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Wacky Packages Discussion => General Wacky Packages Discussion => Topic started by: JailOJohn on August 26, 2021, 10:50:40 AM
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I don't think this has been covered here before. What is the coolest Wacky item, besides traditional stickers, that you have ever owned or seen? Pictures would be greatly appreciated. I have seen a picture on this forum of one of those semi truck toys with a Wacky logo on the side, maybe only a couple in existence. That's probably the rarest and coolest item I've ever seen.
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I don't think this has been covered here before. What is the coolest Wacky item, besides traditional stickers, that you have ever owned or seen? Pictures would be greatly appreciated. I have seen a picture on this forum of one of those semi truck toys with a Wacky logo on the side, maybe only a couple in existence. That's probably the rarest and coolest item I've ever seen.
As a kid I had a Blunder t-shirt, and my sister had a Koduck t-shirt (my mom had to go to the boy's department to find them for us). I wore mine until it was threadbare, and it is long gone. It was so loved and worn so much that I think it might have just dissolved in the washing machine. Nowadays, I guess I would have to say my Kook-Aid glass, and my wall placks - two of those are from my childhood, and one was acquired recently.
I've seen pictures in "The Gallery" of things like innertubes, which I would have gone berserk for as a kid. There were also keychains, and tiny trinkets.
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This is my personal coolest….
(https://i.postimg.cc/05n4tf6d/9-FB1-ADC0-827-C-4-E23-9-A4-A-A959-D00498-BB.jpg)
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Ah, I was thinking things that didn't directly go with the Wackys. Must ponder upon which is my favorite box :-\
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Which patches are those? Must be an earlier version. I have seen a box of the patches at the 39 cents pricewith the boy and girl wearing the patches on jackets on the box. If anyone has a jean jacket adorned with Wacky patches, that would be groovy. Also, any clothing made from a bolt of Wacky cloth...
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Which patches are those? Must be an earlier version. I have seen a box of the patches at the 39 cents pricewith the boy and girl wearing the patches on jackets on the box. If anyone has a jean jacket adorned with Wacky patches, that would be groovy. Also, any clothing made from a bolt of Wacky cloth...
These were the Series 1 titles issued in packs, with puzzle checklists, just like the regular series 1 stickers.
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JailOJohn you are sure getting a lot of attention. Lots of new threads you created and getting responses to. Ah to be a newbie again!
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I own a full box of the 1974 posters, which hold great sentimental value to me. Plus I always loved the posters! I have an unfolded Toadal as well.
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A set of 3 Wacky pins put out by N Camera and company. I bought these before I knew who Neil was -
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Maybe this:
(https://i.postimg.cc/qN97RrQL/100-2675.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qN97RrQL)
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Yes, and that Paul Maul's cloth patches box are too cool.
Matt.
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This is my personal coolest….
(https://i.postimg.cc/05n4tf6d/9-FB1-ADC0-827-C-4-E23-9-A4-A-A959-D00498-BB.jpg)
I would be happy to own a cloth patches box even half as nice as that one. Been on my want list for a while...and likely to remain there for a while more... :sad:
I like many of my Wacky possessions, but the drinking glass set is prob in the top three.
(https://i.postimg.cc/njjksPBS/WP-drinking-glasses-1974.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/njjksPBS)
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How did you come to own the drinking glasses?
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How did you come to own the drinking glasses?
The Reader's Digest version is that I had one of them (don't remember which) and then majorly lucked out on eBay and found four (4) Kook-Aid glasses in one auction for a BIN. Traded off three of the Kook-Aids to others here to assemble the set seen.
To my knowledge, only Kathy Montone and myself own a complete set (and it is assumed this is a complete set, as no other titles have ever been seen).
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I would be happy to own a cloth patches box even half as nice as that one. Been on my want list for a while...and likely to remain there for a while more... :sad:
I like many of my Wacky possessions, but the drinking glass set is prob in the top three.
(https://i.postimg.cc/njjksPBS/WP-drinking-glasses-1974.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/njjksPBS)
Very nice! And about impossible to find. I never see any on eBay.
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These were the Series 1 titles issued in packs, with puzzle checklists, just like the regular series 1 stickers.
