus series. Covers are bright, and different from simple turbo sport.

Turbo sport covers

New items for turbo gum covers collection

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Apr 08 2010

Turbo 1991Added some new items to turbo covers collection. First thing updated was covers from turbo 121-190 collection year 1991 release, believed to be one of the hardest to get. I have just 2 in my collection from this set, and everything around it in 3 years radius are already collected.

Let’s say you have some turbo covers from year 1991, and wanted to help me to complete this set. How to know if it’s the right ones. It’s fairly simple, if turbo cover have words like “Mini Posterli” under “Turbo”, and year is really 1991, so here it is. You can contact me and get something nice in exchange.

Next additions is many new covers to bonus section. I have now 5 different color sport ’98 covers. But I have no accurate information, where does belong second to fifth covers. I do really know that first cover in light blue is from turbo sport 401-470 collection, because as I remember correctly, all gums where pepermint from this series. Also I have saved one such cover from those times. All other covers have possibility to be from turbo sport violet bonus series. But nobody knows exactly, it’s just the best guess. On the other hand, they look the same, just one is peppermint flawor, others are multi fruit flawol. So let’s leave them all under sport ’98 title for now.

Another addition, is covers from gum called “magic car sport”, that looks very familiar with turbo sport covers. So  in my opinion they can be added to this turbo gum covers collection, in bonus section. Also added some covers from series that is known to me, but I haven’t those covers in my collection, and still trying to find some. Ones is from pirated turbo sport kemt edition, another is from bubba zoom gum from Nigeria. One small additional cover if from painted turbo series, that I will write about here someday soon. Also I won some auction with still another interpretation of turbo gum. Nice thing. When I will receive it, I will describe and add to the turbo covers collection. See you soon.

http://covers.turbogum.com/#T3turbo

Gum Series FAQ #1: Mertsan (Konvoy) Covers

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Mar 10 2010

This post will have some additional information to mertsan konvoy series, already posted here, and I do not title it as another post in FAQ series  about gum. So as I mentioned in earlier post, I will show some covers from mertsan series. This show that gum series is not right called as mertsan, because it has different, and corrent name, konvoy.  Mertsan is just a producer, as Kent is producer of turbo gum.

Here you go. It is believed that this cover belongs to 20.000 Daca or IMpreuna series, and released at year 1995.

Konvoy

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“What you gonna do, when all be collected”?

Posted by lauztuvas in collection | 3 Comments »  
Feb 11 2010

After completing turbo sport Russian series, already few people asked me the same thing:

what you gonna do when all be collected?

My answer was:

turbo 1-50, turbo power, turbo covers.. long way till that. after finishing bi-bib, lazer center, kobra blue, mertsan 4 series and TAXI 1-170, i will think about.

Here I will post my extended answer to this.

I think you all might know what all those titles stands for, and what series it represents. But just in case you don’t, or maybe 4 different mertsan series seems confusing to you, I will explain. And this wish list somehow represents what I like to collect after turbo.

Turbo 1-50

Legendary turbo series, old and rare and painfully hard to get. I have completed first half of this series, and now have 26 different. Still 24 to go. It is possible to collect this series, but it need some very good luck to do that. I know it happens sometimes, and I hope it will repeat few times more. Current missing list can be found here http://need.turbogum.com/#the-turbo

Turbo power

It’s stickers, well know by it’s name turbo power. Originally made by Kent company in mid 90′s. Who do collect turbo papers, those want to collect power stickers as well. Hard to get item, not so rare, just not very common. I do happen to have some of them for exchange if anybody interested. There are two types of them, original Power numbers 1-259, and Turbo Power, numbered 148-259, those pictures are the same as Power stickers. Missing list here http://need.turbogum.com/power-stickers Still have many to finish, as any as I could find. There are still few missing stickers waiting for me, so missing list can change in near future.

Turbo covers

I think i’m the only (correct me if I’m wrong) so much interested in turbo covers, that I have made dedicated website for them, that also acts like my missing list: http://covers.turbogum.com I have found many of my missing covers, time by time, and there are still many covers left to find. As always, when you are closer to the end, there are much more difficult to get what you need. If anybody have something from my missing, give me know.

Bi-Bib

Nice and cool cars from the 70′s. One of my favorite (you might guess) gum series. I have some story told about my bi-bib gum papers here, and I’m now missing about 10 items to this series http://need.turbogum.com/auto-moto#bi-bib

Lazer with center text

This lazer series, featuring various war machines, happen to be somehow rare, and not so ofter you can find them. They are just cool, nothing special. I’m collecting them just for fun, and to finish them. How they look like I did show here and my current missing list of this series can be found here http://need.turbogum.com/auto-moto#lazer-center-text Missing count: 17.

Kobra blue text

Same thing as with Lazer. We have Kobra, and we have bonus blue Kobra. Black simple Kobra is collection of 100 items. Blue bonus Kobra is collection of 50 items.  Missing list here http://need.turbogum.com/auto-moto#kobra-blue Missing count: have almost half series.

Mertsan 4 series

Mertsan 20.000 Daca 1-50, Mertsan 20.000 IMpreuna 1-50, Mertsan 250.000 1-50. Mertsan 250.000 1-66. Anybody have some questions? Missing list somewhere around here: http://need.turbogum.com/auto-moto#mertsan-20-000-daca

TAXI 1-170

This series is one of those rare and super cool. Also expensive and hard to find. I should get some of them soon in few weeks, and I will write more info about them. Missing list here, and still many many to collect.

So here’s what I will be collecting for ages, and I do not think that ALL will be collected someday. Collecting is more fun in progress rather than completed result. So happy collecting.

Breakings news! Turbo 1-50 covers finally found!

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Oct 21 2009

Yes, at last, after long years of searches, turbo 1-50 cover successfully spotted, acquired, traveled long way to new home, and finally it’s in my hands. Turbo covers collection was so lonely without very first turbo covers. So I think I have achieved minimum possible turbo covers collecting goal, acquired at least one cover from every different turbo gum series, turbo 1-50 counting in, and not counting bonus turbo series. Story with more details very soon, make sure to come by tomorrow evening.

And yes, here’s it:

turbo 1-50 cover from year '86

turbo 1-50 cover from year '86