(Joe from 1975 adds “That’s what stickers are for. funny, subversive and very nicely illustrated by professional artists.īut they were stickers… and if you’re a kid, what do you do with stickers? You stick them on things. Just as I was about to punt, I thought of another angle on the subject, and then most of this post formed in my head before I had a chance to attempt to write it all down…īack when I was a kid in the mid 1970’s, there were a lot of different toys and games and collectibles to occupy the youth of America, but there was one thing that united everybody in my school (and many other schools)… It seemed like every kid, boys and girls alike, spent some of their allowances on Topps Wacky Packages stickers, commonly known as “Wacky Packs”.įor those who aren’t familiar with Wacky Packs, they were stickers that featured parodies of common products of the day… but they weren’t gentle little parodies, they were like Mad Magazine in a pack…. I haven’t done a whole lot of trading or selling, and most of it has been either duplicates or card I had no interest in keeping. I have to admit, I didn’t think I’d be taking part in this because I couldn’t think of any cards that really were worth writing about. What cards have you owned that you regret are no longer in your collection? This post is part of a “Bat Around” question posed by the esteemed proprietor of the Garvey Cey Russell Lopes blog:
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