To expand a bit on Pat’s post, the box description ‘patches’ is actually a misnomer in the Wacky lexicon. Collectors refer to these as the ‘cloth stickers’, same as regular 1st Series except the peel-off sticker is made from some type of thin fabric, probably polyester-ish in composition, instead of regular sticker paper. I’ve never actually seen one up close, but if anyone remembers the small post-card-sized concert promo stickers that used to float around in grade school, I would bet it’s exactly the same material that those were made from. Maybe the concert stickers were a local NY thing, I’m not sure, but the local radio stations would give out gobs of stuff like that, pinback buttons and such. How they continuously made their way into our elementary school I have no idea.
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As much as I'd like to say the original artwork for this or that (which I don't have anymore), it's the creepy Cheapios poster that probably has to be the coolest due to the circumstances. Still have that. I nicknamed it "Creepios".
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One of the coolest items that never was (officially) where very hefty metal WP cards. These metal cards were not an official Topps item since they were never released by Topps. The two pages of text below were provided by the seller with the gold metal card shown when I purchased it. As noted in the text, these metal cards were made in gold, silver and bronze color and intended as chase items in Postcard series sold online. Also noted is that it was designed by a Topps artist (un-named). It sure looks like Neil Camera's work. Neil always came up with creative ideas and and extras for the Postcard releases. My guess is this was done about the time of Postcard series 7. I included a Neil Camera sketch card from Series 7 that mirrors the metal card. In the postcard series, the sketches were of the postcard titles for that release although there is not a series 7 title that matches the sketch or metal card. So I suppose a planned title that was not included but a few sketches had already been made. I don't think this is THE GAME OF LICE characters from the Series 6 postcards, but I could be wrong. There is a forum thread discussing these metal cards at: http://www.wackypackagesforum.com/index.php?topic=4941.msg87939#msg87939 (http://www.wackypackagesforum.com/index.php?topic=4941.msg87939#msg87939)
(https://i.postimg.cc/SY742W4R/Photo-Scan1113.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SY742W4R)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/PPyhdzKF/Photo-Scan1111.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PPyhdzKF)
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The metal cards are definitely cool! So are the metal pins and pendants.
(https://i.postimg.cc/yk4Ymgdc/Gold-Set2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yk4Ymgdc)
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The Reader's Digest version is that I had one of them (don't remember which) and then majorly lucked out on eBay and found four (4) Kook-Aid glasses in one auction for a BIN. Traded off three of the Kook-Aids to others here to assemble the set seen.
To my knowledge, only Kathy Montone and myself own a complete set (and it is assumed this is a complete set, as no other titles have ever been seen).
Yup the Wacky Glasses are one of my favorite possessions. That along with the placks and keychais/necklaces
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Those drinking glasses are SWEET! Way cooler than my 7 Eleven Marvel Slurpee cups or even my Looney Tunes Welch's Jelly Jar glasses....
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Those drinking glasses are SWEET! Way cooler than my 7 Eleven Marvel Slurpee cups or even my Looney Tunes Welch's Jelly Jar glasses....
How extensive is your slurpee cup collection? Do you have the mobiles/posters/checklists Etc.? I also collect convenient store character cups and merch.
Matt.
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Those drinking glasses are SWEET! Way cooler than my 7 Eleven Marvel Slurpee cups or even my Looney Tunes Welch's Jelly Jar glasses....
Speaking of Bugs and company, and getting off-topic for just a minute, do you remember the Hardee's Looney Tunes drinking glasses from either the 1960s or the 1970s (I don't know which)? I do, but I only remember seeing the TV commercial, which started like this:
"Hello, Bugsy! Well, hello, Porky! You're at Hardee's and you brought your friends along!"
then had the usual advertisement for the glasses and ended like this:
"Speedy's the taste that brings me back! Oh, Tweety's the taste that brings me back! Hardee's: the taste that brings us back again!"
The beginning and ending lines were sung to the tune of "Hello, Dolly!", in case you're wondering.
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The only ones I had were the plastic Marvel Slurpee cups, which seem to have been pitched during one of my recent moves. Ditto for the glass Welch's grape jelly glasses with Looney Tunes on them. It's amazing how stuff looks like junk to someone who didn't spend the time collecting it......
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Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in Barber of Seville is pretty much the peak of Western Civilization...
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Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in Barber of Seville is pretty much the peak of Western Civilization...
That's "Rabbit of Seville", btw.
And don't forget the other two peaks in this particular mountain range, "Duck Amuck" and "What's Opera, Doc?" (you could probably add "Rabbit Rampage" if you wanted to (I would, at least, for the sake of completion in this case)).
