{"id":6569,"date":"2012-09-25T16:18:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T20:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6569"},"modified":"2012-09-25T16:18:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T20:18:20","slug":"the-original-razzles-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6569","title":{"rendered":"The Original Razzles – Discovered!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today marks my third Razzles post for CollectingCandy, as it’s been quite a year of research and discovery for me on the topic.\u00a0\u00a0 When I posted my “All About Razzles”<\/a> article back on April 2nd, I thought I’d seen it all.\u00a0\u00a0 After two previously-unseen flavors of Razzles showed up, I posted my “Revised and Revisited”<\/a> entry on July 31st.\u00a0\u00a0 It was fun to add those new discoveries to my original entry.<\/p>\n

But the hits have kept on coming and last month I was amazed to learn about an early version of Razzles that was released in 1966, a full two years before the oldest pack I’d previously known about. \u00a0\u00a0 An early version of Cherry Razzles also showed up at the same time.\u00a0\u00a0 So my understanding about the origins of this product have been upended, and today I get to share both of these exciting new discoveries with you.<\/p>\n

Let me first go back and revisit what I previously thought was the earliest release of Razzles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From back when the product was a raspberry-only candy, this early paper pack sported fun mascots, a 1969 expiration date, and a “new” indication (turned out this wasn’t as new as it claimed):<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Razzles – Raspberry Flavored Gum – 1968-1969 – Image courtesy Dan Goodsell<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The discovery of an earlier pack came from a longtime collector who had acquired his pieces out of original Fleer company files.\u00a0 This was the very first style of Razzles pack ever produced, and this example was said to be one of the first off the production line. \u00a0 A true “rookie pack” for Razzles and unlike the later paper packs that would follow, this 1966 pack was made of foil.\u00a0\u00a0 Also of note is the patent pending indication.<\/p>\n

It’s possible that Razzles were only test marketed for the first year or two, and didn’t get national distribution until the version seen in 1968, but I’m not certain.\u00a0\u00a0 Here is the 1966 foil pack:<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Razzles – raspberry flavored gum – great new – foil pack – pat pending – 1966<\/p><\/div>\n

While much of the design of the 1966 pack is the same as the later 1968, the notable differences are the style of illustrations of the candy and the classic Razzles logo.\u00a0 The logo seen on the 1968 pack would remain largely unchanged until the late 1980’s.\u00a0 But the 1966 version was quite different.\u00a0 Here they are, isolated for contrast:<\/p>\n

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Razzles logo type differences – 1966 and 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

The 1966 Razzles edition is one of the coolest things I’ve ever learned about or found as a candy collector, and I’m excited to add it to my historical knowledge of the brand.\u00a0\u00a0 It also shows us that we are only four years away from being able to celebrate Razzles’ 50th Anniversary – fun stuff!<\/p>\n

Next up is an early 70’s version of Cherry Razzles.\u00a0 I first learned about Cherry Razzles earlier this year when I found mention of them on a 1975 trade ad.\u00a0\u00a0 When I first spotted the next pack, I assumed that it was the same version I’d found previously.\u00a0 But it wasn’t.\u00a0 This pack was an earlier version, before the fruit-mascots had been added to the packs, and here it is:<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Razzles Cherry – gum candy pack – backpack offer – 1974<\/p><\/div>\n

With these two awesome discoveries, it was also time to go back and revise my Razzles visual timeline.\u00a0 So here it is:<\/p>\n

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CollectingCandy.com Razzles revised timeline – Sept 25th 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

And that’s everything on today’s revelation of the original 1966 Razzles.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed it, and I’ll see you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks my third Razzles post for CollectingCandy, as it’s been quite a year of research and discovery for me on the topic.\u00a0\u00a0 When I posted my “All About Razzles” article back on April 2nd, I thought I’d seen it … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,24,199,34],"tags":[377,584,553,317,507,378,379,518,321,316,328,351,332,14,324,78,333,462,21,490,15,348,11],"class_list":["post-6569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","category-1970s","category-fleer","category-gum-2","tag-1960s-candy","tag-1960s-fleer","tag-1960s-gum","tag-1970s-candy","tag-1970s-fleer","tag-60s-candy","tag-70s-candy","tag-70s-gum","tag-candy-collecting","tag-candy-collection","tag-candy-collector","tag-candy-wrapper-collection","tag-candy-wrapper-collector","tag-collectible","tag-collecting-candy","tag-confectionery","tag-confections","tag-fleer-candy","tag-packaging","tag-razzles","tag-sweets","tag-vintage-candy-wrapper","tag-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2aFGk-1HX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6569"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6591,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions\/6591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}