PaulMaul Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Since many on here seem to be from the demographic that were already teenagers during the 'berries heyday, I thought some might not be familiar with my avatar."Wacky Packages" were a sticker set issued by Topps (of baseball card fame) from 1973-1975 featuring amazing artwork parodying household products. They were incredibly popular with the youth of the day. My avatar is an unopened wax pack of these.....and of course my namesake (my name is really Dave)...If anyone's interested there's a great website on these:http://www.wackypackages.orgCollecting these is my main passion so I like to promote 'em wherever I go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Wacky Packages ROCKED back in the day. I think I remember trading cards and stickers with all sorts of "wacky packages".I'll check the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missm Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I absolutely adored "Wacky Packages" back in the day!! I can recall having one that was a coin bank...it was so cool!! Great avatar, Dave!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fresh Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Missed wacky packages by about 10 years, but in the early 60's we had a similar thing from Topps...silly stickers. Same idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Plastered all over my notebook from '65- Ugly Stickers from Topps. They were the best thing since Mars Attacks cards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMaul Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 Believe it or not, the Wacky Packages artist - Norm Saunders - was the same guy who painted the Mars Attacks set! He was an amazing man. The Wacky Packages stuff was pretty much at the end of his career, he also painted tons of Science Fiction pulp mag covers, countless other card sets, etc.I've got a link for everything! http://www.normansaunders.comEdit: he evidently did the Ugly Stickers too!Ugly Stickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I loved those things as a kid. Who didn't? If they were produced today, no doubt, every company being parodied would sue! Ahhh...the innocent, less-litigious sixties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Bernie...Paul...I do believe that Mad Magazine had a one shot spoof on products that evolved into the "Wacky Packs" concept...anyone know if I'm right?BTW...Welcome Paul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I just found this....It alludes to...But doesn't answer my question completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMaul Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 Ira,You're right, Mad Magazine (and Cracked also) did have severalproduct parodies before wacky packages were issued. I think theone you're probably referring to is a giant-sized Mad from thelate '50's (More Trash From Mad #2, I think?) that containedan insert of product parody stickers.By the way, that "Unwrapped" segment features Greg Grant,a friend of mine and the guy who runs the wacky site I postedthe link to. I now own many of the display boxes shown in the clip as he sold them to me a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fresh Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Plastered all over my notebook from '65- Ugly Stickers from Topps. They were the best thing since Mars Attacks cards! Kirk, I had one of those stickers that looked like a marble composition notebook. In big letters it said "COMPOSITIONS" but in small letters above it said "My" and in small letters beneath it said "are usually pretty lousy"! I stuck it on my main notebook in third grade and the teacher didn't notice it until we had to hand in a report done in the notebook. The next day she called me aside and said it was clever! I still have two complete sets of the Mars Attacks! cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Rob, I have a complete set of Mars Attacks cards, also! I believe Gman is a Mars Attacks guy, also. Absolutely, the best card set ever produced!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Mars-Attacks/Here is a look at the cards. I WISH I still had mine...but I was a huge fan when I was a little kid. I always remembered how gory they were....soldiers being cut in half....burned alive...insects devouring humans....great stuff. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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