Wacky Packages!!!

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Welcome to the Wacky Packages web universe.
This is a non-profit endeavor, the goal is simply to supply free, and spam-free, information about Wacky Packages.

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Wacky Packages parodied common household products and were extremely popular among children in the 1970's. They are stickers (peel and punch-out) that were released by the Topps Chewing Gum company (and their Canadian partner OPC) between 1967 and 1992.

In the last 5 years, with the help of the internet, Wackys have experienced a great resurgence of popularity as more and more people, now in their 30's and 40's, recall this childhood craze and desire to re-collect them.

Here are the top ten reasons why Wackys are so cool.

It's possible you just found a stack of wackys in your parents house and you want to know what they are worth, if anything, and where you can sell them. To try to answer those questions, see this

FAQ for those who just found a stack of wackys

You might also want to visit the Wacky Pack price guide.

Alternatively, if you prefer to talk to a real person, or if you are anybody who just needs some honest advice about wackys, you should feel free to email me, greg@wackypackages.org. All questions will be answered, from the basic to the complex, so don't be shy.

This page is intended to go beyond the basics and will gather information about original art, sheets, boxes, wrappers, availability, and much more, including the most obscure information. If you are looking for basic type information, such as pictures of the individual stickers, that information is currently being added to this site, for now you can get the rest of the basic information at John Mann's Wacky Pack Page.

Stickers - Images and Info:

Images and information by series
- Topps - domestic
Unpublished or "Lost" Wackys
An alphabetical cross reference of all Wackys and all series.
- here is a faster downloading version - no links
The actual names of the products!
- ...and some pictorial comparisons.
The 1-16 timeline.
The Irish variation stickers.
How to differentiate Laviruses by their die-cuts, and other tricks.

Original Art:

The stories surrounding the original art to wackys weave a long and sordid tale, full of mystery, intrigue, battles, speculation, and subterfuge, and many still unfound treasures. The subject deserves its own book, and I will try to develop it as best I can here. The story basically breaks into two parts.
- The past
- The present
A listing of the 1989 Topps/Guernsey auction pieces
Scans of the Guernsey catalog
An archive of the original art eBay auctions conducted by Topps.
Pete's original art archive

Uncut Sheets:

Pictures of uncut sheets.
Click here to find out why there are an endless number of 1979 rerun uncut sheets.

Wrappers:

The complete list of wacky pack wrappers in the known universe, including all variations of code number, all ad variations, and all date variations.
And an actual picture of all wrappers on that list. It's large, but worth the wait.

Packs:

A list of pack contents for the different series.
Scans of all packs (includes all ad and wrapper variations) - (still under construction - currently up to series 8).
Find out the difference between a -21- pack and an -85- pack, and how to tell the difference from the front!
And a picture of a set of packs one from each of series 1-16.

Availability: Availability of core wacky pack items have been ranked (by experts) on a scale of -1 to 30 (-1 means never seen and probably doesn't exist, 0 means never seen yet may well exist, 1 means unique (like original art), 2 means only one known copy but more may exist (like the 11th series sheet), 3 means very few known, etc... up to 30 which are the most common).

Miscellaneous: This will eventually be better organized.

Non-sticker series
- Wacky Placks - 1974
Other stuff
- The Wacky Pack Phylum
- Wacky Pack animation
- Wacky Packages rated best children's craze in the last 1000 years by Entertainment Weekly.
- Relive what it feels like to open a pack of Wackys
- Wacky Holiday Greetings: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.

Click here to see the curator's want/extras list

Merchandise: These are links to third party products for your information. None of these products are created by or profited on by the owners of this web site.

Purchase a poster which contains an image of every wacky.
If you are looking for a hard copy book on wacky packs, try The Wacky Pack Gallery.
Purchase Wacky Package recreations, cereal boxes, magnets, mousepads, etc... and see also his lost wackys page.

Other Wacky Pages

Site maintained by Greg Grant who is not affiliated with Topps in any way.
All comments and questions welcomed, please contact me at greg@wackypackages.org

* All text on this domain copyright Greg Grant (c) 2000-2002, unless otherwise specified.
* All images on this domain: no opinion. But if you make too much profit from them Topps may have an opinion - they don't seem to mind small projects on Wackys, e.g. this site, but there is no guarantee. This site has had no dialog with Topps on this matter, and is not affiliated with Topps in any way.

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