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I'm partial to the beach towels. That's the only type of towel I bring to the beach these days.
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I'm partial to the beach towels. That's the only type of towel I bring to the beach these days.
I think a Sunsweat beach towel would be appropriate.
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I'm partial to the beach towels. That's the only type of towel I bring to the beach these days.
I would have killed for one of the original beach towels when I was a kid. The recent towels are pretty cool, too.
I'm surprised that the beach balls and swim rings weren't available in LA in 1974, as Wackys were very popular there, and a lot of us had pools.
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I had a Plastered Peanuts beach towel up until 10 years ago, I believe a friend at the time had barrowed it when we would go to the pool. It sucks thinking about that.
Matt.
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I had a Plastered Peanuts beach towel up until 10 years ago, I believe a friend at the time had barrowed it when we would go to the pool. It sucks thinking about that.
Matt.
OUCH!!
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I'm giving a thumbs down to friends who don't return things...
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I'm giving a thumbs down to friends who don't return things...
I hear you Jail-o-John, I hate it when I ask a question and it gets over looked and ignored. Just be careful that you are not doing that yourself. You would not like that rep.
P.S. Do you have any 7 Eleven or other convenient store merch besides what you had in cups?
Matt.
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No sir, wife, brother and movers have pitched all of that good stuff, thinking it was “junk.”
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By far my coolest item is series 1 display box because that is where it all started for me. I have many other cool/rare items but they have less nostalgic feeling since I never saw them as a kid.
http://www.wackypackage.com/Wacky%20Packs/Boxes/box-series1.JPG
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By far my coolest item is series 1 display box because that is where it all started for me. I have many other cool/rare items but they have less nostalgic feeling since I never saw them as a kid.
http://www.wackypackage.com/Wacky%20Packs/Boxes/box-series1.JPG
Is that the one you bought from my chiropractor?
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Is that the one you bought from my chiropractor?
Your chiropractor?
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Your chiropractor?
Art Donohue, he sold you a 1st series box I believe.
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Art Donohue, he sold you a 1st series box I believe.
I thought I got my 1st Box from Eric but I honestly don't remember
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I thought I got my 1st Box from Eric but I honestly don't remember
I don’t remember how long ago it was as I’ve known him for 25 years and we always talk wackys. But he said he sold a 1st series box to “Deb_& _Ern” so it must have been quite awhile ago…was that ever your eBay handle?
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I don’t remember how long ago it was as I’ve known him for 25 years and we always talk wackys. But he said he sold a 1st series box to “Deb_& _Ern” so it must have been quite awhile ago…was that ever your eBay handle?
My coolest and favorite pieces are the original art pieces that Jay Lynch did for me. They were commissioned back in 2001. I cherish them even more now since Jay's early passing..
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I don’t remember how long ago it was as I’ve known him for 25 years and we always talk wackys. But he said he sold a 1st series box to “Deb_& _Ern” so it must have been quite awhile ago…was that ever your eBay handle?
My eBay handle has never changed but that has to be me, maybe my email the email signature used to be deb and ern.
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By far my coolest item is series 1 display box because that is where it all started for me. I have many other cool/rare items but they have less nostalgic feeling since I never saw them as a kid.
http://www.wackypackage.com/Wacky%20Packs/Boxes/box-series1.JPG
That's a good point, old pal. The only empty box I kept from the 20+ I had over the years was the green 8th series, as that's the series that started my frenzy (Just like StarWars movies, my collecting order was weird as our ice-cream vendor found older boxes after 8 came out, and just brought whatver was in the warehouse... so I collected 8,7,9,5,2,6,10,11,12,13,14,15,16. Never had 1,3,4 other than what I pulled from Wonderbread or traded from kids.)
Star Wars movies I like in order: 5,4,RO,HS,6... (five miles lower down the list)... Star Wars Christmas Special... (five more miles)... 9, 7, 3... (and any other numbered movie doesn't really exist).
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That's a good point, old pal. The only empty box I kept from the 20+ I had over the years was the green 8th series, as that's the series that started my frenzy (Just like StarWars movies, my collecting order was weird as our ice-cream vendor found older boxes after 8 came out, and just brought whatver was in the warehouse... so I collected 8,7,9,5,2,6,10,11,12,13,14,15,16. Never had 1,3,4 other than what I pulled from Wonderbread or traded from kids.)
