I never had a chance to ride my bike for wackys. Once or twice a week my mom would take us to the small meat market, there lay the golden box filled with packs for greedy little hands. My sister would occasionally buy a pack for the gum. She would use her 5 pennys at the bubble gum machine, while i would spend it all for 1 pack. Later that day, all the gum would be gone, but i would still have my 2 stickers. Gum is great, stickers are better. The new stickers would go into the pile (my keeper set) all doubles would be stuck! My school had MANY white Wacky silhouettes where the sticker was peeled from a wall/door/bumper...Guilty!
OK, i lied...while writing this i remembered i DID ride my bike for wackys...not OS though. It was for 79 reissues. Wow, a forgotten memory, dislodged. It was only a few times, 4-5 miles round trip. To the Mid-Way shopping center drug store. I remember there was a box of 3rd series reissues near the counter. After 2 or 3 trips the box was empty, it was never refilled and i never saw 1,2 or 4 in stores anywhere. Funny, i lived only a few miles from where Wackys were being MADE (Duryea, PA) and they were SO hard to find. Lots of friends parents worked at the Topps plant. I remember a friends garage filled with cases of Topps products...cases of Wackys included!
