ChuckGram Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Any one remember those stickers called Wacky Packages that spoofed real life products? They were the inspiration behind some new models I'm working on. I'd like to do a shopping carts worth. Comments? Quote
heyvern Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 I remember those! As a young child I collected them. I had bunches of them. They came with bubble gum as I recall, like baseball cards. They were fantastic. As I remember it the ones I collected were on cards though, not stickers... I think. Not sure. It was a long time ago (1970's). -vern Quote
mfortunato Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 My roommate mentioned these to me just last week. I'd never heard of them till then. This is really fantastic, so far. Nice job on you labels (and on the models too!). Hmmmm.....What can be added to your basket: Soup cans...brands....Progresso, Campbell's, Healthy Choice Frozen meals - Swanson, Lean Cuisine, Stoffers, D'Giarno (not sure what spoof you'd do on that one). Ice Cream - Haagen Daz, Ben & Jerry's (I can see a Bush and Cheney joke in there somewhere), Dreyers, Edy's Green Giant Lay's potato chips (perhaps that one is too obvious?), Ruffles, Doritos, Tostitos, Fritos, etc. Have fun spoofing. I can't wait to see what else you come up with . - Michael Quote
heyvern Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 There is an original 1973 "Ajerx" sticker going for $65 on eBay... I had a bunch of that one as a kid as well as the "Crust Toothpaste" sticker and all the classics. It brought back memories. I had those stuck to my notebook in school. I remember now... they were stickers. But I also had a huge stack of cards as well. -vern Quote
heyvern Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 Here's one for you! Naomi Campbell's Soup! It would just be water in a can. -vern Quote
ChuckGram Posted March 10, 2007 Author Posted March 10, 2007 I remember those! As a young child I collected them. I had bunches of them. They came with bubble gum as I recall, like baseball cards. They were fantastic. As I remember it the ones I collected were on cards though, not stickers... I think. Not sure. It was a long time ago (1970's). -vern My brother and I collected them in to 70's as well. Some of the prices as you mentioned, are crazy. There was one we found online that spoofed Morton Salt and it was calle Moron Salt. It was never released because Morton threatened to sue Topps over it. Quote
ChuckGram Posted March 10, 2007 Author Posted March 10, 2007 Here's one for you! Naomi Campbell's Soup! It would just be water in a can. -vern Lol. That could work! Quote
ChuckGram Posted March 10, 2007 Author Posted March 10, 2007 My roommate mentioned these to me just last week. I'd never heard of them till then. This is really fantastic, so far. Nice job on you labels (and on the models too!). Hmmmm.....What can be added to your basket: Soup cans...brands....Progresso, Campbell's, Healthy Choice Frozen meals - Swanson, Lean Cuisine, Stoffers, D'Giarno (not sure what spoof you'd do on that one). Ice Cream - Haagen Daz, Ben & Jerry's (I can see a Bush and Cheney joke in there somewhere), Dreyers, Edy's Green Giant Lay's potato chips (perhaps that one is too obvious?), Ruffles, Doritos, Tostitos, Fritos, etc. Have fun spoofing. I can't wait to see what else you come up with . - Michael Those are some great ideas. I may have to steal a few Thanks for the comments! Quote
brainmuffin Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 ropps started making those again recently. Quote
CreativeAustinYankee Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 One of my old posts in the Off Topic forum had a link to all of them, I'll see if I can dig it up. Found it: http://www.wackypackages.org/ Quote
ChuckGram Posted October 17, 2007 Author Posted October 17, 2007 One of my old posts in the Off Topic forum had a link to all of them, I'll see if I can dig it up. Found it: http://www.wackypackages.org/ Thanks! My Brother will probably go nuts buying them. He was very much into collecting these. Quote
phatso Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 I fondly remember something they used to sell at truckstops: Roadkill Helper. Came in a box like Hamburger Helper, with stuff inside - probably wood chips - that rattled. Directions on back about how to roast roadkill on a hot manifold. Sadly, General Mills or Cargill or whoever owns Hamburger Helper sued them and they stopped making it. Gave my box away as a gift; I wish I had it back. Quote
ChuckGram Posted October 17, 2007 Author Posted October 17, 2007 I fondly remember something they used to sell at truckstops: Roadkill Helper. Came in a box like Hamburger Helper, with stuff inside - probably wood chips - that rattled. Directions on back about how to roast roadkill on a hot manifold. Sadly, General Mills or Cargill or whoever owns Hamburger Helper sued them and they stopped making it. Gave my box away as a gift; I wish I had it back. http://cgi.ebay.com/Gag-Foods-Co-Betty-Tru...1QQcmdZViewItem Dont you just love Ebay? Quote
phatso Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 OOH! Damn! Why didn't I think of that! Haven't bought anything on ebay for a long time. Gracias. Quote
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