Recently I was going through an old box of cards I've had from when I was a kid.
I have a box full of cards mainly Wacky Packages, Star Wars and suprisingly enough. E.T. cards! (I don't recall being that into E.T. but boy I have a bunch of those cards) I was also into the video game cards like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong where you scatched off a video game playing field and added up the points. I remember really liking those.
I also had a few packs of other pretty weird cards like Crazy Lables (A Wacky Packages rip-off), Dukes of Hazzard, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, even Mork and Mindy!
Checking on eBay I see back in the 80's they had a lot more cards I don't even remember like Cindi Lauper cards!!?

Was curious to see if anyone on the forums ever collected cards, and if so, do you still have any of them?

I have a set of Charlie's angels cards (70s)
Mickey mouse cards
One life to live & all my children
Terminator
Lois & Clark (I know that's 90s)
New kids on the block
MTV cards
And a butt load of basket Ball cards  I love collecting basket ball cards

still have my Cabbage Patch Kids from 1986
Michael Jackson
ALF from 1987

I remember getting into the Garbage Pail Kids craze. Looking back they were pretty gruesome.

I have New Kids On The Block cards, music cards and 90210 cards.  :)

I have New Kids On The Block cards, music cards and 90210 cards.  :)


How old are they?

I bought 8 unopened wax packs of Tron cards from 1981 last week. Felt like a kid again opening them up and sorting my cards!

I bought 8 unopened wax packs of Tron cards from 1981 last week. Felt like a kid again opening them up and sorting my cards!



Wow 1981 and they were unopened? Did the cards have that vintage smell?

I have a set of Charlie's angels cards (70s)
Mickey mouse cards
One life to live & all my children
Terminator
Lois & Clark (I know that's 90s)
New kids on the block
MTV cards
And a butt load of basket Ball cards  I love collecting basket ball cards



There were One Life to Live cards?  :o :o :o


I had a few Partridge Family cards from the '70s. I think I had managed to salvage one or two-but not many.

I also had a lot of Wacky Packages from the '70s. Didn't manage to salvage any of those-which is too bad. They are probably worth a fortune now.



Cat

There were One Life to Live cards?  :o :o :o


I had a few Partridge Family cards from the '70s. I think I had managed to salvage one or two-but not many.

I also had a lot of Wacky Packages from the '70s. Didn't manage to salvage any of those-which is too bad. They are probably worth a fortune now.



Cat


I have to double check my collection... I'm certain about the AMC cards but only mildly sure about the OLTL cards... I just seem to remember having a trading card of Kate Saunders in her wedding dress.....when she was going to marry Cord but Tina screwed the pooch on that one.

I have to double check my collection... I'm certain about the AMC cards but only mildly sure about the OLTL cards... I just seem to remember having a trading card of Kate Saunders in her wedding dress.....when she was going to marry Cord but Tina screwed the pooch on that one.




I remember that ep. That was AFTER Tina fell over the falls-and survived!  :o :o :o :o



Cat

I remember that ep. That was AFTER Tina fell over the falls-and survived!  :o :o :o :o



Cat



with Baby Milagro en tow!!!!

with Baby Milagro en tow!!!!




Yup-which turned out to be Max & Gabriella's baby-Danny. C.J. was found alive later.



Cat

Yup-which turned out to be Max & Gabriella's baby-Danny. C.J. was found alive later.



Cat


Yup!  Lovely stroll down memory lane!  ;)

Yup!  Lovely stroll down memory lane!  ;)



I'm sure everyone else is going, "HUH?"  :D :D




Cat

I'm sure everyone else is going, "HUH?"   :D :D




Cat


pity for them! lol

pity for them! lol




Yup-we highjacked this thread.  :D :D



Cat

Yup-we highjacked this thread.  :D :D



Cat



http://gal.patheticcockroach.com/var/albums/humor/thread-hijacking/ThreadHijack-Car.jpg?m=1282899290

http://gal.patheticcockroach.com/var/albums/humor/thread-hijacking/ThreadHijack-Car.jpg?m=1282899290




:D :D :D



Cat

There were One Life to Live cards?  :o :o :o


I had a few Partridge Family cards from the '70s. I think I had managed to salvage one or two-but not many.

I also had a lot of Wacky Packages from the '70s. Didn't manage to salvage any of those-which is too bad. They are probably worth a fortune now.



Cat


Wacky Packages didn't come out in the 70's, they came out in 1985. ???

http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/174083/300.jpg

I still have my Michael Jackson collectors cards from 1984.

Wacky Packages didn't come out in the 70's, they came out in 1985. ???



