MSA Disc Cards

[steve B]

Tougher than the discs are the advertising for them. I have two pieces, both from sets issued near where I lived.

The Chillee Willee one is a mobile with a large disc shaped ad and three of the discs hanging below it from strings. It hung above the machine, and eventually got some syrup on a couple of the discs. I don't recall if I restored mine using extras I had or if I left it with the stains and all.

The Papa Ginos discs were advertised with a cardstock register display and a larger one that went up on the menu. I'd asked if I could get one when the promotion was over but they said the front office wanted them all back. A week or two after the cards were gone I spotted one down behind the register. Asked and after a bit of confusion they gave it to me. "hey, can I have that old ad with the cards" What old ad" "That one right there" " Confused look, where?" "down behind the register" Looks behind, pulls it out hesitates and finally says "sure here. "
That was a moderately tough set, one or two per purchase, and until right at the end even the kids in my school that worked there couldn't get me any or they'd be fired. The last week of the cards my family was at one at a mall a little farther from home and I got a duplicate. I tried asking if I could swap it for one I needed which hadn't been allowed in the past, and instead they brought out the whole bucket full, left it at the table and told me to take what I needed. Set complete!

Steve B

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by steve B

Tougher than the discs are the advertising for them. I have two pieces, both from sets issued near where I lived.

The Chillee Willee one is a mobile with a large disc shaped ad and three of the discs hanging below it from strings. It hung above the machine, and eventually got some syrup on a couple of the discs. I don't recall if I restored mine using extras I had or if I left it with the stains and all.

Steve B

Can you please post a picture of the Chillie Willie mobile? I don't know if I recall ever seeing this particular ad piece before or any ad piece for the MSA discs for that matter...

Here's a few

[steve B]

It will take a while, I'll have to find it. With any luck it's right with the Papa Ginos ad and I can take pics of both. Papa Ginos was an MSA product too, but with its own design.

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Can you please post a picture of the Chillie Willie mobile? I don't know if I recall ever seeing this particular ad piece before or any ad piece for the MSA discs for that matter...

[David W]

I picked this up off ebay a few weeks ago, it is supposedly cut from an advertising poster for Burger Chef. The seller had all the Cardinals individually cut out and for sale. I would really have liked to have that poster, but now it resides in a dozen pieces on ebay..... It is on glossy paper and is blank backed.

[David W]

I just bought this off ebay as a frame of reference for the Lou Brock cut out above. The seller has 60-70 of these cut out, 10 or so clearly show the advertising for the Burger Chef MSA discs.

[Mark70Z]

I know Scott (quitcrab) sent me a picture a while ago of an example of one of the Burger Chef posters w/Brooks Robinson pictured. I think he still has it and is "thinking" about selling it to me "someday" soon (may already be in the mail; who knows!?!).

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by steve B

It will take a while, I'll have to find it. With any luck it's right with the Papa Ginos ad and I can take pics of both. Papa Ginos was an MSA product too, but with its own design.

We're fairly patient; find it yet?!?

I'd love to see both of those examples; likely I've never seen either one before. What is the year of the MSA Papa Ginos?

Also, thanks so much you guys for posting some of the advertising items. They look very cool!

Few more commons Detroit Caesars Bench Robinson Yount
Tastee Freez Seaver

[Mark70Z]

Anyone know if Brooks ever had a Taste Freeze disc?