Most of the posts on this blog feature vintage Nintendo toys and games from my personal collection. When I acquire items, I photograph them and document them here.
Today, we are going to take a closer look at an item that I do not own. In fact, I do not know anyone who has one, including the recently opened Nintendo Museum.
We do believe that this toy exists, and the source for this belief comes from a couple of magazine advertisements from the mid-1960s.
The first magazine is called Weekly Shōnen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー), one of the many weekly or monthly "boys" ("Shōnen") magazines that started appearing in Japan in the 1960s. These magazines featured a mix of (serialized) manga, gags, and stories about adventure and sports.
The particular issue we are interested in is number 27 from 1966, published on Sunday, July 10th.
On the inside cover of this magazine is a full-size, full-color advertisement by Nintendo.
It presents a new release (新発売), called the Poitan Game (ポイタン ゲーム), which was offered for ¥500.
