Updated On: 10 November, 2025 09:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
A century after Herge created the globetrotting journalist, Tintin, a Delhi-based toy store brings these rare collectibles and creations from Studio Hergé to fans across India for the first time

A panel from Tintin and King Ottokar’s Sceptre. PICS COURTESY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS; MAYA TOY STORE
Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles. If you are familiar with this desperate cry of exasperation, you are a true friend of Tintin, Snowy, Professor Calculus and the ever-annoyed Captain Haddock. Created in 1929 by Georges Remi or Herge, the young Belgian journalist redefined the idea of adventure for many children. For Anirudh Dawar (right), owner, Maya Toy Store, it was an adventure he grew up with. This year, the 75-year-old toy store in the Capital acquired the rights as the official Indian merchandisers from the Belgian studio, Moulinsarts.
