Marlboro's beginning

It has been hard for people, smokers especially,

to remember by the original Marlboro packs that lasted over a decade

and the boxes were not being remembered by many.

Well, but lucky me who have this interest, have kept some of those!

These have been the 3 classics of Marlboro. Have a pleasant view!

Marlboro's past sports publicity

I was going through my older bLoGs after being absent 

from here for half a month and while at my July 7th's 

Marlboro special sports packs, it reminded me of 

one of the last full page newspaper advertisements

on the F1 Ferraris at The Malaysian Grand Prix in 1999.

These days we are really getting smaller ads on such occasions 

and I have 2 of the best remembered pieces that I've kept and

I am sharing them here. Of course I have many of such ads 

over the years but these are two of my favorites! 

Hope you will like them too!

They are actually poster collections to one of my hobbies!

This goes to say I not only collect cigarette boxes but also adverts,

posters and memorabilia as my collectibles!

eNjOy the view! 
A Picture says it all better than a thousand words!

Marlboro Intense looks great!

It's the POWER of Marlboro 

and that's why Intense is the showcase of August! 

It's a special premium cigarette packaging of the century! 

That I can tell you.

Showing off the whole package!

Closer look at the special Box pack cover

Well, not quite all yet as there are more in my vault!

How's this special limited edition tin can appeal to you?

The following are the 14 sticks packs in an open view display.

And I wouldn't miss out the counter display 
one of the dealers kept for me!

Close up view of the carton box.

More of it's special items - the lighters!

 Close up view of the special lighter

Until another showcase of the month for September, I'll be seeing you on
more of other of my collections! So, stay tuned!

Remembering it's showcase

Thanks for dropping by! Pleasant week ahead!

PALL MALL's marketing tool

Well, PALL MALL do have it's marketing tools and above is one such kind.

They are meant for their Retailers and it is to educate and keep them on track.

It also serves as a product training, to upkeep them on product knowledge and 

updating them on promotions

Such are workable choice of tools, the only one and it do helps even if they are 

just some small time shops or a counter sales stall as they will look in amazement 

of the products in print. I have known of some shop owners collecting these materials.

Some who don't, will willingly give them to me and for that I must oftenly patronize

their shops on one thing or another. Well, smoking was one option. :-)

As such, catalogs always come in attractive packages so as to make them get interested. 
Often enough they were given some bonuses too, like a free gift.
So, do I, one who also collects other type of product catalogs, brochures and gifts!.

Tomorrow marks the end of August and the Marlboro Intense will wraps up the showcase!

See you then! Hope you had a wonderful weekEND!

Rise To The Brighter Occasion!

This was a special PALL MALL theme 

for a very special issue in 2007.

They came in all the 3 basic flavors.

 All the 3 designs that I've collected from retail shops

during that period

A close up view of the special container box

And its Rise to the Brighter Occasion!

PALL MALL's Smaller Packs

I found out recently that from this month onwards
they have stopped the retail of smaller packs of 14 sticks. 

The minimum size of a pack of cigarettes is 20 sticks

However, this recalls my memory on the yet smaller size
of 10 sticks that I have collected!

Once upon a time there's also the 7 sticks
but I've not had any one of PALL MALL's!

On the right in the photo are the limited special motorsports edition!

Hope you eNjOy the view!
If time permits, I'll have a couple of sets to review

before I wraps up for this month 

with The Marboro Intense showcase!

PALL MALL - before the new Policy

Before PALL MALL went into ther final transitions

to cope with the New Directive Policy,

there were quite a handful of packagings that was retailed.

This packaging in the midst of 2008 was one of them.

( top front view of the packs - comes in 4 flavours, 20 sticks )

It wasn't a limited edition but it only lasted for a short period.

The flip side of the packs

Hope you eNjOy this collection!