{"id":4836,"date":"2012-06-27T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4836"},"modified":"2012-06-27T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T17:49:02","slug":"wacky-wednesdays-nothing-the-wacky-package-that-almost-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=4836","title":{"rendered":"Wacky Wednesdays – Nothing! – The Wacky Package that Almost Wasn’t."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays is a bit of a departure from the previous entries, as I was personally involved in shaping the final look of this sticker.\u00a0\u00a0 From 2012’s Wacky Packages Old School Series 3 is a sticker I call “Nothing”, a parody of Nestle’s $100,000 bar.<\/p>\n

As I’ve explained in past articles, Wacky Packages “Old School” is the brainchild of Wacky Package artist David Gross.\u00a0 Conceived as a continuation of the original 1970’s Wacky Package series, Old School aims to create new parodies of 1970’s products, with the spirit and style of the originals.<\/p>\n

As the intent is to parody products in their original 1970’s packaging styles, and thanks to my knowledge of that era’s packaging, David Gross called upon me personally to consult on the series releases.\u00a0 Sometimes it would be to help him track down a 1970’s version of a package, or to make sure the versions he turned up were era-appropriate.\u00a0 It was in this function that I helped shape the development of the Wacky Packages Old School Nothing sticker.<\/p>\n

In November 2011, David sent me an e-mail containing a few images for the upcoming Old School series, to get my feedback on them.\u00a0 It so happened that my girlfriend and I were vacationing in the UK at the time and that particular evening we were staying in a hotel room above a pub in Oxford.<\/p>\n

Relaxing after a long day of sight-seeing, and finally figuring out how to access the intermittent wifi signal available in the room, I checked in with my iPad and saw an unexpected e-mail from David.\u00a0 I opened it and one of the images he sent immediately jumped out at me.\u00a0 This was the one:<\/p>\n

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Wacky Packages Old School 3 – $100,000 bar parody initial version<\/p><\/div>\n

The 1970’s $100,000 bar wrapper is one of my all-time favorites from the era, so I knew that this one was wrong.\u00a0 Before falling asleep, I hurriedly tapped out a note to David explaining the problem with the design used for the sticker.\u00a0 The 1970’s version, as I pointed out, included a photo of a kid among other elements.\u00a0 This version was an early 80’s wrapper.<\/p>\n

Dave explained that the wrapper reference he used was credited as the 1970’s, but I assured him that the person who labeled it as such was mistaken. \u00a0 This was the wrapper he saw:<\/p>\n

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Early 1980’s $100,000 bar wrapper<\/p><\/div>\n

I knew that the style he used could only have been released no earlier than 1980 – outside of his parameters for inclusion in the series.\u00a0 I’d seen a 1979 wrapper, and it matched the kid-version ones that preceded it. \u00a0 Even though I was in a hotel room in the UK, far away from my collection, I was able to provide David with an image of a 1970’s wrapper, as it was stored on my Flickr pages (thanks, Internet!).<\/p>\n

Dave thanked me for spotting the problem and explained that he was running up to his deadline for the series\u00a0 In spite of his lack of time, he would attempt to alter the art to match the era-appropriate wrapper I sent.\u00a0 This was what I e-mailed him:<\/p>\n

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Nestle – $100,000 bar wrapper – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Dave squeezed in the extra work and made the necessary changes to match the 1970’s wrapper and this is how it looked when it was released:<\/p>\n

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Wacky Packages Old School 3 – $100,000 bar parody “Nothing” – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

I think that one turned out quite wonderfully, and any time you get to include a wacky character is always good for a Wacky Packages sticker.<\/p>\n

One final bit of trivia about this story.\u00a0 The art for the Old School 3 wrappers had already been sent to the printer before David and I realized there was an issue with this sticker.\u00a0 It was too late to make a change on the wrapper, and they were printed with the original design.\u00a0 Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Wacky Packages Old School 3 wrapper – 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything for today’s edition of Wacky Wednesdays.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed this behind-the-scenes tale of how this one came together.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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