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No, we don't need 50 people. But the idea was to bring in guys from series past and present to give the set an historical timeline (so you'd have the os represented by guys like Jay, the 80's series by Pound and so on. The biggest issue was getting enough of them to sign on, which admittedly would have been a monumental task. Anyway, if it were going to happen, it would've needed to be planned 2 years ago. Perhaps for the 75th...
K, I thought you meant random artists (something like they have done for GPK) doing their own take rather than everyone that they can find that has done work on WP in the past. I would have been down with that. Still, they can still do a set based on what we've suggested using all the guys who are still doing WP.
We don't need 50 people. Just split them up between the people who work on Wackys the most. Problem solved.
Ack! I don't know if I will still be around for the 75th Anniversary.
There have been what, about 25 or 30 artists, involved with Wacky Packages stickers and sketch cards since ANS1? Or is the number higher? I realize a bigger portion of them have done sketch cards and not necessarily the finished artwork for stickers so it does seem like it would be pretty difficult to gather that many artists to do one apiece. in addition, without trying to sound like a jerk, I believe there are a set of artists us fans would enjoy seeing do the majority of the artwork and perhaps some, not so much.
#1 - A full on Wacky Packages coffee table book featuring the entire history of WP up to date. The material is all there just a huge undertaking to do.#2 - Definitely a brand new series of STICKERS. Emphasis on stickers and not sketch cards and subsets and all that stuff. No OS rehash. We all have a ton of images of these. Why would any care if it has a different background, or card back or is shiny chrome. I just don't get it. The ONLY version of OS I would be into would be oversized cards. 4x6 or something. No series: No mash ups, no baseball, just products the way they are intended to be. I haven't looked to see if all the die-cut products are still around but if they are you could do a set featuring all 44 of those products again, same numbering but in their modern form. New jokes of course. If it's for the Internet you don't have to worry too much about subsets but if it's a retail product, yeah, they are going to need them. #3 Also, a new Old School and a new Postcard set. It's the 50th Anniversary. May as well throw all the series into the mix over the course of the year. If I did a new OLDS I'd love to do more vintage baseball cards or perhaps football. Definitely would love to do the Weird Wheels / Wacky Packages series I pitched to them years ago. Dreaming with you Paul...
Post card Wackies please, including titles from Halloween sets. How about previosly pulled titles also.
If you are involved Neil, it would definately be worth the wait.
"labor costs"
The print costs are pretty low (at least when compared to an ANS set), but the labor costs were considerable due to the custom elements. For example, each set needed to be collated, numbered and wrapped by hand.
That's sad, most of us would do this for free.Jim
Please advise if we need to take a few days off from work in order to make the WP 50th Set happen. We stand ready.
This was posted a few days ago to Topps Star Wars page...https://www.facebook.com/OfficialToppsStarWars/photos/a.305898082871093.1073741825.274996949294540/945459318914963/?type=3&theater--V-W
Why would a major Wacky Anniversary announcement be on a Star Wars page?
Hmm, using packaging? I'll have to see it to understand it.
Not sure why it was on the Topps Star Wars page myself. They also recently posted about the Mars Attacks 55th anniversary set.--V-M