TOPPS 1960S PART ONE (1960-1965)

I collected a bunch of scans from Topps trading cards from the 1960s to the present. I figured it would be fun to post some of the wrapper and box pics. There sure are a lot, so I thought it would bee a good idea to break it up into a few posts.

Here are the scans from 1960-1965 (some are poor, but they are getting older and harder to find good images of):




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1960 ANGRY STICKERS WRAPPER


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1960 FUNNY VALENTINES WRAPPER


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1960 FUNNY VALENTINES WRAPPER 2

1960 POPEYE TATTOOS (MISSING IMAGES)


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1960 PRESIDENTS AND FAMOUS AMERICANS WRAPPER


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1961 CRAZY CARDS WRAPPER


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1961 GIANT SIZE FUNNY VALENTINES WRAPPER


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1961 SPORTS CARS BOX


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1961 SPORTS CARS WRAPPER


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1962 CASEY AND KILDARE WRAPPER


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1962 CASEY AND KILDARE BOX


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1962 CIVIL WAR NEWS WRAPPER


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1962 CIVIL WAR NEWS BOX


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1962 MARS ATTACKS WRAPPER


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1962 MONSTER TATTOOS BOX


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1962 SUPERMAN TATTOOS BOX


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1962 VALENTINE STICKERS WRAPPER


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1963 ASTRONAUTS WRAPPER


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1963 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES WRAPPER


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1963 FLAG MIDGEE WRAPPER


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1963 FLAG MIDGEE BOX


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1963 MONSTER LAFFS MIDGEE WRAPPER


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1963 MONSTER LAFFS MIDGEE BOX


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1963 VALENTINE FOLDEES WRAPPER 1


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1963 VALENTINE FOLDEES WRAPPER 2


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1964 BEATLES PLAKS BOX


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1964 BEATLES CARDS WRAPPER


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1964 BEATLES CARDS BOX


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1964 BEATLES COLOR PHOTOS WRAPPER


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1964 BEATLES- HARD DAYS NIGHT WRAPPER


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1964 JOHN F KENNEDY WRAPPER


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1964 JOHNSON VS GOLDWATER WRAPPER


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1964 NUTTY AWARDS WRAPPER


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1964 MONSTERS FROM OUTER LIMITS WRAPPER


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1965 BATTLE WRAPPER


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1965 BATTLE BOX


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1965 FLYING THINGS


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1965 GILLIGAN'S ISLAND WRAPPER


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1965 MONSTER GREETING CARDS WRAPPER


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1965 MONSTER GREETING CARDS BOX


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1965 RAT FINK GREETING CARDS WRAPPER


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1965 RAT FINK GREETING CARDS BOX


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1965 SILLY STICKERS WRAPPER


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1965 SILLY STICKERS BOX


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1965 UGLY STICKERS WRAPPER


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1965 UGLY STICKERS BOX

I hope you enjoyed looking through the Topps product images from the early 1960s. There sure were some excellent, and not so excellent trading cards. Some wonderful packaging art also.
I'll post the scans from the rest of the 1960s soon.

TOPPS GUM GUM FOR DUMB DUMB

Topps is famous for their yummy bubble gum. The most popular being of course Bazooka gum which has been around since shortly after WWII (I wonder if it was named after the weapon?).



Practically every kid on the planet has at one time or another peeled open the red/white/blue wrapper, read the Bazooka Joe comic, and chomped down on a piece of pink Bazooka gum.

Funtime blog readers are already aware that I (Mr. Potter) am a big trading card nut, and that's the gum that I'd like to blog about today.
Trading cards are often referred to as "gum cards" because a good number of them throughout time included a stick of gum in each pack. As kids it was a nice treat even though it usually lost it's flavor after 5-10 minutes. As grown-up kids and collectors it's quite annoying usually leaving a residue or stain on one or more cards in a pack.



Most trading cards don't have gum in them anymore. The last time I chewed fresh gum out of a pack of cards was when the first series of new Garbage Pail Kids came out in 2003, each pack had four pieces of "gross green" gum. I chewed the hell out of that stuff.





This is where I have to admit to a big nerd confession.
I not only collect trading cards, the wrappers, boxes, and ads....but I collect the gum too.
When it comes to 30+ year-old gum it's pretty much petrified. I found out a while back when ordering old boxes of trading cards and shelling packs that even though the gum is usually a pink rectangular slab that it actually comes in a variety of sizes and shades.
For example, a pack of series 9 Garbage Pail Kids from Canada has a shorter and pinker piece of gum than a pack from the U.S.
A lot of collectors search for the different wrapper variations while overlooking the gum variations inside.



Now, you have to ask the obvious question. Has Mr. Potter ever eaten the 30-year-old petrified gum? The answer is yes, but only once.



I'm one of many who opened an old pack of cards and put that crusty old stick in my mouth just out of curiosity. Everyone reacts the same way and says the same things:

#1 "It's not even gum anymore!"
#2 "It just crumbled to dust/powder!"
#3 "It's impossible to chew!"
#4 "It's pretty flavorless (until the aftertaste hits)"
#5 10-15 seconds frantically looking for somewhere to spit it out.

I've compiled a sample of Youtube videos for your funtime viewing pleasure, all of these include an individual trying to chew a piece of 30+ year-old Topps trading card gum. Enjoy....gag.













If anyone out there wants a try I got plenty for everyone!