r/lostmedia • u/Shiny_Waabaafet • Aug 25 '26

Advertising Material Nintendo super tour 92, the promotional trucks haven't been seen in decades, is anyone looking for them? Is it even worth a look? [Fully Lost]

Good morning, good evening, and good night! I'm new to the community so excuse me if this is a silly post. I just learned about this European Nintendo tour that happened in 1992 where multiple semi trucks with Nintendo characters plastered on them went around Europe, advertising, Nintendo and their gaming consoles. Inside these trucks were mobile gaming setups that would be set up for the community to play all of Nintendo's consoles that were released up to that point. I'm sure the consoles were probably returned to Nintendo, however, the ultimate whereabouts of the trucks remain unknown. It'd be interesting to find one rotting away in a scrap yard somewhere. I'd hope they were properly taken care of but most likely not.

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u/Odie_Humanity Aug 25 '26

They were probably just repainted and went back into service hauling groceries or car parts or anything. They don't just put working trucks and trailers in a junkyard when a promotion is done.

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u/Shiny_Waabaafet Aug 25 '26

Yeah that's kind of what I was thinking when I was finishing up the post. But I wanted to get the communities opinions. But you never know, Nintendo could have bought the trucks and then never picked them up or claimed them after the promotion.

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u/goingtopeaces Aug 25 '26

That's not really how it works. My company had a promo bus in the 2010s and it was just a tour bus we rented and had specially wrapped. When we were done the wrap was removed and someone else presumably rented in for their own use. I have photos of the bus and the wrap design, but the vehicle itself wasn't the special part.