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Merchandise

So, what is available?
Ulysses 31 merchandise is very difficult to get hold of - at least in the UK.

Around 1989 RCA Columbia released the first sixteen episodes on eight PAL VHS tapes. In 1991 they re-released the first twelve episodes on six tapes as part of the Hollywood Children's collection:

Tape Cat No. Episodes Cover - click for large picture (~100Kb)
1 CVT10692
  • Vengeance of the Gods
  • The Lost Planet
2 CVT10693
  • The Black Sphere
  • Guardian of the Cosmic Winds
3 CVT10694
  • The Eternal Punishment
  • Flowers of Fear
4 CVT10750
  • Mutiny on Board
  • Secret of the Sphinx
5 CVT11454
  • Cronus, Father of Time
  • Temple of the Lestrigones
6 CVT11455
  • The Seat of Forgetfulness
  • Trapped Between Fire and Ice
7 CVT11544
  • Phantoms from the Swamp
  • Song of Danger
8 CVT11545
  • Before the Flood
  • The Magic Spells of Circe


Unfortunately these six tapes have long since been deleted. However there are bound to be copies sitting in a warehouse somewhere so try ordering from your stockist. Who knows? You may be in luck...

If you are aware of videos, or any other merchandise, in your country please send me details so I can add them to this page.

The series was very successful in its native France as one might expect. The entire series is now available in French on nine beautifully-illustrated VHS video cassettes, in both PAL and SECAM formats:

Tape Cat No. Episodes Cover - click for large picture (~150Kb)
1 NOT KNOWN
  • Le Cyclope
  • La Planéte Perdue
  • Hératos
2 NOT KNOWN
  • Éole
  • Sisyphe
  • Les Fleurs Sauvages
3 NOT KNOWN
  • La Révolte des Compagnons
  • Le Sphinx
  • Chronos
4 NOT KNOWN
  • Les Lestrygons
  • Le Fauteuil de L'Oubli
  • Charybde et Scylla
5 NOT KNOWN
  • La Planéte des Doubles
  • Les Sirénes
  • La Deuxiéme Arche
6 NOT KNOWN
  • Circé
  • Le Minotaure
  • Nérée
7 NOT KNOWN
  • Atlas
  • Le Magicien Noir
  • La Cité de Cortex
8 NOT KNOWN
  • Les Révoltés de Lemnos
  • Calypso
  • Ulysse Recontre Ulysse
9 NOT KNOWN
  • Les Lotophages
  • Le Royaume d'Hades

In 1985 Ward Lock in the UK published a book under licence from BBC Enterprises Limited, ISBN: 0-7063-6387-6. This 96-page book tells three stories: Vengeance of the Gods, Song of Danger and Strange Meeting.

Hot in from the US is a View-Master 3D reel containing 21 pictures from the episode The Lost Planet. The catalogue number is D 198-123 E and it is number 49 from the series TV and Movie. It is manufactured by:
View-Master International Group Inc., Portland, Oregon.

If you are in France you might be lucky enough to find die-cast models from the series. These are made by a company called Popy whose address does not appear on the packaging. The boxes also have the logo BANDAI ITALIA if that helps. There are five to collect:


88501: Ulisse (Ulysses)
88502: Telemaco (Telemachus)
88503: No-No
88506: Robot Ingegnere (Engineering Robot)
88507: Robot Pompiere (Fireman Robot)

Happy hunting!