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Saturday, March 31, 2012

A Tale Of Two Stamp Ads

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Topps spent a lot of money advertising Bazooka Bubble Gum and its myriad resplendent premiums in the comic books of the late 40's and e...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Baked Salmon

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When Topps wanted to really mess around with their products, they sometimes went all in.  One very odd case of reissues concerns three parti...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A Use For A Fire Extinguisher I'll Bet You Never Thought About

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Well, it looks like I ran a Bazooka ad last time out that came out after the one I am posting about today.  Hey, these things happen when yo...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Akoozab! Akoozab!

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When Topps first launched Bazooka Bubble Gum in 1947, it was billed as "The Atom Bubble Gum".  Putting aside the obvious inferenc...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Raks Resurgent

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1975 saw production of three sportscard Rak Paks.  Baseball, as always, led the parade: While the card...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Rak 'Em Up

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After a four year run utilizing essentially the same header cards for their rak paks in all sports, Topps changed things in 1974.  Partially...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The Write Stuff

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Did you ever wonder as a kid what would happen if you wrote to Topps?  Well Friend o'the Archive Jeff Alcorn did and has the paperwork t...
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