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Offline Porkie

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Re: High Grade 1967 Wacky Packages like stocks?
« Reply #70 on: April 02, 2012, 10:25:17 AM »
Whoops, now THAT is the shortest  :D

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Re: High Grade 1967 Wacky Packages like stocks?
« Reply #71 on: April 02, 2012, 01:14:38 PM »
Whoops, now THAT is the shortest  :D

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Offline JailOJohn

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Re: High Grade 1967 Wacky Packages like stocks?
« Reply #73 on: September 28, 2021, 10:42:08 AM »
I see this thread is several years old. Lots of comments about the continued existence and viability of Wackys and the market of those who collect them from 2011 and 2012. Has anything changed about the young people being more into video games and digital music than into stickers?

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Re: High Grade 1967 Wacky Packages like stocks?
« Reply #74 on: September 28, 2021, 12:04:43 PM »
The most significant shift since 2012 is kids don't even have the chance to get interested in Wackys anymore! Back then you could still buy individual packs for a reasonable price at stores across the country. Now they are internet-only items that are priced well above most kids' allowances. If the kids don't ever see them, or even know they exist, how are they going to be interested in them? If Wackys can't find their way back onto the candy racks, they will shrivel up and disappear as the adult collectors age out!

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Re: High Grade 1967 Wacky Packages like stocks?
« Reply #75 on: September 28, 2021, 12:16:37 PM »
The most significant shift since 2012 is kids don't even have the chance to get interested in Wackys anymore! Back then you could still buy individual packs for a reasonable price at stores across the country. Now they are internet-only items that are priced well above most kids' allowances. If the kids don't ever see them, or even know they exist, how are they going to be interested in them? If Wackys can't find their way back onto the candy racks, they will shrivel up and disappear as the adult collectors age out!

Agreed, store shelves are important to get kids interested.  The minis seem to be doing well in stores, and hopefully that will help with stickers maybe returning to stores sometime soon.

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Re: High Grade 1967 Wacky Packages like stocks?
« Reply #76 on: September 28, 2021, 12:18:41 PM »
Attention spans seem shorter than ever now. I am wondering what has enabled, say comics, to stay somewhat relevant, and stickers and cards not so much. I guess now that Marvel is doing movies and DC doing TV shows, that generates interest. Topps themselves seems to put very little effort into promoting Wackys. Maybe they never did and we just caught the fever through word of mouth. I don't know whether Wal Mart and Target stopped carrying stickers first, or whether Topps stopped distributing them through stores first...

 

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