Star Wars movies I like in order: 5,4,RO,HS,6... (five miles lower down the list)... Star Wars Christmas Special... (five more miles)... 9, 7, 3... (and any other numbered movie doesn't really exist).
How do you remember the sequence of series that you collected? I collected 1234567 but something weird happened at 7 I remember something was out of order like suddenly 6th started showing up again and I never saw 8 or later.
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How do you remember the sequence of series that you collected? I collected 1234567 but something weird happened at 7 I remember something was out of order like suddenly 6th started showing up again and I never saw 8 or later.
Well, although the isolative nature of this stupid pandemic seems to have zapped my short-term memory (well, 2000-2020, really), my long-term is totally in tact. And also, because I was one of the few people who started collecting Wackys in the 7,8,9 wave, with 8 being the one that hooked me... from there I remembered when they came because it was SO weird to get a chance to buy series 2 packs after already completing 7 and 8. My Wacky story is definintely non-standard, for sure. I bought 16th series when it came out, and had a near complete Wacky Ads set from a collectables shop even though I never got to buy die-cuts or 1,3,4 series. So, when I started collecting again in 1997 & pulled out my collection, it was very different from most of the other 30-somethings raiding their closet at the same time. Full set of posters w/the 3 hard ones. 2 Grime-Heavy's. An English 2nd series checklist. A couple Wacky Placks. But no boxes, wrappers, tattoos, Ludlows, mail-away posters, or complete puzzles to speak of. Only kept one checklist for each set. But they were in little plastic bags instead of rubber-banded anyway.
Yah, something weird did happen around the 7th series timeframe... and I do remember the gumless packs confusing the heck out of us. The box being thin, it blended in with the baseball cards, too, so at first we though the guy didn't have any Wackys (which was always an extreme source of sadness... until we convinced our icecream man to SAVE a box for our street, since he was my school-buddy's uncle, and the kids on the street before us often bought 'em all up before he got to us... jerks.) Yah... 1970s memory is still good. Can't tell you what the hell I did in 2007, though. heh. Well, I can. But it was a boring year.
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I'm like that with 1970s Yankee lineup and teams that won the World Series you ask me who won the World Series 3 years ago and I have no effing idea
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I'm like that with 1970s Yankee lineup and teams that won the World Series you ask me who won the World Series 3 years ago and I have no effing idea
That's because 3 years ago it was the Red Sox! >:D
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I don't think this has been covered here before. What is the coolest Wacky item, besides traditional stickers, that you have ever owned or seen? Pictures would be greatly appreciated. I have seen a picture on this forum of one of those semi truck toys with a Wacky logo on the side, maybe only a couple in existence. That's probably the rarest and coolest item I've ever seen.
It's a little hard to talk about the coolest I've ever seen as there have been lots (especially if you count "seeing" as just seeing a picture of it). But as far as owning, my favorite may be the original art I have of Qreep (from Old School 1) and Runny Face (not an official Wacky, but something I commissioned Jay Lynch to do back in '99). Both are of real products I love and working with the artists, Jay and David Gross, was lots of fun. Not sure what either would be worth and I certainly have no plans to sell them. But looking at them, and sharing the stories, are part of what makes collecting so enjoyable to me.
And, if you check out the new thread I just created ("Check out my Wacky quilt"), you'll see a pic of my most recent addition to my collection that, like those two paintings, is a unique one whose story is as much of the appeal as the item itself.
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I'm like that with 1970s Yankee lineup and teams that won the World Series you ask me who won the World Series 3 years ago and I have no effing idea
Same here. The affinity for baseball cards (1978 Topps being my all-time favorite), plus having summers off from school and watching most of their games, I have stronger memories of those Yankee championship teams of 77 and 78 than anything from the last 10+ years. Same for Islanders dynasty seasons vs the last say 25 years in hockey. Even the Islanders’ deep playoff runs of the past few years barely registered with me by comparison.
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Same here. The affinity for baseball cards (1978 Topps being my all-time favorite
1978 baseball (and 1977 football) are so clearly etched in my brain, not unlike original Wackys series 1-8 or so. I truly do forget many things these days that I feel like should be on the tip of my tongue. But name a player from one of those Topps sets mentioned above, and there's a good chance I can picture it in my mind.
