Wacky Packages Lost Wackys

Actually, the Wacky Packages Posters were issued in two separate, but very similar sets.  The 1973 set had 24 titles, came in a yellow wrapper, and showed Weakies on the box.

The 1974 set also had 24 titles, but the three cereal titles (Toadal, Cheapios, & Weakies) were replaced with Kook, Ditch Boy, and Lipoff.   The 1974 posters were about 1/2" shorter than the previous set and came in blue wrappers with new artwork on the box.

Wacky Posters vs Stickers

See All 27 Wacky Posters

Classic Wackys - Non-Repeat Posters  

Lost Wackys Poster - Taster's Choke

Wacky Packages Tattoos were meant as a set of 60, numbered 1A-30A and 1B-30B. However, tattoo numbers 12A, 13B, and 23B were never issued, leaving the set at 57 titles.

Wacky Package Tattoos Checklist

Pictures of all 57 Wacky Tattoos

The Lost Tattoos

Wacky Packages Patches were sold as a set of 12, however there were several variations and at least two separate test sets put out.

Wacky Sew-On Patches

Lost Wacky Prototype Patches

Wacky Pack Mystery Patch

If you're old enough to remember, 1974 was the summer of Wackys. The stickers were out selling baseball cards, which had been the undisputed #1 children's seller for 50 years. 

Wacky Packs were all over the schools, on the covers of magazines, and written up in newspapers. You could wear your Ajerx T-Shirt to the store and get a free Wacky in a package of Wonderbread. Or bring your Crakola beach ball to the pool, take a dip with a BustedFinger inner-tube and dry yourself off with a Hawaiian Punks towel.

There were pins, patches, magnets, iron-ons, and key chains. And at the end of the day, you could have a warm cup of milk in your Hipton drinking glass and lay your head down on a Run-Tony pillow to dream of the next new series.

1974 Wacky Placks

Most wacky collectors are familiar with the Wacky Packages Reissue Series of 1979 and 1980. But Topps shocked the Wacky World in June of 2004, when they auctioned an unfinished checklist for a 5th series which was never published.

This lost set only had 55 stickers, but the most interesting aspect is the titles.  Band-Ache, Jolly Mean Giant, and nearly a dozen others from the Die-Cut & 1st Series were planned for re-release.

Series 5 - The Lost Reprint Set

1980 Wacky Cans   Lost Wackys - 12

The Wacky Cans were issued as a 12 title test set in 1980. This is one of the very last sets done by famed Wacky Package artist Norm Saunders before retiring.

They were about 2" tall and filled with Topps' Gold Rush Gum.

They are usually refered to as Wacky Can Labels rather than Wacky Cans, because the labels show up more often than the cans themselves.

The 12 titles were A'cent, Aquax, Coma, Dr. Peeper, Foney, Forger's, Hawaiian Punks, Libber's, Pigs Blue Ribbon, Pro-Grossout, Tropicanine, and White Duck.

See The Lost Wacky Cans

The Dark Ages of Wackys were upon us.   After the 1991 Series fell short of expectations, a planned 1992 Series came to a halt before all the artwork was completed.  The last we saw of Wackys were the 8 wacky pogs issued with the 1994 Mad-Caps set. The inclusion of these seemed more of an after-thought than a revival, and collectors presumed the worst, that the Wacky days were over.  Little did we know, there was a 1999 Series that was briefly considered, but dropped before production.

About this time, many of the childhood collectors were hitting their late twenties and early thirties. Obvious symptoms of nostalgia began to appear in collectors' circles and pop culture.

1994 Wacky Pack CD

1996 MITB LP Picture Disk

1996 The Wacky Packages Handbook

1997 Freakie Cereal Stickers

1999 Wacky Pack Reunion

1999 Lost Series - Wacky Hackers

2000 The Wacky Packages Gallery

2001 Packy Wacks

2003 The Wacky Pack Song

Why 7 & 1/2 Lost Wackys? Plop on Pop is the half. It was going to be released with this set, but was pulled at the last minute.  "Plop" became a bonus sticker in the new series 2.

Early ANS1 Checklist

ANS1 Early Previews

ANS1 Promos and Flyers

ANS1 & ANS2 Production Codes

These are giant-sized, holographic versions of the 2004 ANS1 stickers. They were officially licensed from Topps and available in vending machines.

Series 2 Vending Wackys showed more ANS1 titles, plus a few Vintage Wackys

The 2nd wave of All New Series 2 is now available in a Walmart near you.

Early ANS2 Previews showed one Lost Wacky.

See the 1st Edition ANS2 Checklist

The series includes Bonus Sticker Plop on Pop which was unused from the 2004 series, and "Ratz Crackers" from the 1967 die-cut series also made an appearance in this set.

2nd Edition ANS2 had magnets rather than clingys.

2nd Series Magnet Boxes are in stores now along with a Collector's Album and bonus boxes.

ANS1 & ANS2 Production Codes

2005 ANS2 Tattoos

Wacky Packages 2006 All New Series 3 are in stores now!  This series includes Magnet Inserts with classic images and a new set of Foil Stickers bearing new titles, replacing the usual Tattoo Set found in earlier series.

Slacker Jack will finally become a sticker in ANS3.

2006 ANS3 Promo - Annoying SpitterMan

ANS3 Unpublished Rough Art -- Bassball,   Big League Cork,   Bricks,   Chum Mix,   Ditz,   Dumbbell's Soup,   eXbox,    Fart-breze,   Florida's Super Natural,   Foosball,   Gorilla,   Hack Wheels,   Hell-O,   iPunk,   Jerk-O,   Kinkies,   Lifer,   L'Oreak,   Mangy Dog,   Mosquitos,   No Sense,   Paintene,   Pre-K,    Rice Krypton Treats,   Rubbles,   Snake Cakes,   S.O.B.,   Spine-Sol,   Sugar Phones,   Teddy Grunge,   Toast-it,   Turtle Waste,   WMD-40,   Wealthy Packages,   Wimpy Packages,    Wordy Packages