Yep, it's those diecut collectible stickers from the seventies and eighties and beyond. Made by Topps and loved by all. The collecting phenomenon of the 70s is back with all-new series of hilarious parody bubblegum stickers.
Chock full of Nuts and Bolts. Bill Griffith worked as a gag writer/sketch artist for Topps in 1973 and 1974. His thirty or so published Wacky Packages titles include Soft Head Bulbs from series 6 (now a magnet in All New Series 3), Kentucky Fried Fingers from series 8, and most of the 12th series wackies.
posted by Barney Danger at 4:45 PM
I'm a recovering ventriliquist working as graphic artist in Melbourne who is pretty much obsessed with typography. I love arts but hate arts and crafts and I love nachos but hate corn chips.
Wacky Packages are stickers (peel and punch-out) that were released by the Topps Chewing Gum company (and their Canadian partner OPC) from 1967 to the most recent series in 2004. They parodied common household products and were extremely popular among children in the 1970's. Read what some of the newspapers had to say at the time. Between 1997 and 2004, with the help of the internet, Wackys experienced a great resurgence of popularity as more and more people in their 30's and 40's, recall this childhood craze and desire to re-collect them. Here are the top ten reasons why people love Wackys. To all of our amazement, in 2004 Topps brought wackys back, and they did so with considerable success. This has blasted the hobby to a whole new level.
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