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Wednesday 30 August 2006

The Asterix banners

The official asterix.com website

Happily, in a little Village like ours, it’s quite normal to create links with the people around you. In the home of the authentic Gauls, any excuse will do for a little get together: a good scrap on the subject of how fresh the fish are, of course, but also a banquet without the bard, the handing out of magic potion…

If you want to add links from our virtual Village to the pages of your website and take part in our virtual community, here’s a selection of Gaulish banners to improve their appearance. To be enjoyed without moderation. Ferpectly!

Obi

Monday 28 August 2006

Tournament of the Indomitable: a long awaited final!

The official asterix.com website

Unbeatable! Asterix and Obelix didn’t give Dogmatix and Panacea a chance to reach the final!
Of course, it’s just for fun, and everybody could see that handshakes at the end of the games were more warm-hearted than ever. But that’s it: seeds n°1 and N°2 are the only ones still in the game, and are ready for an astonishing final. Obelix has triumphed during the 2006 edition of our favourite characters Referendum. Will he manage to win the Grand Slam by beating his friend Asterix in the Tournament of the Indomitable final?

Get voting!

Obi

Friday 25 August 2006

The Nagma rocket touches down at Pixi

Collectors

In L'Echoppe d'Astérix (Asterix’s shop), the fantastic showcase produced by Pixi to celebrate Albert Uderzo’s 60-year career, I had already admired the Pixi mini-version of the Nagma rocket, the uncontested star of the Asterix and the Falling Sky album. And here’s another bigger and more beautiful version, of which only 440 have been made.

Now all I need to have is the same rocket but with the Nagma’s feet sticking out, after a shot of a magic potion which gives delusions of grandeur (literally) to the invaders who fall from the sky!

Obi

Wednesday 23 August 2006

Asterix and the Normans: 2006 Edition in Spain!

Edition

In his Missive 58 (Hispania special edition), Doubleclix told you about the new Iberian works connected to the Asterix and the Vikings film.

But the proud compatriots of chief Huevos y Bacon clamoured for more!
Salvat, publisher of the Asterix albums in Spain, got on the case: here comes, in both Castilian and Catalan if you please, the 2006 special edition of the Asterix and the Normans album, illustrated with a sublime cover drawn by Albert Uderzo to celebrate the film’s release. ¡Olé!

Obi

Monday 21 August 2006

Asterix cards for playing and collecting

Collectors

Right, let’s be honest, things are getting difficult... We thought the hardest part was over: we had convinced Doubleclix how important it was to thoroughly test the latest card game from Kosmos which I mentioned in a recent post. But now, there’s not just one but five different card games to collect in the boxes of Kelloggs™ cereal!

With “The six families”, “The magic potion”, “The slaps”, “Caesar the implacable” and “On the attack”, we simply don’t know where to start. Our arguments fall on deaf ears and Doubleclix rings the bell for the end of playtime. Think of us when you’re playing with these superb collectors’ games…
Obi

Friday 18 August 2006

The puzzle which drives you crazy

Collectors

We don’t tell you everything about the Asterix products! For example, this superb 1000-piece puzzle from Ravensburger shows the “family photo” which brings together all the Asterix characters. We could decide just to tell you that it’s being released right now to our German cousins… But here, on Doubleclix’s blog, we owe you the truth, and the truth is that the puzzle drives you crazy! To prove it, last year our friend Merlin was in charge of putting it together, piece by piece, for its installation in one of the windows of The Mirror World of Asterix exhibition. Nowadays he can’t bear to hear a word about it! He’ll never forget the long hours of labour he spent, day and night, on this Gaulish puzzle, just for the pleasure of the visitors to the exhibition! So to sum up, don’t make a start on this puzzle without a good swig of magic potion, by Toutatis!

Obi

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