OPC Wacky Packs
PaulMaul
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I'm posting this here because I know several here are interested in wackys and may not frequent the low-traffic non-sports area.
Of all the vintage wacky pack material, some of the hardest to get a handle on is the OPC wackys. OPC released four series of wackys in 1974, and after 40 years, unopened packs for two of the four series still have not surfaced (series 1 and 3).
Until recently, only two vintage OPC wrappers were known, a red one and a blue one. Both had the "Fink" can and look like this:
A couple of years ago someone found a version of the red wrapper that had an extra line of text ("Printed in USA").
Very recently, this wrapper turned up. It had never been known to the hobby before. Notice the can is "Chef Girl Ar Dee" instead of Fink:
What series this wrapper was used for remains a mystery. But the moral is: new things can still turn up after 40 years!
Of all the vintage wacky pack material, some of the hardest to get a handle on is the OPC wackys. OPC released four series of wackys in 1974, and after 40 years, unopened packs for two of the four series still have not surfaced (series 1 and 3).
Until recently, only two vintage OPC wrappers were known, a red one and a blue one. Both had the "Fink" can and look like this:
A couple of years ago someone found a version of the red wrapper that had an extra line of text ("Printed in USA").
Very recently, this wrapper turned up. It had never been known to the hobby before. Notice the can is "Chef Girl Ar Dee" instead of Fink:
What series this wrapper was used for remains a mystery. But the moral is: new things can still turn up after 40 years!
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<< <i>But the moral is: new things can still turn up after 40 years! >>
So true Dave.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.