World Cup Italia 90 limited edition bundle

[wolfticket]

Here is the complete limited edition Italia 90 Sega Master System bundle. This was released in Italy in 1990 to promote the upcoming World Cup held there by the official Sega distributer in Italy Giochi Preziosi.
The set consists of the console with Hang-On built in, World Soccer game, a signed football (printed signature) and a large sticker. The Italian goalkeeper Walter Zenga was heavily involved in the promotion, with the big selling point being that you could get his signature on the football.








Promotional ads


There was also a commercial for the set shown on Italian TV -


You can occasionally find the game on Italian eBay and I've only ever seen a handlful of the console show up since I started looking. But what makes this set virtually impossible to complete is finding the ball, with these two I own being the only ones known to have survived nearly 30 years on.

[gallos_11]

Big thanks for sharing these photos.
As you said, finding the ball today must be a real nightmare. I've seen this Italian set quite a few times, but never with the ball. Probably sticker and poster were missing as well.

The TV commercial shows another variation of the ball with green only pentagons.

I suppose by "3 Giochi" (3 Games) they mean Hang-On, World Soccer and the ball..?

[dpkt101]

It's amazing!! Wolfticket Where did you find it?? On ebay??
However...I knew that there was an Italian edition with World Soccer ( when my parents gave me the SMS as a Christmas gift, "World Soccer" was included...and infact, if I remember, the box had Walter Zenga (one of the best Italian goolkeeper of all time... ) on it!

But..its the firts time that I see the soccer balls!!
I also think that now it's impossible to find them in every ebay advertisement!

[gabrielknight]

I remember this tv spot.
Roberto Mancini, current coach of Italy national team, was also involved in some of the tv spota for the sega master system

[asterix]

THATS a really really nice bundle 👍😊 there can’t be many of those complet bundles left out there.