Fiends & Machines

Donruss released their Fiends & Machines stickers in about 1970. There were 66 stickers in the set.
Fiends & Machines was part of the 'car-and-monster' craze of the late 60's and early 70's, which always paired a horrible (but
somehow humorous) creature or character with a cartoony, supercharged automobile. Odd Rods was probably the ultimate expression of
this in the card collecting hobby. The trend started in the first place with the artwork of Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth.
The stickers were separated into two groups of 33 each: #'s 1-33 are the Fiends, while #34-66 are the Machines. The Fiends are
mostly monster heads which line up with barely-protruding necks at the tops of the Machines cards, so that when the one is placed
on top of the other, the two cards make one image of a monstrous visage arising out of a souped-up car. A humorous slogan is
included in the image, continued from the top card to the bottom (and open-ended enough so that any combination of tops and bottoms
will work together, more or less).
These being stickers, the backs were merely instructions on how to peel and apply them.
Note: Although this sticker set is now 40 years old, values are somewhat depressed due to a find of a large cache of the series in
the 1980's.
Value: Stickers from this set in Excellent condition can be had for about $4.00 or less each; a full set of 66 might bring between
$120.00 to $150.00.
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