Nestlé Milky Bar PR186, PR219 [1974 & 1975]
Nestlé were responsible for quite a few Letraset promotions over the years, & here are two western-themed series from Australia in 1974 & 1975 — plus another promotion which we haven't identified, but which shares the 1975 serial number.
PR186 [1974]
The wrapper describes these Milky Bar Kid transfers as "Super Action Transfers" — which is going a bit far!
Scan by Robert Welk
Scan by Robert Welk
Although there are sixteen transfers here, which normally would be considered a reasonable number for a promotion, the TV advert stills below show another transfer in the same style which doesn't appear above. So twenty or twenty-four transfers in the set would seem a reasonable guess… Perhaps the Milky Bar Kid himself features on one of the missing transfers.
STOP PRESS: forget that, because I now believe that the transfer shown in the TV advert wasn't actually from this set at all; it's one of the transfers from the Bimborama Serie Lucky Luke, of similar date & in fact the subject of the next page in this article. — Naughty TV people! Moral: don't believe what you see on TV!
It would be good to get hold of the background shown in the advert, since from these stills we can only get a very basic idea.
PR219 [1975]
I've scanned just this one sheet (above) from the next year's promotion, whose artwork has a slightly more professional feel.
Original photos provided by Robert Welk
Original photos provided by Robert Welk
Since Robert has so many of these transfers, it seems reasonable to conclude that the sixteen shown above represent the full set.
The pile below contains transfers from both of these Milky Bar promotions.
Original photo provided by Robert Welk
These transfers share a serial number with the ones above, & this, too, was a Nestlé promotion. You can see the idea is a simplified form of "Heads, Bodies & Legs", where you can mix up the top & bottom halves of the animals to create new hybrids. So at a guess, I would say this was for Nestlé Animal Bar. There's another promotion for Animal Bar coming up on a later page in this article…
Pages in this article about Free Gift Transfers with Confectionery:
- ← Parein Tintin Cha-Cha-Rama [1968]
- ← Combat Gum (Bell Boy Double Treat / Somportex) [1968]
- ← Wall's Jumbo Zoo Animals, 1971 (Mako Calco 1968)
- ← Disney (& others) Uncut Sheet [1968]
- ← Victory V Jelly Babies Instant Pictures [1969]
- ← Raja Grandes Descobridores [1969]
- ← Blue Riband / Smarties [1970]
- ← Rowntree's Fingammies Magic Pictures [1970]
- ← A&BC Footballer [1971]
- ← Lyons Maid Summer Fun Spot-the-difference Competition [1971]
- ← Snack Potato Chips (PR82 Veteran Cars)
- ← Olá Decalcomanias, Portugal
- ← Ringos Crisps PR171 [1973]
- ← General Biscuits (Belgium) Sports Cars [1974]
- Nestlé Milky Bar PR186, PR219 [1974 & 1975] — this page; see above ↑
- Bimbo Plum Cake: Bimborama →
- Scanlens/Topps Magic Rub-Offs (Mini-Toons) PR195 [1974] →
- Nestlé Animal Bar: Animals of Africa →
- Get Tizered [1977] →
- Chocolat Lanvin Circorama PR252 [1977] →
- PEZ Rub-Transfers (Japan) [1978] →
- Dickmann Jubilaeums Rubbel Aktion Pinocchio [1978] →
- Gervais-Glaces Tarzan [1978] →
- PanriCo Junglorama Tarzan [1979] →
- Donruss Marvel Comics Super Heroes Rub-A-Tattoo [1980] →
- Suchard Tardis Easter Egg: Doctor Who's Little Book of Villains [1982] →
- Barratt Super Heroes Activity Album [1983] →
- Trio: Roland Rat 2-in-1 [1987] →
- Lucky Luke Free Gifts →
- Cadbury's Fingers Transfer Set (Acorn Printed Products) →
- Cheetos Tattoos, Greece (2015 & 2017) →
- Americana Rubbelbilder [1972-1978] →
- Nutella: Goofy Olympiade Rubbelbilder [1972 & 1976] →
- Duplo / Hanuta: Asterix [1976-1978] →
Three additional pages on Topps Baseball Bubble Gum:
- Topps Baseball Tattoos & Magic Rub-Offs →
- Topps 1969 Baseball Magic Rub-Offs →
- Topps Photo Rub-Downs (1984-1985) →