1977 Twinkies Proof?

[Zach Wheat]

Larry,

The 3 card panels may have come from the same source as the original 1975 Hostess Twinkies brown back panels without stains. The original 1975 Hostess Twinkie cards were printed on sheets and various sheets with smudges or imperfections on them were discarded, removed from the trash and sold to a dealer. The dealer purchased the smudged sheets, cut down the sheets into 2, 3, 4 and other sized panels to make it easier to store and ship. His cards were pristine i.e. no oil spots. He told me at the time the printer was experimenting with other color inks in successive years including pink.

Just a guess though. Nice cards.

[Cliff Bowman]

After nearly fifty years of being very aware of Butch Hobson I am shocked to see his real name is Clell Lavern .

[Zach Wheat]

Here is a sheet of 1977 Twinkies. No pic of the back of the sheet. I purchased the sheet a number of years ago.

[Zach Wheat]

Odd that the spacing is completely different....maybe it is a proof where they were experimenting with layout

[Cliff Bowman]

Wasn’t Tiant on one of the larger Hostess products and not on the single serving Twinkies package?

[darkhorse9]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Wasn’t Tiant on one of the larger Hostess products and not on the single serving Twinkies package?

Tiant was available in three sizes 4 1/2 x 4 1/8 .. 3 x 3 1/2 and 6 x 4. The first one is the Suzy Q product and was on the same sheet as the standard Twinkies cards. All cards ending in 9 or 0 are that size on that sheet for the first 60 cards. The other two sizes are Ho Ho and (I believe) Ding Dong, but that last one I've not confirmed. Those are on other sheets

There were four different sheets used for Hostess products that year.

[darkhorse9]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Here is a sheet of 1977 Twinkies. No pic of the back of the sheet. I purchased the sheet a number of years ago.

That's a "cupcake" sheet. it contains cards 31 - 135

[Zach Wheat]

Mark,

Good catch.