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Topps Wacky Ad series: 1969

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  • The Wacky Ads were Topps' second experiment with product parody. They came out in 1969, a year after the die-cuts.
  • Ad Packs contain five stickers and a piece of gum.
  • They were two releases of this series:
  • This series has no checklist.
  • sticker copyright:
  • The Ads are punch-outs like the die-cuts, however they have a larger border with artwork depicted also on the border.
  • Like the die-cuts, the Ads are numbered, numbers are from 1 to 36, however numbers are on the front.
  • As opposed to the die-cuts, there were no substitutions in the Wacky Ad series, however one card was pulled early on, the notoriously hard to find number 25, Good and Empty.
    • Those collecting after Good and Empty was pulled would never be able to complete a set as there was no other #25 used to replace it.
    • Good and Empty exists only as a long perf, for all other titles there exist both perf types.
    • Good and Empty in NM condition has been going for between $500 and $1500 on eBay.
  • 24 of the Wackys from the die-cut series were reproduced in this series (four very small images were squeezed onto each of six Ads).
  • As opposed to the die-cuts which were painted by Norm Saunders, the Ads were painted by Tom Sutton (who, incidentally, passed away in 2002).
    • Read a letter written by Bhob Stewart to Jay Lynch requesting him to draw up some gags for this series.
    • When Saunders came back to working on Wackys in 1973 he reproduced most of the Ads series in his own style, this became the 1973 2nd series.
  • Five titles were not reproduced in the 1973 2nd series. One title, Garbage Baby Food, was renamed Gurgle in the 2nd series.

 
Thumbnail indices to images of the Wacky Ad Series
Thumbnail image index without frames
Thumbnail image index with frames

 
   Wacky Ad checklist
Number
Title
long perf
scan
short perf
scan
1
Melty Way
front
back
front
back
2
Plastered Peanuts
front
back
front
back
3
Minute Mud
front
back
front
back
4
Gloom
front
back
front
back
5
Vile Soap
front
back
front
back
6
Ajerx
front
back
front
back
7
Blunder Bread
front
back
front
back
8
Metrekill Diet Drink
front
back
front
back
9
Ultra Blight
front
back
front
back
10
Boo-Hoo Drink
front
back
front
back
11
Hurts
front
back
front
back
12
Guerilla Milk
front
back
front
back
13
Chicken Fat
front
back
front
back
14
Garbage Baby Food
front
back
front
back
15
Blecch Shampoo
front
back
front
back
16
Tied / Cover Ghoul / Quaker Oats / Band-Ache
front
back
front
back
17
Duzn't / Horrid / Pure Hex / Fink
front
back
front
back
18
Schtick Blades
front
back
front
back
19
Nertz
front
back
front
back
20
Minute Lice / Dopey / Hostage / Chock
front
back
front
back
21
Paul Maul / Spray Nit / Lavirus / Mutt's
front
back
front
back
22
Ditch Masters
front
back
front
back
23
Poopsi
front
back
front
back
24
Cap'n Crud
front
back
front
back
25
Good and Empty
front
back
N/A
N/A
26
Kook Cigarettes
front
back
front
back
27
Exceedrin Tablets
front
back
front
back
28
Sludgesickle
front
back
front
back
29
Weakies / Crust / Gadzooka / Kook-Aid
front
back
front
back
30
Commie Cleanser
front
back
front
back
31
Sailem
front
back
front
back
32
Botch Tape
front
back
front
back
33
All-Brain Cereal
front
back
front
back
34
Awful Bits
front
back
front
back
35
Fish-Bone Dressing
front
back
front
back
36
Skimpy / Mrs. Klean / 6-Up / Breadcrust
front
back
front
back
 
 
 
 
Many thanks go to Andy Herrmann for suplying some of the scans.
Melty Way  #1 
Plastered Peanuts #2 
Minute Mud #3 
Gloom #4 
Vile Soap #5 
Ajerx #6 
Blunder Bread #7 
Metrekill Diet Drink #8 
Ultra Blight #9 
Boo-Hoo Drink #10 
Hurts Tomatoes #11 
Guerilla Milk #12 
Chicken Fat #13 
Garbage Baby Food #14 
Blecch Shampoo #15 
Tied / Cover Ghoul / Quaker Oats / Band-Ache #16 
Duzn't / Horrid / Pure Hex / Fink #17 
Schtick Blades #18 
Nertz #19 
Minute Lice / Dopey / Hostage / Chock #20 
Paul Maul / Spray Nit / Lavirus / Mutt's #21 
Ditch Masters #22 
Poopsi #23 
Cap n Crud #24 
Good and Empty #25 
Kook Cigarettes #26 
Exceedrin Tablets #27 
Sludgsickle #28 
Weakies / Crust / Gadzooka / Kook-Aid #29 
Commie Cleanser #30 
Sailem #31 
Botch Tape #32 
All-Brain Cereal #33 
Awful Bits #34 
Fish-Bone Dressing #35 
Skimpy / Mrs. Klean / 6-Up / Breadcrust #36