Any Wacky Packages fans here?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Unfortunately I did not keep very good track of my collection. I think they could be worth mucho dinero today (do they even still make these things?).

Anyhoo, do any of you remember Wacky Packages? What was your favorite?

 

[Balrog]

I was back in the day. Crust Toothpaste is one I recall. I think they revived them a few years back.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I also remember Chock Full O' Bolts

 

[Balrog]

I remember they combine good art with good humor. I always thought they were done by the people who did Mad and Cracked Magazines.

Cap'n Crud

 

[MLJames]

Back in '08 they actually put out a hardcover compilation with images of every sticker from the first seven series. I picked it up and was surprised to find that Art Spiegelman (the creator of "Maus") worked on them.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Back when they first came out, I was pretty obsessed with them, just as I was obsessed with MAD and the other humor magazines. I even made a bunch of my own, but I doubt if I still have them anywhere. It's likely that I still have the actual Wacky Packages cards somewhere in one of my old storage boxes.

 

[siskokid888]

I used to love the original sets. Some were genuinely funny, and even a little pointed towards the product they were spoofing. Cool childhood memory.

 

[Davros]

My bedroom door was covered in them when I was a kid.

 

[Balrog]

I'd bet my collection is hidden somewhere in my parents house. They are pack rats. I would love to find them again. I remember friends and I would trade them like others traded baseball cards.

Neveready Batteries

 

[Capn Flukie]

I used to love those, I had quite a few of them.

I can't remember what they were called, but there were these miniature rock albums covers that came with a piece of gum shaped like a 33rpm record. I wish I still had those.

The Oracle of Google sez;

Chu-Bops

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

http://www.wackypackages.org/

http://www.wackypacks.com/

 

[Locutus of Bored]

When were these popular? I'm 37 and grew up in the late-70s/early-80s and I have no recollection of these at all. Which is strange because I was all over Garbage Pail Kids and stuff like that, so you'd think this would be right up my alley.

[edit] Never mind, Dennis' link says they were started in 1967 and were popular throughout the 70s. I must have missed them somehow or just don't remember them.

 

[Balrog]

Late 70s and early 80s is about the time. I remember we got them at the local variety next to the other bubblegum card packs.

Hawaiian Punks

 

[M'Sharak]

I remember the die-cut first series from 1967-68 and the 1969 Wacky Ads series, for sure. Probably the 1973 series also, though there wasn't anything really new about the look at that point.

 

[T'Bonz]

Loved them.

 

[I Grok Spock]

^Same here.

Some that pop to mind: "Shots" candy, "Snarlament" cigarettes, "Gloom" toothpaste.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Well, okay, I didn't know about them when they first came out (I don't think). It would have been the 1973 series that I started on.

 

[ALF]

Whenever anyone asks me who my favorite artist is, I usually forget to mention the great Art Spiegelman.