Wrong. They actually first came out in the '60s but I didn't discover them until the '70s.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Packages



Cat

Wrong. They actually first came out in the '60s but I didn't discover them until the '70s.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Packages



Cat


I started collecting mine in 1986.

I'm sure everyone else is going, "HUH?"   :D :D


You Know You're Old When...

Once upon a time, there were no rules on the backs of the trading cards that hinted anything about a particular card's value, nor were there any rules by which we could turn the process into a game of skill and strategy.  The object of the game was still to "catch 'em all", but back in the day, we had to negotiate our hard bargains in the playground by spelling out the terms, one card, one quarter, one shiny penny, one stick of gum at a time.  I remember my days in the trading pits.  We couldn't afford fancy sandboxes, so we had shallow pits dug into the playground dirt and filled with sand!  And that's where we learned to haggle, what contract law meant, and although nobody got as far as inventing compound interest, we did manage to invent escrow.

Uphill, both ways!

And ya tell 'em this, and they go "HUH?"

Most cards I see at like Target and Wal Mart these days are sports cards, but back in the 80's everything had a card.
I recently bought full sets of Jaws 3D and The Black Hole cards. I keep finding these crazy sets of cards from way back when.
Next up on the list...Three's Company and Dallas cards!! LOL Do a search on eBay and you'll be amazed.

http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/1662243/alf1.jpg

Who remembers collecting ALF cards?

I had almost a complete set of Addams Family movie cards.

My brother collected Garbage Pail Kids, Star Wars and E.T.

They might still be at my parents' home although I think I might have sold my cards to some shop somewhere when I needed money in my 20s.  :\'(

I got nostalgic and started looking thru the cards I could get to...the rest are in rubbermaid totes under the bed and buried in the back of a closet.... 

of what I could find was a box of unopened 90210 wax packs. and full set of 21 Jumpstreet cards. O0

I still have my Garbage Pail Kids, Michael Jackson and ALF cards stored in a plastic box.

How old are they?


God the cards have got to be at least 20 years old.  I started collecting the New Kids On The Block stuff when I was 13 years old.  :)

God the cards have got to be at least 20 years old.  I started collecting the New Kids On The Block stuff when I was 13 years old.  :)


I started collecting Garbage Pail Kids cards since I was 12 years old.

The thing about cards from the '80s is that they are still very inexpensive in terms of collector's value, simply because so many were made and many are still found and preserved nowadays. They're still cool for keeping in your wallet or for a small picture frame. This was before there were any grading authorities as well, so it was more carefree in terms of condition, plus there were even some magazines devoted to it at the time. Plus, many didn't smash them like their parents did with their '50s/'60s cards. Sure, there are some cards from the '80s that have value, but the vast majority are only worth a few pennies!

Tis true. I picked up 48 wax packs from the 80's all unopened off eBay for $30 shipped!
Packs of cards today cost anywhere from .99 to 3.99 a pack. I got some great titles including....

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Supergirl
Ghostbusters 2
Rocky 2
Gremlins 2
Jaws 2
(Lots of sequels in the 80's eh?)
Dark Crystal
Cyndi Lauper
Smurfs
Buck Rogers
Mork and Mindy
Growing Pains and more!!!...

We are going to have another 80's party in a few weeks and I plan on passing packs around as party favors.
I think it'll really bring back some memories of the 80s

remember when you collected cards you had that stick of gum in every pack?

Yeah that's the bad part. The gum is still there. In many cases it looks about the same, but it you try and chew it, it just breaks apart in your mouth and never turns into gum. Really bad.

I had to try.

Yeah that's the bad part. The gum is still there. In many cases it looks about the same, but it you try and chew it, it just breaks apart in your mouth and never turns into gum. Really bad.

I had to try.


The gum was awful tasting, Whoever made it should be fired. How about giving me a normal piece of gum instead of gum that breaks apart in your mouth. ::)

Tis true. I picked up 48 wax packs from the 80's all unopened off eBay for $30 shipped!
Packs of cards today cost anywhere from .99 to 3.99 a pack. I got some great titles including....

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Supergirl
Ghostbusters 2
Rocky 2
Gremlins 2
Jaws 2
(Lots of sequels in the 80's eh?)
Dark Crystal
Cyndi Lauper
Smurfs
Buck Rogers
Mork and Mindy
Growing Pains and more!!!...

We are going to have another 80's party in a few weeks and I plan on passing packs around as party favors.
I think it'll really bring back some memories of the 80s


I'm sure my brother had some Raiders of the Lost Ark ones, although I don't recall ever seeing the movie until well into adulthood.  ???

Still wish I lived closer so that I could go to one of your 80s parties.

I think I may be well into my 80's when I finally find local friends that would have a local 80s party.