post-war guys...your oddball items?

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

1969 Unknown manufacturer iron-on t-shirt transfer

Krogers grocery chain gave them away. I don't know the mfg'r.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by RTK

Krogers grocery chain gave them away. I don't know the mfg'r.

That would make sense, they were a promotional giveaway during that fateful season of 1969 along with the color photos (Jewel Foods), frosted glass tumblers, coffee mugs, bumper stickers (Dunkin' Donuts), dinner place mats (IHOP), etc., from Chicago area stores and restaurants.

[RobertC]

Here are some Hank Aaron postcards that I just got back from PSA

[Mark70Z]

Man...those Aaron postcards are very COOL...

[Butch7999]

Delighted that Todd revived this thread, and coincidentally enough, he did so with one from a set of cards we wanted to show off:




Funny thing -- we're sure you're right and that those were on Team Flakes -- but we remember cutting them out of the backs of boxes
of some short-lived Bugles/Doritos-like snack food with a name like Zonkers or Zippity-Doos or Fiffle-Faffle or something...

Back to Bob's original post and the invitation to display some non-baseball, non-sports, '60s oddities as well -- does anyone else
remember these?


They came with a thick slab of minutely-ribbed transparent plastic, same size as the cards, which you'd place over a card
and then subtly wiggle them together so that the shaded areas of the image would appear to be solid and moving.
Kind of a sadistic set, really, with helpless tiny humans being eaten, crushed, or incinerated by dinosaurs, dragons, and giant robots...

[begsu1013]

those oddball dinosaur cards are cool. are they sportflics type cards?

[Butch7999]

Hi Bob -- well, they're maybe alike in only the vaguest sense. We're not that familiar with the Sportflics issues, but from what we can see,
it looks like Sportflics are more akin to the 1970 MLB Promo "hologram" cards from Kellogg cereals -- soft plastic finish over the top of
multiple images or something.
The Monster Magic Action cards are much more primitive. Unless you have the "Magic Lens" transparent hard plastic slab, the cards just look
exactly like what you see in the scans (they're 3.5 x 2.5", by the way, on slightly thinner cardstock than most '60s baseball cards) --
some distinct images with lots of indistinct horizontal lines. When you move the "lens" over the image, the ultra-thin, closely-bunched ribs
in the "lens" distort some of those lines on the card, partially obscuring some of the lines while highlighting others, which sort of rearranges
the poses and action. Monster eyes roll back and forth, wings and fins flap, puny humans flail helplessly. So in the vaguest sense of how
the images "move," they're almost more akin to the Push-Pull cards.
Not sure how many different cards were produced -- we've got an even dozen different images.
They seem like something that would've come out of Japan originally...

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

That would make sense, they were a promotional giveaway during that fateful season of 1969 along with the color photos (Jewel Foods), frosted glass tumblers, coffee mugs, bumper stickers (Dunkin' Donuts), dinner place mats (IHOP), etc., from Chicago area stores and restaurants.

My mom worked ay Krogers and would bring home a few for myself and the neighborhood kids every so often. Krogers stores aren't in the Chicago area anymore.

[begsu1013]

found this in a random set of boxes and took a while to research as it's blank backed, but seems to be called the 1998 rayovac mini and bvg seems to be the only company that grades them, not that i plan on getting it graded:

[Exhibitman]

1960 Baltimore American Brooks Robinson:

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

1960 Baltimore American Brooks Robinson:

Adam,

"FINALLY" someone, other than myself, posts something cool of Brooks!

It's so funny to me that the majority of the cutouts from newspapers are never cut squarely. Did we not know how to cut w/scissors back in the day?!?

[Butch7999]

Adam, very cool piece of ephemera!
One of the Buffalo newspapers did a similar series featuring Bison (International League) players in... must've been 1963,
we remember Pumpsie Green being in the set. Clipped 'em and saved 'em as kids, and as kids will, eventually lost 'em at some point.
Anybody here ever seen (or have) any of those?

Mark: "Did we not know how to cut w/scissors back in the day?!?"
That would explain the barbers we went to back then...

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

found this in a random set of boxes and took a while to research as it's blank backed, but seems to be called the 1998 rayovac mini and bvg seems to be the only company that grades them, not that i plan on getting it graded:

You gotta get it graded!

[Mark70Z]

I really enjoy seeing all of the oddball items and I'll have to post some more Brooksie junk if no one posts (since that's all I got).

Rob... Know you gotta have some unique Giants items to post.

David... Those Brock odd items are awesome; got some more?!?

Al... Keep 'em coming!

In the meantime how bout a pic that screams the '70's.

[Mark70Z]

Bob,

Forgot to mention that I really liked the Ryan proof. Can you provide some detail on this one?

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Rob... Know you gotta have some unique Giants items to post.

here's a few:

First are a pair of NY and SF Giants bottle openers....sold by Abercrombie and Fitch (identical openers are also marked "Loyal Prod.").

[mrmopar]

I was working at Home Base around the time Jordan was pitching for Rayovac. I have something similar and I think they were stickers. I remember they were inside packages of batteries, but they really weren't cards per se. He was all over the packaging and point of sale displays too.

I have them somewhere, but finding them right now would be a miracle.

Originally Posted by begsu1013

found this in a random set of boxes and took a while to research as it's blank backed, but seems to be called the 1998 rayovac mini and bvg seems to be the only company that grades them, not that i plan on getting it graded:

[begsu1013]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I was working at Home Base around the time Jordan was pitching for Rayovac. I have something similar and I think they were stickers. I remember they were inside packages of batteries, but they really weren't cards per se. He was all over the packaging and point of sale displays too.

I have them somewhere, but finding them right now would be a miracle.

very cool! if ya end up finding some one day, lemme know. would definitely be interested in seeing/purchasing one.

actually found this while trying to research and figure out where this came from. it was $5 shipped and figured I couldn't go wrong considering it's still in oem packaging. who knows. it could take off one day w/ how crazy jordan collectors can be. it's actually a nice compliment to it....

love that it says "best if used by jan 2005"