Hostess panels - advice?

[Big Red Machine]

I have been working on graded 1975 and 1976 Hostess panel sets over the last 15 years or so. They are both complete and I occasionally upgrade them when I can. I have to admit that I did cut down a handful of boxes in order to finish out my sets which I struggled with. Phil

[David W]

Big Red Machine -

VERY NICE

Congrats, those look great.

[HistoricNewspapers]

Originally Posted by Big Red Machine

I have been working on graded 1975 and 1976 Hostess panel sets over the last 15 years or so. They are both complete and I occasionally upgrade them when I can. I have to admit that I did cut down a handful of boxes in order to finish out my sets which I struggled with. Phil

Its a tough choice when they are so crisp like that. The money says to cut them if you can do it right and get a 9 or 10. But it is getting closer on some of the boxes though.

I have a few that would warrant being cut...I just can't do it. I'm not a good enough cutter either.

[ocjack]

Ran across a different store display than the version shown above. Thought I would add to this thread.

[mrmopar]

I bought out a store stock when I was in college. I cringed at the price at the time (I think it was something like $200 or $400) and was a huge box with panels (lots of dupes though), but probably would be a steal at current prices. Didn't do much with them, so they are still mostly there. I would like to have sets, but can't image building them from scratch. Missing enough of the good ones to not want to tackle that job. When I see full sets for sale though, they sell strong. They have definitely gotten much more popular lately than they used to be.

[62corvette]

You guys need to add a 1975 Hostess hang-tag to your display collections. Don't know if these were available nationally--got several of these from the surplus store in Green Bay, WI in 1975. Right at 6x9" in size.
Hostess hang tag.jpg

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Ran across a different store display than the version shown above. Thought I would add to this thread.

Great find. Do you recall where you found it?

[steve B]

Probably where I got my later shelf signs. Right off the shelf the boxes were on.
The first one I got was brought home by mom. When I asked how she got it, she said she'd just put it in the cart and checked out as usual. They didn't think the sign was anything more than the usual random cart debris. Yes, I was shocked that mom basically told me she'd stolen the promotional sign.

I got a few others in the 78-79 time period just by asking once the promotion was over. Some places claimed they had to send the posters etc back, which made no sense. Others thought it was strange, but were ok with handing me something they were probably throwing away soon.