In the midst of what was a sugarless gum reformulation explosion following the FDA's banning of the common artificial sweetener Sodium Cyclamate in 1972 , Bazooka Sugar-Free was itself reformulated as the pack below illustrates:
Yes, I was not after the gum (which was still pink and smelled like, well, Bazooka after all these years) but rather the prize inside. After gently prying apart an end, I slid the sticker out, only to find perhaps the worst "electric-eye" cut of all time!
The cut should be just under the black bar at top, bisecting the red, arrow-like graphic in the middle (which would be the left and right borders of the sticker if executed properly), but clearly my example want to opposite-land instead. I guess you could call them Topps stickers, despite being inserted into Bazooka. The back is plain:
These measure 1 1/8" x 3 3/8" and I have to say they are tough to find. There are 48 to the set, with 2 smaller subjects and 1 larger one per sticker (if cut correctly). I would have to check more examples but suspect Topps recycled artwork, especially for the small subjects, from other "goofy" stickers sets from their past, such as 1970's Stacks Of Stickers, which had 704 of the little suckers in all.
I would be impressed if anyone has a full set of these, for sure.
2 comments:
I believe there are 16 different of these, with the 3 stickers apiece making up the set of "48". This is based on opening up a partial box and all the numbers being 16 and below.
Possibly but my experience with the 1979 Baseball Comics had only 1/3 of the set in a box I opened, all in a consecutive run of 11 numbers (can't recall which tranche. 1/3 of 48 would match your 16.
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