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Wacky Packages checklist typos and anomalies
 

• Cloth series 1973
  • Mrs Klean
    • Spelled "Mrs Kleen" on the cloth series checklist.
  • Jail-O Dessert
    • Spelled "desert" on the checklist
• 1st series 1973
  • Jail-O Dessert
    • Spelled "desert" on the checklist
• 1st series OPC 1973
  • Jail-O Dessert
    • Spelled "desert" on the checklist
• 3rd series 1973
  • Bustedfinger
    • Hyphenated on checklist "Busted-Finger".
  • Sweathard
    • Hyphenated on checklist "Sweat-Hard".
  • 1.A.
    • Hyphenated on checklist "1-A".
  • Rice A Phoni
    • Misspelled Rice A Phony
• 3rd series OPC 1973
  • Bustedfinger
    • Hyphenated on checklist "Busted-Finger".
  • Sweathard
    • Hyphenated on checklist "Sweat-Hard".
  • 1.A.
    • Hyphenated on checklist "1-A".
  • Rice A Phoni
    • Misspelled Rice A Phony
• 6th series 1974
  • Goonman's Looney Noodles
    • Originally spelled "Goodman's" on the checklist, and then changed.
  • Spills Bros.
    • Originally spelled "Spills Bad" on the checklist, and then changed to "Spills Bros.". But that is still wrong since the sticker does not have the period.
  • Super Cigar Crisp
    • Listed as "Sugar Cigar Crisp" on the both versions of the checklist.
• 7th series 1974
  • My-T-Fink Dessert
    • misspelled "desert" on the checklist
• 9th series 1974
  • DeLinquent Spinach
    • Misspelled "Spinich" on checklist.
  • Easy-Cough
    • Hyphenated on the sticker, not on the checklist
• 10th series 1974
  • Tic Toc
    • Hyphenated on the checklist "Tic-Toc"
• 12th series 1975
  • Pieces
    • Has an apostrophe on the sticker but not on the checklist
• 13th series 1975
  • Bum's Life Magazine
    • Spelled Bums' on the sticker, but Bum's on the checklist.
  • Shrunken' Donuts
    • has an apostrophe on the sticker, but not on the checklist. (Now, Drunken wouldn't normally have an apostrophe, but since Dunkin' would, it was left in.)
• 15th series 1975
  • Hacks Cough Drops
    • On checklist says Hack's with an apostrophe, which is not on the sticker.
  • Famous Mobsters
    • On checklist says Famous Mobster's, with an apostrophe, which is not on the sticker.
• 1st UK
  • Fibby's
    • Apostrophe on the sticker but not on the 1st UK checklist
  • Head & Boulders
    • Misspelled "Head & Bolders" on the 1st UK checklist
• 2nd UK
  • It says "CHECK LIST" on it (two words), all other series say "CHECKLIST" as one word.
  • The checklist is alphabetized but Skip is out of place (probably because they changed it from "Shake and Skip" to "Skip".
  • Choke-Up
    • Hyphen on the sticker but not on the 2nd UK checklist
  • Hiccups
    • Apostrophe on the sticker but not on the 2nd UK checklist
  • Planet of the Grapes
    • Missing "The" on the 2nd UK checklist
• 1st rerun 1979
  • Blast Blew Ribbon Beer
    • Checklist says "Blast Blue Ribbon," actual sticker says "Blast Blew Ribbon".
  • Rice A Phoni
    • Misspelled Rice-A-Phony
  • Slaytex
    • Hyphenated Slay-tex
  • Land O Quakes
    • Has apostrophe on the checklist "Land O'Quakes", there is no apostrophe on the sticker.
  • Goonman's Looney Noodles
    • Missing apostrophe, spelled "Goonmans" on the checklist.
  • Bustedfinger
    • Spelled as two words on the checklist "Busted Finger"
• 2nd rerun 1979
  • Scary Lee
    • Has hyphen on the checklist, not on the acutal sticker.
  • Lipoff Cup-a-slop
    • Spelled "soup" on the checklist instead of "slop," and also should be hyphenated but isn't on the checklist.
• 4th rerun 1980
  • Stiffords
    • Has apostrophe on the checklist, not on the sticker.
• OPC 1988
  • Replacements messed up the alphabetization.
  • Ruden's Cough Drops
    • Spelled "Ruben's" on the 1988 OPC checklist.
  • King O'Scare Sardines
    • Spelled on the 1988 OPC checklist as "Kin O'Scare"
  • Stiffords
    • Has apostrophe on the checklist, not on the sticker.
• OPC 1989
  • Big Baddy
    • Spelled "Big Daddy" on the 1989 OPC checklist.
• 1991 Topps
  • Baby Splitters
    • Is two words on the sticker, one word (Babysplitters) on the checklist
  • Squelch's Grape Juice
    • Checklist says "Squelch's Grape Juice" but the sticker says "Squelch's Ape Juice"
  • Old El Gaso
    • Checklist says "Old El Gaso" but the sticker says "OLD EL GAS-O"
• 1st series 2004
  • Zit Kat
    • On all three regular series checklists, the title is listed as "Zit Cat" while on the two tattoo/clings checklists, it is listed as "Zit Kat."
  • Smellio's
    • The sticker has an apostrophe in the title, but on the checklist it's listed as "Smellios".
  • Welt's
    • The sticker has an apostrophe in the title, but on the checklist it's listed as "Welts".
  • Who Cares? Bears
    • Has the question mark after "Bears" on the checklist.
• 2nd series 2005
  • Spores
    • The sticker says "S'pores" with the apostrophe, the checklist says "Spores" without the apostrophe.
  • Harry Combs
    • The sticker says "Hairy-Combs" with the hyphen, the checklist says "Harry Combs".
  • Soggy Bottom Wet Pants
    • The sticker says "SoggyBottom Wetpants", the checklist says "Soggy Bottom Wet Pants".
  • Headhunter Helper
    • Says "Headhunter Helper" on the sticker, says "HeadHunter Helper" on the checklist.

 
 
 
  Many thanks to Mark Parisi, Patrick Zimmerman, Bob Morris, and others for helping compile this list.