1979 Fleer Crazy Labels

After the run of 3 series of Crazy Magazine Covers in 1973 – 1974, Fleer returned in 1979 with a set of package parody stickers called Crazy Labels:The artwork is much improved over the quality found in the Crazy Covers sets. Though not as well done a…

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The previous post about the new Wacky Packages Old School stickers and the parody of Fleer’s Crazy Magazine Covers provides a perfect segue to review this Fleer set that I’ve been meaning to cover:In 1973 as the Wacky Packages craze was taking off and …

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After a long wait, the 1st Series of Wacky Package Old School stickers has finally been released!I originally posted about the set back in June 2008 when word first came out about the set:Unfortunately the targeted Summer 2009 release date was optimist…

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Coca-Cola ran a promotion in 1968 which once again featured baseball photos printed by Dexter Press that could be won by collecting player bottle caps as they had done in 1967, but on a smaller scale, both in terms of the number of teams involved as we…

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I was reading Uni Watch this past Sunday and was enjoying the feature “From The Taxman Collection” about the 1967 Dexter Press photos when I saw the following request: “Maybe our friends at the Fleer Sticker project would have a clue?”With that request…

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I came across this negative that is currently up for auction on ebay from The Topps Vault and did a double take wondering what in the world was going on in this picture:This is the negative that was used to create the 1979 Clarence (Cito) Gaston card:T…

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I really like the Topps Baseball Hat Logo Cards that are inserts from 2010 Topps Baseball . I mean, whats not to like about this card:We’ve got Reggie as an Oriole (which is a very rare sight) and a logo patch with the classic smiling cartoon bird aga…

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We’ve reached the final set in Fleer’s 13 year run of Team Action / Live Action NFL Football Card and Sticker sets with this review of the 1988 set.The stickers have a red border:One item that is interesting to note is that the tops of the stickers whe…

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1987 marked the 12th consecutive year that Fleer produced a set of NFL Team Action cards and logo stickers.The 1987 Fleer NFL Team Action Football Stickers are a cross between the 1985 set with its blue borders and the 1986 set with the newer helmet de…

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It may be a little cold outside to be thinking about having popsicles at your Super Bowl party, but since I wanted to make sure we had a desert item on the menu along with the meat, bread, fruit, and drinks that we’ve covered previously during this loo…

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One thing you need to make sure you pick up enough of is drinks for your Super Bowl party. Fortunately there are lots of NFL related drink promotions to choose from to make sure your guests don’t go thirsty.1976 Canada Dry Ginger Ale NFL Football Cans…

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If you’d like to add a healthy item to your Super Bowl party menu, you might want to consider bananas:Back in 1970 Chiquita ran an NFL promotion featuring small stickers of all 26 NFL teams on their bananas. In addition to the magazine ad above, the p…

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If you are going to do any cooking for your Super Bowl party, then you might need to pick up some butter or margarine. Chiffon margarine would be a great choice as Chiffon included these NFL team decals in their products at some point during the early…

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In yesterday’s post we looked at what meat to pick up for our Super Bowl party, so now its time to think about some bread for making sandwiches. Sunbeam had 3 different NFL promotions during the mid 1970’s which would have made their bread the most …

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As the Super Bowl is America’s ultimate party, its time to start preparing the list of things you need to throw your best Super Bowl party ever. Over the years, there have been many food products which have had promotions featuring NFL collectibles, s…

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After more than doubling the number of cards in a pack from 7 to 15 in 1985 (and making the stickers much harder to find by cutting the stickers from 3 to 1), in 1986 Fleer returned to offering 7 cards and 3 stickers in each pack of NFL Team Action (no…

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Steve from the excellent site TheCowboysGuide.com recently brought this great series of Stancraft NFL playing cards from the late ’60s to my attention:The cards feature the artwork of Dave Boss who did a series of NFL team paintings that were produced…

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After reading the great post by Jim on the Sports Design Blog about Evel Knievel, I had to dig out my old Topps Evel Knievel cards and reminisce about the good old days of being a kid growing up in the 1970s.Jim’s post does a great job of describing wh…

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For its 10th annual NFL Team Action Football cards and stickers in 1985, Fleer greatly increased the number of cards in a pack (going from 7 cards in 1984 to 15 cards in 1985 as they so prominently mention on the pack), but unfortunately cut the number…

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Fleer released its 9th annual NFL Team Action Football cards and stickers in 1984:The 1984 stickers are almost identical to the 1982 and 1983 sets except for a slightly different colored border (yellow instead of gold) and the fact that the Colts were …

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I came across an ebay seller who has a large amount of wire photos from World Series games from the mid 1960’s to the early 1970’s currently up for auction. In looking through the photos up for auction, I recognized a number of the action shots as bei…

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I opened my mail today and came across this:Its always great to get a free set of NFL helmet stickers in the mail. This sheet of stickers comes courtesy of Sports Illustrated. Thanks SI!

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The 1983 Fleer NFL Team Action Football sticker set is nearly identical to the 1982 set.Once again, the stickers have a “solid gold” background as touted on the box, and the 5 variations that were in the 1982 set (Colts small / large letters, Bengals f…

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This is the story of how the internet helped me solve the mystery surrounding this photo that my father took which I have determined was taken 50 years to this very day at the NFL Championship game on Sunday, December 27, 1959: This past s…

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Hopefully as we approach Christmas Eve you’ve gotten your Christmas shopping done:and sent out your Christmas cards:as you get ready for the arrival of St. Nick:Merry Christmas from The Fleer Sticker Project!

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After the incredible number of sticker variations in the 1981 Fleer Team Action set, the 1982 Fleer Football sticker set was (thankfully!) much less complicated.Most teams had both a helmet sticker and a logo sticker, but a few teams only had a helmet …

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