A friend recently gifted to me a couple of amazing, unopened wax packs of Topps Wanted Posters from 1975. And how do I know they were never opened? I mean, aside from still being sealed? Both packs still had the groady old, petrified gum sticks in 'em! Scored a couple of good ones too, the "Big Sister" and the "Teacher's Pet", are both very deserving subjects based upon all of the irritating pain they cause the human race. Fun art inside and out, and when completely unfolded, each poster is 10" x 18 1/2" and totally perfect for your bedroom wall, door, and especially inside your school locker. If you're interested in learning more about these, hit up Google and you'll see plenty of examples of the 1967 series, all the way up to the ones from 1980 as well.
4 comments:
Huh. Blind pack trading posters are a thing I've come across--at least never that I know of. This is a super neat idea and a great acquisition!
That gum doesn't look much worse than it originally did I suspect. I would have thought they'd separate the food from the folded poster by a piece of card stock or wax paper or something, but I guess not. I can see where its unnatural gum oils oozed through to the image sides of the posters. Bummer.
Wow that gum ... looks .... probably the same as it did when the pack was new. I mean, they had the cheapest gum in those! :)
The art work is really cute here. Good expressions all around, bright cartoonish coloring, the font is even good and fits each piece, even down to the different bullet points.
Topps always had the best card packs out there.
The blond kid on the cover of the package is either the Dennis the Menace reboot for the 1990's, or a ten year old Bevis before he grew a mullet and met Butthead. He is even ready to play Frog-Baseball!
All of the art exudes a Wally Wood vibe, but not completely sure it's his work. Nice find!
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