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I love ‘78 baseball also. I work on all of these sets very gradually, I think I’m only about 43% complete on this one….
(https://i.postimg.cc/gJbqNQFK/4-D65-AB94-7855-4-A43-BC91-D96-C4-A73-F252.jpg)
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I love ‘78 baseball also. I work on all of these sets very gradually, I think I’m only about 43% complete on this one….
(https://i.postimg.cc/gJbqNQFK/4-D65-AB94-7855-4-A43-BC91-D96-C4-A73-F252.jpg)
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Whoa! Are you trying to build an entire set graded? That would be a huge task.
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Whoa! Are you trying to build an entire set graded? That would be a huge task.
No, I have a mixed raw/graded set. Most of the raw cards are very nice, but grading 1978 commons is no longer affordable so I’m OK with a mixed set.
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Whoa! Are you trying to build an entire set graded? That would be a huge task.
Actually, the 1978 set is the only one from the 1970s that someone completed in all PSA 10, believe it or not.
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No, I have a mixed raw/graded set. Most of the raw cards are very nice, but grading 1978 commons is no longer affordable so I’m OK with a mixed set.
In the ‘00s I wanted to push my 1978 baseball closer to a full set and knew I still needed quite a few commons, so I bought several eBay lots of at least 150-200 cards each. Probably a good 6 or 7 separate lots. Some have centering issues but most are in decent shape. I have most of the keys from my childhood partial set which I managed not to lose, but still need probably a dozen or so semi-keys. Sorting everything out and cataloguing them is still a future project, but I’m glad I bought them when I did, at 3 or 4 cents per card, compared to current prices i’m seeing on the ‘bay.
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Same here. The affinity for baseball cards (1978 Topps being my all-time favorite), plus having summers off from school and watching most of their games, I have stronger memories of those Yankee championship teams of 77 and 78 than anything from the last 10+ years. Same for Islanders dynasty seasons vs the last say 25 years in hockey. Even the Islanders’ deep playoff runs of the past few years barely registered with me by comparison.
wow, we are both hard core Yankee and Islander fans. The Islander GTB line was the best!
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wow, we are both hard core Yankee and Islander fans. The Islander GTB line was the best!
I started out a Ranger fan because my Dad and three brothers were all Ranger fans, but then something changed and I got hooked on the Isles during the heartbreaking 1978 quarterfinal loss to Toronto. I still maintained an interest in the Rangers since then, but whenever it came down to the teams facing each other, my loyalty to the blue and orange never wavered.
The bittersweet thing for me about that era was the complete television blackout of all the home games of both teams. I listened to a lot of games on radio back then, which I remember enjoying, you would still get caught up in the intensity of the game-calling, the crowd noise, etc, but not being able to see any of the games was a major drag. I lived for the 11pm news just to see the highlights. Today vintage games transferred from old tapes to DVDs are traded on the internet and some key games made their way onto a commercial box set which I bought, but it sure would have been nice to have seen them back in the day as they were happening.
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I started out a Ranger fan because my Dad and three brothers were all Ranger fans, but then something changed and I got hooked on the Isles during the heartbreaking 1978 quarterfinal loss to Toronto. I still maintained an interest in the Rangers since then, but whenever it came down to the teams facing each other, my loyalty to the blue and orange never wavered.
The bittersweet thing for me about that era was the complete television blackout of all the home games of both teams. I listened to a lot of games on radio back then, which I remember enjoying, you would still get caught up in the intensity of the game-calling, the crowd noise, etc, but not being able to see any of the games was a major drag. I lived for the 11pm news just to see the highlights. Today vintage games transferred from old tapes to DVDs are traded on the internet and some key games made their way onto a commercial box set which I bought, but it sure would have been nice to have seen them back in the day as they were happening.
yeah I remember listening to the games on the radio and when visiting my Dad in Massachusetts(my parents were divorced) I was lucky enough to catch Isles games if I sat in the right spot in the house with static am radio barely coming in. I became hooked on the Isles in 1975 mainly during the incredible series against the Penguins. didn't really have a favorite player until Bossy was drafted and he forever became my favorite.
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I find the Irish set to be very cool. I wish more countries had exclusive Wacky sets that we could chase.
My coolest and favorite pieces are the original art pieces that Jay Lynch did for me. They were commissioned back in 2001. I cherish them even more now since Jay's early passing..
