Hailing from the Tennessee Beer Box Find that gave us the world's only unopened pack of 1968 Topps Basketball, a number of goodies were offered and it's as good a time as any to take a closer look, don't you think?!
leading the way, in a unique type of packaging, is that fab super-model Twiggy:
No gum but a very helpful dating was added. The baggie like pack is the only one of it's type I can ever recall seeing. These larger than normal cards had no gum included, so letting purchases almost see the pictures within was almost a good idea!
The back could have shown another front I guess, but alas (although the baggie must have been opened to date the insert):
Next up, same date, different set. And I mean different! Angry Signs was sold after the test as Angry Stickers, in a wrapper with similar artwork to this test version:
The backs are a bit revealing:
There's a lot going on there but someone else is researching the set and I'll not step on their findings.
1968 was also represented:
The show was kinda hokey but also fascinating. The cards are like that as well and feature a comic strip feature on the first 44 cards (out of 55). Land Of The Giants does not seem to have survived testing though and the cards are hard to find today.
Mod Squad, on the other hand, tested well and made it to retail:
Yup, they are a little ragged. This back of the pack has seen better days:
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