PAL VHS Lollipop Volume 1

The first of two ThunderCats VHS tapes released in 1989 under the Lollipop label. Lollipop was a budget-priced subsidiary of Video Collection International, the same company that handled the main UK ThunderCats home-video range.

Catalogue No: LL0009

Year of release: 1989

Running time: 40 minutes approx.

Episodes on this release

The Tower of Traps

Lion-O and the ThunderCats have to overcome some of the most awesome obstacles in order to rescue WilyKat from the evil Baron Karnor’s Tower of Traps.

The Garden of Delights

The devil priest Mumm-Ra hypnotises Tygra in his quest to steal the Sword of Omens. With Tygra in his power, he may just succeed.

Notes of interest

• Although released under the Lollipop label, this is still a Video Collection release since Lollipop was a subsidiary of VCI.
• The cover does not mention that this is volume 1, but the tape label itself does state that fact.
• This is the second time these episodes were released on VHS video. They were originally released in 1987 by Hollywood Nites.
• The cover re-uses the same cover art from the Exodus VCI release.
• The intro tagline “From beyond any known galaxy…” is also re-used on this release.
• WilyKat is spelt “Wilcat” on the back-cover synopsis for “The Tower of Traps”. The “s” is also missing from “Delights” on the front cover.
• There is no record of this particular release on the BBFC website. The episodes had already been passed for release in 1987, so a re-rating was likely not required.

See also: PAL VHS Lollipop Volume 2.

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