Topps "Rubber Uglies" Ugly Stickers toys

[Coorpse Light]

I was curious if many of you collect these or even knew about them? They are small rubber toys that were marketed by Topps in the late 1960s - early 1970s. I think they're pretty cool, but unfortunately there is not much of a resource of info for them. They sell for a lot of money on ebay, so people do want them. Strange enough, there is no single Ugly Stickers forum to ask either!




Artist Norman Saunders has a pretty neat page on them:
http://www.normansaunders.com/RUgly,01.html

I started a little amateur forum on Rubber Uglies, rubber toys and subsequently Ugly Stickers as well since there is absolutely no community resource for fans and collectors.
http://rubberuglies.proboards.com/index.cgi


I hope this isn't against the rules to post this here. I'm a true wacky collector, and have enough darn ANS8 wrappers lying around to insulate my entire home by now!

[BumChex]

No, those are really cool.  I never knew they existed.

[Duznt]

Thanks for posting those pics. They look really neat. I may have to collect a couple of them. I saw those on Norm's web site but haven't tried searching for any yet.

[Jean Nutty]

I was curious if many of you collect these or even knew about them?

I had forgotten about these! Thanks for posting

I played with them as a kid, or items that were very similar. I assume they were vending machine products?

If I recall, some were hollowed out and we used them as finger puppets, shaking their dangly hairy arms

[koduck]

I was curious if many of you collect these or even knew about them? They are small rubber toys that were marketed by Topps in the late 1960s - early 1970s.

There are also some pretty good knock-offs floating around. I don't know who made them or when, but they're pretty good facsimiles. If I find any photos, I'll post them.

[sco(o)t]

My sister and I must have gotten a package of these at some point because we had the very three shown in this shrink wrap package picture (colors were different however):





I was more creeped out by the mis-painted eyeballs and chunks of extra rubber that didn't get removed properly than by the characters themselves. I like the way they had common names like Margaret, Jeff, Alvin, etc.

[Porkie]

We had these when I was a kid. My brother had several and I thought they were really funky (especially the misplaced eyeballs).

Found out these were Wacky-related when one appeared on that ANS 5 (I think) card in ad form on the back. It happened to be my favorite.

Somewhere I just may have several of these still. Won't know until I dig out some boxes either this Winter or next Fall.

[dth1971]

Topps attempt at the rubber small toy market.

Alvin the Rubber Ugly was later used on the ANS3 Wacky Package sticker "ALIVE".

[Choke_Wagon]

I remember getting these in those 10 cent vending stacks as you exited the grocery store. They were inside a plastic bubble with a top