{"id":6819,"date":"2012-10-13T08:07:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T12:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2012-10-13T08:07:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T12:07:51","slug":"fleers-pumpkin-face-bubble-gum-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6819","title":{"rendered":"Fleer’s Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I’d like to turn my Halloween-focused lens onto a Fleer offering that for many years was a perennial favorite – Fleer’s Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum. \u00a0 Not only that, I’ll showcase a pair of similar Fleer products that made their way onto Halloween shelves as well.<\/p>\n

Pumpkin-Face was most likely introduced in the late 1970’s.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s an example of an early Pumpkin-Face pack wrapper:<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Giant Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

The 1970’s were a creative period for Fleer’s novelty bubble gum division, and it seems like they were constantly dreaming up new shapes and forms to deliver gum product in.\u00a0\u00a0 Similar to a Razzles gum piece, Pumpkin-Face was a large single piece of molded gum, and the Razzles-like composition allowed for very specific molding to take place.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of a vintage Pumpkin-Face pack that I opened some years ago:<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Giant Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum broken candy\/gum – 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Pumpkin-Face was a part of Fleer’s annual Halloween line-up for well over a decade.\u00a0\u00a0 It would lead to similar products for Christmas and Easter over the years.\u00a0 In the 1990’s, the packaging for Pumpkin-Face received a contemporary refresh.\u00a0 Here’s an example:<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Pumpkin-Face giant bubble gum – Halloween candy gum package – 1990’s<\/p><\/div>\n

Last year I discovered something I’d never come across before, a Fleer product that appeared to be the same type of confection as Pumpkin-Face, also targeted at the Halloween season;\u00a0 Amazing Count Von Bubbles.\u00a0\u00a0 Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Amazing Count Von Bubbles – bubble gum – package – 1970’s 1980’s<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m not certain if Fleer’s Count Von Bubbles was one of the many spinoffs of Pumpkin-Face gum, or if it was the predecessor.\u00a0 For now, I only know it’s another cool part of the puzzle.<\/p>\n

One last piece to share today may have not been created just for Halloween, but since it’s New York Comic Con weekend, I though it was appropriate to share.\u00a0 Once again, this was the same candy\/gum product as Pumpkin-Face sold in a similar package, but this one was branded with Marvel Comics’ Ghost Rider (Note the back side of this package is nearly identical to the 1990’s Pumpkin-Face pack):<\/p>\n

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Fleer – Marvel Comics – Ghost Rider – Bubble Gum Skull – candy package – 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

That wraps up the story-so-far on Fleer’s Pumpkin-Face Bubble Gum.\u00a0 I will be bringing together a post later this year on the other seasonal versions of Pumpkin-Face that Fleer released for various holidays.\u00a0 For now, that’s everything I’ve got.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n

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