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I find the Irish set to be very cool. I wish more countries had exclusive Wacky sets that we could chase.
That's an interesting thought. I'm not sure I'd agree as that sounds like they could be very challenging to find. But the Irish set, with so many high quality ones (all Saunders? Most?) surely makes for a fun set to chase. I'm very glad I got my set. Used to own the original art to Doglix, but sold it when I remodeled my kitchen years ago and needed some cash.
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Just imagine if there was an Italian set, a French set, a Brazilian set, a Japanese set... just one series per country in the same vein as the Irish set. If a warehouse full of Saunders Wackys from canceled foreign sets was found, that would be really fun.
That's an interesting thought. I'm not sure I'd agree as that sounds like they could be very challenging to find. But the Irish set, with so many high quality ones (all Saunders? Most?) surely makes for a fun set to chase. I'm very glad I got my set. Used to own the original art to Doglix, but sold it when I remodeled my kitchen years ago and needed some cash.
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Just imagine if there was an Italian set, a French set, a Brazilian set, a Japanese set... just one series per country in the same vein as the Irish set. If a warehouse full of Saunders Wackys from canceled foreign sets was found, that would be really fun.
Popular beverages in Japan include Calpis soda and Pocari Sweat. Let them have at it.
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Popular beverages in Japan include Calpis soda and Pocari Sweat. Let them have at it.
When I was in Japan, I was constantly calling Calpis (Calpico) "Cow-piss", which apparently they sometimes do to. Tastes more like carbonated milk & orange julius. And I DID find ONE example of a Japanese "Wacky" (sort of) in one of those impossible 'claw-arm' arcade machines. I actually ended up giving it away, though, so I can't even remember now what the gag was. I think it was a spoof on Asahi beer. It was a fairly large plush-toy of a tan/yellowish beer can... that's all I remember. And it only took me 3 tries to win it, too. Anyone who's ever played a claw machine (since the 1980s anyway, when they purposely made them nearly 100% impossible to win because the claws don't actually stay clenched) knows that 3 tries is insanely hard... but it was a Japanese Wacky Package plushy! I wasn't going to leave that damn arcade without that thing in my hands if I had to empty out all my Rotsa-Root into that machine! (Note to Cancel-Culture: I'm allowed to make that reference without being cancelled as Topps made the un-PC joke first and I'm just referencing it to refer to yen coins). (Can't be too careful these days).
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Big T - Those drinking glasses ROCK! If you ever want to sell them I am interested,
Richard
#StayWacky
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How do you remember the sequence of series that you collected? I collected 1234567 but something weird happened at 7 I remember something was out of order like suddenly 6th started showing up again and I never saw 8 or later.
Interesting, Ern, I don't think I ever knew that 7th was your last series as a kid. Mine, growing up in Albemarle, NC, was 11. Never saw a wacky pack after that series. My area also never saw series 7 or 9, and very little of 3, 10, and 11. Where did you grow up?
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Interesting, Ern, I don't think I ever knew that 7th was your last series as a kid. Mine, growing up in Albemarle, NC, was 11. Never saw a wacky pack after that series. My area also never saw series 7 or 9, and very little of 3, 10, and 11. Where did you grow up?
I grew up in parsippany nj but my wacky packages reach was limited to a mom and pop convenience store so that might be the reason fir my limited series run.
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I grew up in parsippany nj but my wacky packages reach was limited to a mom and pop convenience store so that might be the reason fir my limited series run.
I never saw any wackys after series 7 either. That may have been that my interest had moved on to baseball cards, but I don’t remember ever seeing series 8 up.
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I find the Irish set to be very cool. I wish more countries had exclusive Wacky sets that we could chase.
I like the Irish set too! I got one in the late 90's but traded it away. I wish I still had it as it is pretty tough to find nowadays. Jeff
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I have a few to share
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Wacky Pins Set #21 of 30
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COMPLETE SET of Service Wackies
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Set of Wiggly packages Printing Plates
(https://i.postimg.cc/GmKxh28T/20211227-204637.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Lapel Pins - Have no idea where they came from - looks like a homemade item
(https://i.postimg.cc/QxrQQ5cW/20211227-204720.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Banks - Finally have the set!
(https://i.postimg.cc/sf5SgXbf/20211227-204739.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Custom from Jeff Zapata
(https://i.postimg.cc/vmpgQFz6/20211227-204825.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Record
(https://i.postimg.cc/m28PPFj4/20210808-215541.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Charm used by Vincent price in the Brady Bunch episode in Hawaii ?????????
