Sesamstraat (aka Sesamstraat Maandblad) is the Dutch version of Sesame Street Magazine, based on the Dutch co-production Sesamstraat. During the early 1980s, the monthly issues could only be purchased in stores. The magazine featured articles from the German Sesamstrasse magazine, as well as American contents (sometimes from books like The Sesame Street Dictionary) and Dutch material. Every now and then, Dutch characters Tommie and Pino would interact with Sesamstrasse characters Samson, Tiffy, and Finchen. Confusingly, the three foreign characters were never introduced to the magazine's readers as characters from the German co-production, nor was an explanation provided as to why they were never seen on Sesamstraat.