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prohemp
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 Posted: 02/28/03 - 15:13 Post subject: Nostalgia from my childhood: Wacky Packages
Anyone remember these?
They were a far-out variation of baseball cards. They were trading cards that spoofed existing commercial products. They were marketed to the 10-14 year age group. There's a technical word associated with such common products: "environmental print". i e - everyone knows what a box of "Wheaties" breakfast cereal looks like? We see it our everyday environments: either on TV or at our own breakfast tables - and as a specimen of "environmental print" we even know what the font style is for a box of "Wheaties," what the color pallete is, and we're familiar with those little extra details such as the manufacturer/distributor (General Mills) and the "Net Weight" in the lower right hand corner. And of, course, we all knew the logo itself: "the breakfast of champions" the cereal that winning athletes ate.
Well . . . how about a comical satire of that same cereal box? And instead of calling it "Wheaties" calling it "Weakies" for loser athletes. classic wacky packages.....
I really liked these crazy things. They seemed to be the brainchild of Mad Magazine meets Laugh-In meets Monty Python. A lot of the enjoyment for me was the utter detail of each satirical package. The cigarette satires were esecially funny. Such was my brilliant introductory lesson in the fine art of satire!
These began distribution in 1973 (according to their web site) and ceased in 1976. They were resurrected in 1979 and have continued to this day ...although i haven't seen them in years
http://www.wacky-packs.com/
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thegman
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 15:23 Post subject:
Holy guacamole did I just have a flashback!!! I had tons of these and my mother threw them out when she cleaned out the attic.
As I recall, they were actually card/stickers, but I never peeled them off, and just kept them as cards.
Where do they sell these things now?
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prohemp
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 15:25 Post subject:
| thegman wrote: | Holy guacamole did I just have a flashback!!! I had tons of these and my mother threw them out when she cleaned out the attic.
As I recall, they were actually card/stickers, but I never peeled them off, and just kept them as cards.
Where do they sell these things now? |
i've not seen them in stores since i was a kid - check out their website
http://www.wacky-packs.com/
they came with gum - that horrible stuff that was covered in some sort of talcum-powder-like dust and lost its flavor instantly.
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 15:59 Post subject:
RIGHT. Some were cardboard, some were stickers, and there was a fat, flat piece of gum. I loved those things.
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 16:34 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | RIGHT. Some were cardboard, some were stickers, and there was a fat, flat piece of gum. I loved those things. |
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 16:45 Post subject:
Us 30 somethings are showing our age. 
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airehead
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 16:50 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | Us 30 somethings are showing our age. |
There's much worse things we could be showing, I would think.... 
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 16:53 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | | Us 30 somethings are showing our age. |
There's much worse things we could be showing, I would think.... |
Sounds like a good time for Dancing Drunk Joe:
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airehead
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 16:54 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | airehead wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | | Us 30 somethings are showing our age. |
There's much worse things we could be showing, I would think.... |
Sounds like a good time for Dancing Drunk Joe:
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So fubby, it's worth repeating.
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 20:20 Post subject:
wow...that was a stretch....
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airehead
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 20:43 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | wow...that was a stretch.... |
Maybe....but it was worth it.
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/28/03 - 20:47 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | | wow...that was a stretch.... |
Maybe....but it was worth it. |
Its been a few days since DDJ, surfaced, was about time it resurfaced.
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Posted: 03/01/03 - 09:54 Post subject:
OMG, I remember these!! We had the stickers all over our book covers in school--you just weren't cool unless you had them. As I recall, some of them were pretty gross.....
Pro, you always bring up the coolest childhood memories!
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Posted: 03/01/03 - 10:02 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | OMG, I remember these!! We had the stickers all over our book covers in school--you just weren't cool unless you had them. As I recall, some of them were pretty gross.....
Pro, you always bring up the coolest childhood memories! |
Kinda like a psychotherapist--but without the negative or planted memories! 
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Posted: 03/01/03 - 10:05 Post subject:
Yes, let's stay away from those playground themed flashbacks, shall we??
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