THE MODERN ITERATION OF SUBBUTEO HAS BEEN GOING SINCE 2012 FIRST WITH PAUL LAMOND GAMES/NETCAM WITH THE LICENSE TO CREATE SUBBUTEO PRODUCTS FOLLOWED BY LONGSHORE AND UNIVERSITY GAMES TAKING OVER IN 2020… THE MODERN ERA IS COMMONLY SPLIT IT TO TWO ERAS AS YOU’D EXPECT BUT TO ME ITS ALL THE SAME LINEAGE SO ITS EASIER TO PUT THEM UNDER ONE BANNER BUT OF COURSE IT WILL BE IN TWO SEPARATE SUB PAGES AS SHOWN BELOW… WITH SO MANY SUB LICENSEES IT GETS A BIT COMPLICATED AT TIMES BUT HOPEFULLY NOTHING WILL BE MISSED FINGERS CROSSED. WHAT DOESN’T HELP SOME COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTORS STAYED ON OTHERS LEFT WHEN LONGSHORE TOOK OVER. THIS MUDDIES THE WATERS A BIT IF THE SAME DISTRIBUTOR STAYED ON ITS PURELY A BEFORE 2020 AND AFTER 2020 SPLIT… NEVER SIMPLE THIS SUBBUTEO CATALOGUING….
FOR WHAT ITS WORTH MY OPINION (PURELY A UK POINT OF VIEW) ON THE MODERN ERA WAS THE EARLY PAUL LAMOND/NETCAM STUFF UP TILL MIDWAY POINT OF THERE RUN AS LICENSE HOLDERS WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD UNTIL THEY LOST THE OFFICIAL LICENCE RANGE THE REST WAS MEH AND THE QUALITY OF THE TEAMS SUFFERED AND FELT CHEAPER AND CHEAPER… THAT BEING SAID ELEVEN FORCE ARE KEEP THE FLAG FLYING WELL WITH SOME GREAT PRODUCTS COMING OUT THANKS TO THEM… BUT WE ALL STILL LIVE IN HOPE UNIVERSITY GAMES (FOR THE UK) AND LONGSHORE TURN IT AROUND… BUT SO FAR ITS ALL A BIT DISAPPOINTING MINUS A FEW NICE BITS HEAR AND THERE… ITS A SHAME ELEVEN FORCE ARE NO LONGER THE MAIN GUYS HOLDING THE RIGHTS INSTEAD OF LONGSHORE BUT DON’T LET THAT STOP YOU FROM LOOKING AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO SUBBUTEO SINCE 2012…
Astrobase Sell Decaled Modern Subbuteo Teams They appear to generally use older generation white team modern figure and they also do a few Handpainted Modern Subbuteo teams as well, So there is a section for them both here in the Modern Subbuteo Teams section (although not official it Seems the best place to put it)