LEGO advertisement - launch of the Pirates theme in NL

[CvS]

Look what I found in a 1989 Donald Duck from a thrift store: the announcement of the launch of the Pirates theme in the Netherlands!

Plus another one in a different Duck:

Our daughter really likes reading Duckies. So I have an excuse to go through old Ducks when I find them in a thrift store 

I have already found quite a few: LEGO ads etc

Edited 6 hours ago by CvS

[CvS]

The first ad reads:

'Pirates conquer toy stores.

The new LEGOLAND Pirates are conquering all toy stores with no fewer than 10 boxes, both small and large.
Full of good and evil pirates and soldiers, ships, sharks, parrots, palm trees, islands, and overflowing treasure chests.
There's even a thrilling comic book!

May 6th: Exciting Pirate Contest.

To celebrate, there's an exciting Pirate Contest in almost all toy stores on Saturday, May 6th, starting at 1:30 PM.
Dress up as a pirate (for example, wear an eyepatch) and come to your toy store.
We won't tell you exactly what to do yet, but we will reveal the loot.
The grand prize is a trip to LEGOLAND in Denmark, and there are 500 other LEGO prizes to be won.
Stay tuned*, and see you on May 6th!'

* 'Hou je haaks' is a Dutch expression and means something like 'keep it/stay hooks', of course referring to captain redbeard's hook hand.

Edited 6 hours ago by CvS

[TalonCard]

Love to see these! Thank you so much for taking the pictures and translating.  Do you remember which issues these happened to be in?

Donald Duck was always my favorite too but I had no idea as a kid how popular he was in other countries.

[CvS]

(how do I remove this post?!)

Edited 5 hours ago by CvS

[SpacePolice89]

Cool! The Swedish Donald Duck comic (Kalle Anka) used to have similar ads when I was a kid. I remember several Pirates ads and even a special Space comic about the Futuron monorail, a black Classic Space astronaut and a robot.

Edited 3 hours ago by SpacePolice89

[CvS]

Yes, it was in #17 of 1989

If I have them, I've added all the Ducks covers to this album as well, followed by the ad: Click