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| Réf. No. 6318 Le Major Matt Mason et Véhicule Tout Terrain Front |
This French-language Mattel #6318 Major Matt Mason with Cat Trac was released in 1969. This is otherwise identical to the German Mattel GMBH Spielzeug (how it's trademarked) release Major Matt Mason mit Raupenfahrzeug. Other than the French text, it has the same lightweight bubble and uncoated card back. While the package doesn't have the Mattel S.A. International logo, I believe it was marketed via that Mattel subsidiary in French speaking countries while still being packaged in Germany.
MMM Astronaut Major MATT MASON
Packaging:
The Card is full-color, process-printed and is 8" x 5" x 2 1/4" Copyright is 1967.
Translations by Paul Vreede
MAJOR MATT MASON®
SCAPHANDRE SPATIAL SOUPLE AVEC CASQUE - VEHICULE TOUT TERRAIN - Flexible Spacesuit with Helmet - All-Terrain Vehicle
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MAJOR MATT MASON (logo)
L'HOMME DE L'ESPACE MATTEL - THE MATTEL SPACEMAN
LE MAJOR MATT MASON - MAJOR MATT MASON
explore la face cachée de la lune sur son véhicule individuel tout terrain. - explores the hidden side of the moon on his individual all-terrain vehicle.
Scaphandre spatial souple articulé aux jointures! Casque protecteur à visière mobile! - Flexible spacesuit articulated at the joints! Protective helmet with movable visor!
1967 MATTEL Inc. Hawthorne, Calif. U.S. Design Patent Pend. U.S. Patent Pend. Made and Printed in Germany
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| Réf. No. 6318 Le Major Matt Mason et Véhicule Tout Terrain Front Detail |
Variations:
- Mattel 6318 Major Matt Mason with Cat Trac
- Mattel GmbH Art.Nr. 6318 Major Matt Mason mit Raupenfahrzeug
- This package may exist in both right facing and left facing variations (assumption based on the German version).
- The figure can be found attached to the Cat Trac with either a twist tie or a pipe cleaner (assumption based on the German version)
Paul's Notes:
- I’m not sure Mattel International was kept in existence by the time Mattel set up local subsidiaries in European countries. But my feeling is that it was superseded and that Mattel Germany became a distribution hub for (continental) Europe. And maybe manufactured too - just noticed it says -made- and printed in Germany on the card back. Checked and quite a few of your German cards also have that statement.
- On a linguistic note: "scaphandre" is the French word already used for a deep-sea diving suit (a "dry" suit as opposed to a "wet" scuba suit) which they could also use for an astronaut's suit because it doesn't specify the environment it's used in.
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