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Category Archives: Topps
Back Home – And still more of the Jeff Nelson gum collection!
After a little more than a week away, the CollectingCandy.com staff has returned home. It was an amazing road trip, though it is nice to be able to post from my home PC, while having easy access to my scanner … Continue reading
Posted in 1980's, 1990's, Bubble Gum, Novelty, Topps, Uncategorized
Tagged 1980's, 1990's, 80's, 90's, bubble gum, bubblegum, candy, collectible, collection, collector, confection, confectionery, gum, kids, novelty, packaging, retro, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Wedgie!
As I pointed out yesterday, today marks the opening day for Major League Baseball’s 2012 season. Tonight at just after 7pm, the Cards and the Marlins face off. So, continuing the thematic of baseball from yesterday’s post, today’s edition of … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, collector, confection, packaging, parody, sticker, sweets, Topps, vintage, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Milk Muds!
For this week’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays, I’m going to cover the original Wacky Packages parody for Milk Duds – Milk Muds. This has long-been one of my favorite Wackys, and I think that goes back to when I first … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Boxed, Topps, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, caramel, chocolate, collect, collectible, collecting, collection, confeciton, confection, confectionery, Hershey, Holloway, packaging, retro, sweets, Topps, vintage, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys
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Pop Bottle Candy – a Topps classic from my Woolworth’s youth.
Since I launched CollectingCandy.com, there are a few topics that I’ve been especially excited to talk about and share pieces of – and Pop Bottle Candy is definitely one of them.
Posted in 1970's, 1980's, Hard Candy, Novelty, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 1980's, 70's, 80's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, confectionery, novelty, old, packaging, retro, sweets, vintage, wrapper
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Wacky Wednesdays – Paydough
For today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays we’re going to delve back to 1974 and the original Wacky Packages series 12 for the parody of Hollywood’s Payday candy bar, Paydough.
Posted in 1970's, Chocolate, Gum, Topps, Uncategorized, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, chocolate, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, confectionery, Hollywood, parody, Payday, retro, stickers, sweets, Topps, vintage, Wackies, Wacky Packages, Wackys, wrappers
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Wacky Wednesdays – Rotsa Root
This week I’m once again having my Tuesday column lead into Wacky Wednesdays. I don’t think that’s going to become a habit, but sometimes it is going to make sense and when it does, I’ll go with it.
Posted in 1970's, Topps, Uncategorized, Wacky Packages
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, retro, sweets, vintage, Wacky Packages, Wacky Packs, Wackys
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Topps’ Lotsa Loot – Money, Money, Money, Money – Candy-Money!
I’m not sure about everyone else, but when I was a kid it was always fun playing with pretend money. Be it Monopoly or play money or the occasional odd foreign coin that would find their way into my hands, … Continue reading
Posted in 1970's, Hard Candy, Topps
Tagged 1970's, 70's, candy, collectible, collecting, collection, confection, design, packaging, retro, sweets, Topps, vintage, wrappers
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From the Mystery Files: Ringers – The Adult Bubble Gum.
I’ve previously pointed out that the history of candy and gum packaging is largely unknown. It’s a bit like a fossil record in that for every piece you’ve seen, there are likely ten more that you haven’t. For me that’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, 1970's, Bubble Gum, Topps
Tagged 1960's, 1970's, 60's, 70's, bubble gum, bubblegum, candy, collectible, collecting, collector, confection, counter-culture, flower power, gum, hippie, mod, non-sport, packaging, sweets, Topps, wrapper
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