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Mr. Happy (1971) Book Comparison (English/France) (2026 Edition)Added:
Hey guys, this is Mr. Man Lumis and French Show here. Today, this is going to be the 2026 edition of my comparison video.
This time, I have five different versions of Mr. Happy.
Now, you want to know why I have five different versions? I'm going to explain to you right now.
So on the left is the the vintage version from 1970s and then second is the the reissue copy from like since the 90s and the 2000s.
Then on the third is the French release known as Buru Herix.
And then on fourth is the 50th anniversary edition from 2021.
And then as a bonus in the giant book of doodles and fun that has two stories, Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine.
So yeah.
So that story was in that book.
Yeah. Right there. which I'll show it to you when we get to the end.
All right, so without any further ado, let's begin this comparison. First, we're going to start with the original release.
This is the original release of Mr. Happy from the 1970s.
This is originally released in 1971, but my copy is the Dur Publishing reprint from 1975.
Yeah, since it was originally came out as a a February book or a February press in 1971, but my copy is a reprint from Ber Publishing in 1975.
So, yeah.
All right.
Side.
All right. Next is the Hold on a second.
Next is the reissue copy from the 1990s.
It's in a hard cover.
And these has updated pictures.
The original copy from the 70s has like uh the original picture designs like this. Even the front cover as well. But this the reissue copy from the 90s that has the updated artwork of Mr. Happy and even Mr. Miserable in this book as well as the the other Mr. Man books that were reprinted in the 1990s.
Some of them when they originally released in the 1970s.
So, yeah.
All right. Now, here's the French cop.
Here we go. Try not to fall. All right.
Now, here's the French copy known as Murex.
And this copies originally released in 1983, but this the my copy is for 2016. So, this is a reprint. And this is the 2004 reprint.
And it's a 2016 reissue.
The pictures have the same artwork from the 1970s copy that I just show.
All right.
Now, here's the 50th anniversary edition from 2021.
Says right here, 50 years of Mr. Men.
And then this here will be 55 years of Mr. Men.
So yeah, since it was originally came out in 1971, here's the trivia.
And here's the actual case.
All right. Now, we're not done with the with the comparison video, but I have a bonus.
which I'm showing you right now.
Now, here's the giant book of doodles and fun with hundreds of activities and 81 stickers.
Yeah, this is a very rare set.
Yeah. And the reason why I'm showing this because it's another copy Mr. Happy in this activity book. So yeah, that's why I'm showing this.
I try to Here it is.
Try to flip to this quickly cuz this is a big set.
Oops. Trying to open this up.
It's not going to stay open.
Okay.
Yeah, this is a really nice set.
All right. So, that's it. That is my comparison video of five different versions of Mr. Happy. So, I hope you guys are watching and I will see you in the next video. This is Mr. Man and Francho signing out.
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