(https://i.postimg.cc/jqh51JGf/20211227-204845.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
COMPLETELY!!!! NON-Wacky - But part of the dream of a Wacky Kid in the 1980s like you - I loved my Atari Adventure!
Richard
#StayWacky
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I have a few to share
(https://i.postimg.cc/CKwk3VcM/20211227-204608.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Pins Set #21 of 30
(https://i.postimg.cc/s1FZwFBr/20211227-204621.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
COMPLETE SET of Service Wackies
(https://i.postimg.cc/t4N2ZkfT/20211227-204627.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Set of Wiggly packages Printing Plates
(https://i.postimg.cc/GmKxh28T/20211227-204637.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Lapel Pins - Have no idea where they came from - looks like a homemade item
(https://i.postimg.cc/QxrQQ5cW/20211227-204720.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Banks - Finally have the set!
(https://i.postimg.cc/sf5SgXbf/20211227-204739.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Custom from Jeff Zapata
(https://i.postimg.cc/vmpgQFz6/20211227-204825.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Record
(https://i.postimg.cc/m28PPFj4/20210808-215541.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Wacky Charm used by Vincent price in the Brady Bunch episode in Hawaii ?????????
(https://i.postimg.cc/jqh51JGf/20211227-204845.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
COMPLETELY!!!! NON-Wacky - But part of the dream of a Wacky Kid in the 1980s like you - I loved my Atari Adventure!
Richard
#StayWacky
wacky charm is not something I have seen before! What is the history on that?
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Wacky Lapel Pins - Have no idea where they came from - looks like a homemade item
Richard
#StayWacky
I have a few of those too, but I got them back in the 90s - maybe on eBay, so I don't remember anything about them either.
What's the info on that Wacky Record. I don't think I've heard of that before.
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Those are very cool
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I grew up in Parsippany, NJ, but my Wacky Packages reach was limited to a mom and pop convenience store, so that might be the reason for my limited series run.
Where's Parsippany, in North or South NJ?
I'm asking because I have a cousin who lives in Glassboro and that's South. In fact, she's near Atlantic City.
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I never saw any wackys after series 7 either. That may have been that my interest had moved on to baseball cards, but I don’t remember ever seeing series 8 up.
I don't remember many of series 15 from my youth, but I know I bought at leasr one pack as I had a series 15 puzzle piece (the one with the Frankenstein kid on it) in my collection from when I was a kid. I also remember the posters well and lucky enough one of the only ones that I had saved was Weakies, so I know that we had the Yellow packs for those.
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Where's Parsippany, in North or South NJ?
I'm asking because I have a cousin who lives in Glassboro and that's South. In fact, she's near Atlantic City.
It’s in North Jersey, just north of Morristown. Half hour west of NYC.
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What on earth is the story with the Vincent Price thing? Where did you get it from?
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It’s in North Jersey, just north of Morristown. Half hour west of NYC.
Okay, no wonder I've never heard of it; I've never even been there.
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I've never even been there.
Chalk one up for Parsippany.
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What's the info on that Wacky Record. I don't think I've heard of that before.
I have one also. It's a version of the band Man Is The Bastard's album titled Thoughtless.
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The Crust Charm (alleged to have been worn by Vincent Price on the Brady Bunch in Hawaii ... hahahahahahahhah)
I think it was an art project from someone - It appeared on the Pirate's Bay and I obviously like rare and unique items so I had to have it. I have not seen anything like it before or since.......
Maybe from a Wacky Time Capsule!!!!
Richard
#StayWacky
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Dennis,
Here is the LP data from Greg's Page:
http://www.lostwackys.com/music/music-LP.htm
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I was joking about the Vincent Price thing - sort of~ hHhhHhHhHhHhhHhHhHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
There is an episode of the BB where they are in Hawaii and VP is playing a bad guy who places a Tiki Charm around Bobby's neck
Here you go!
https://youtu.be/rWnx-hKKHXQ
Richard
#StayWacky
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Here is the LP data from Greg's Page:
http://www.lostwackys.com/music/music-LP.htm
I remember that now. My CRS has gotten worse since I hit 50 seven years ago.
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Dennis just hit 3 behind you!
Richard
#StayWacky