toughest 1962 Jello

[cannonballsun]

Dan Mabey wrote several books about Post Cereal cards. That information is probably readily available in his books. His books, however, are not that easy to come across. Probably someone on net 54 could direct you how on to pick up his books.
The Post Cereal cards are much better known than the 1962 Jell-O. Many things about 1962 Jell-O are still unknown. I think just about everything about the Post Cereal cards has been learned.

[Kenmarks]

It’s pretty tough these days to get ahold of one of Dan’s books. I think he sold out of everything except his 1962 book. Because of the technology used back 20+ years ago when the books were first published, and the loss of his masters in his move back to California a couple of years ago, he no longer has the ability of reprinting more copies of his books. It’s kind of sad because there is certainly a demand. If you want to get ahold of him directly, send me a note and I can help connect you up.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

It’s pretty tough these days to get ahold of one of Dan’s books. I think he sold out of everything except his 1962 book. Because of the technology used back 20+ years ago when the books were first published, and the loss of his masters in his move back to California a couple of years ago, he no longer has the ability of reprinting more copies of his books. It’s kind of sad because there is certainly a demand. If you want to get ahold of him directly, send me a note and I can help connect you up.

I wonder if they could be photocopied and reissued in book form like VCBC did with Lew Lipset's Encyclopedia's? You lose detail on the images but the text comes through fine.

[skil55voy]

When I bought his books, (perhaps 10 years ago "estimated")I had his contact information and he had them reprinted for me. I don't have his current contact info.

[Kenmarks]

Recently Dan unearthed his old floppy disks from the turn of this century that contained his book material. He is now going thru and working on being able to recover the book material to be able to reissue his books. Floppy disks are not easy to work with in these days. As a result it sounds like it is a bit of an uphill battle, but he also seems pretty committed. These books are going to be the same as the past and will not be updated for any new stuff unearthed since. That really is not a problem since there is only a miniscule amount of changes that could be made to the books today. They are classics and so many of us learned the basics of Post Cereal card collecting from Dan and his books. No timetable for completion that I have hard of.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

Recently Dan unearthed his old floppy disks from the turn of this century that contained his book material. He is now going thru and working on being able to recover the book material to be able to reissue his books. Floppy disks are not easy to work with in these days. As a result it sounds like it is a bit of an uphill battle, but he also seems pretty committed. These books are going to be the same as the past and will not be updated for any new stuff unearthed since. That really is not a problem since there is only a miniscule amount of changes that could be made to the books today. They are classics and so many of us learned the basics of Post Cereal card collecting from Dan and his books. No timetable for completion that I have hard of.

That is great news for collectors.

[Exhibitman]

You can get a USB-compatible external drive on Amazon for $11.99 and up.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

Recently Dan unearthed his old floppy disks from the turn of this century that contained his book material. He is now going thru and working on being able to recover the book material to be able to reissue his books. Floppy disks are not easy to work with in these days. As a result it sounds like it is a bit of an uphill battle, but he also seems pretty committed. These books are going to be the same as the past and will not be updated for any new stuff unearthed since. That really is not a problem since there is only a miniscule amount of changes that could be made to the books today. They are classics and so many of us learned the basics of Post Cereal card collecting from Dan and his books. No timetable for completion that I have hard of.

Good news! And updates could just be posted here.

[hoot-owl]

I can't believe I started this thread nearly 13-years ago. In that 13-year period--I reduced my want list to 12 1962 Jellos. All of them are on the list that Ken posted.

I also don't think I have picked up a needed Jello over the last three years--and prices seem to have doubled when you even see them.

Good luck--what a great set!