Laurentien Pencil Promos

VIC-20 contest 1983

C64 contest 1985

Bubbilicious offer 1990

In the 1980s, Laurentien colored pencils started including promotional offers with some of their sets. Pictured above are three such promotions. I've also seen promotions for Kinder Eggs and Blockbuster Video. I'm sure there are others that I've never seen. The contest dates and  expiration dates for the offers inside are a nice clue to the dates that these sets were produced. 

The VIC-20 and C-64 contests both included a scratch and win patch on the back of the front card. It is pretty rare to find these unscratched. The contest cards could be found on a range of different FaberCastell products including pencil and marker sets of different sizes as well as pens, pencils and glue.

In the Bubbilicious promotion, the purchaser could get a free pack of gum with the purchase of this pencil set from Shoppers Drug Mart. In order to get this pack of gum, the front card from the pencil case had to be turned in as a coupon. This makes these cards a bit more rare as when you see one, you know that the purchaser never got their free gum. I recently saw a very similar offer on a package of Laurentien pencils for $5 savings on Lynx Athletic Footware from Pharmasave.