Wacky Packages series 1
Wacky Packages series 1 was a series of stickers produced by Topps in 1973. It consists of 30 stickers parodying various consumer products (i.e., 'Grave Train' rather than 'Gravy Train' brand dog food). Although this is commonly referred to as 'series 1,' there was actually a previous Wacky Packages series that was released in 1967. However, that previous series of die-cut cards failed reach sales expectations. Series 1 from 1973, however, caused a sensation.
Kids couldn't get enough of the wacky humor and illustrations. New Wacky Packages released were continued through 1977, for a total of 16 series; cards were reprinted and sold again in 1979 and 1980. For 1973 and 1974, Wacky Packages outsold even Topps baseball cards - the only Topps product ever to do so.The original 30 stickers consisted of:
- Band-Ache Strips
- Bread Crush Hash
- Camals
- Chock Full O' Bolts
- Cover Ghoul
- Crust Toothpaste
- Dopey Cream
- Duzn't Detergent
- Fink Beverage
- Gadzooka Gum
- Grave Train
- Hostage Cupcakes
- Horrid Deoderant
- Jail-O Dessert
- Kook-Aid
- Lavirus
- Liptorn Soup
- Maddie Boy
- Minute Lice
- Mrs. Klean
- Mutt's Juice
- Paul Maul
- Pure Hex
- Quacker Oats
- 6-Up Beverage
- Skimpy
- Spray Nit
- Tied Detergent
- Vicejoy Cigarettes
- Weakies Cereal