mmajeski06 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Had the gumball helmets as well as the gumball baseball helmets as well.Used to set up all of the NFL helmets on my bed's headboard ledge and track the standings. I remember seeing the newer "full set" in stores and thought it really took the fun out of it. It was fun to throw the quarter in and hope you got one you were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 When I was a kid it was all the rage to put these stickers on the cover of our school notebooks. You were nobody if you weren't collecting the stickers. A while back, I found a full set on Ebay. I would have bought them but I couldn't bring myself to pay $350 for a sheet of stickers. Another "must have" when I was a kid was this NFL tray.I don't remember if it was part of a promotion or sold in stores or what. All I remember is I had one as a kid. A few years back, I found a bunch of them on Ebay and ended up buying two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Had the gumball helmets as well as the gumball baseball helmets as well.Used to set up all of the NFL helmets on my bed's headboard ledge and track the standings. I remember seeing the newer "full set" in stores and thought it really took the fun out of it. It was fun to throw the quarter in and hope you got one you were looking for. A while back I was in a grocery store and they had new gumball helmets that looked more like the actual helmets, but they had all the graphics already applied. What fun is it when you don't get to put on the kidney bean shaped sticker and stripes yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 As for my nostalgia....Along with a whoooooole mess of WWF figures & other Hulk paraphernaliaI actually went into this thread to post that they had a Wayne Gretzky one of these when I was at the HHoF last weekend. I had the Macho Man, Ultimate Warrior and Joe Montana ones as a kid. My brother had Dan Marino and Hulk Hogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Had the gumball helmets as well as the gumball baseball helmets as well.Used to set up all of the NFL helmets on my bed's headboard ledge and track the standings. I remember seeing the newer "full set" in stores and thought it really took the fun out of it. It was fun to throw the quarter in and hope you got one you were looking for. A while back I was in a grocery store and they had new gumball helmets that looked more like the actual helmets, but they had all the graphics already applied. What fun is it when you don't get to put on the kidney bean shaped sticker and stripes yourself?My college roommate and I probably spent 100 bucks trying to complete our collection of gumball helmets. The first 27 were easy. Getting that elusive Chargers helmet was a little expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Early to late 2000's, McFarlane Hockey Figures where the things to collect. I think they still make them, but they aren't nearly as popular as when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thrill Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 NFL SuperPro Club member here.Does anybody remember a playbook-style book the NFL had for kids in the early 80's? I think it had Seattle QB Jim Zorn on the cover, and broke down plays w/ red, yellow and blue-colored figures.Anybody? Now on Facebook. And Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discogod Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 These:Panini sticker albums. Before sports cards were widely available over here, we had these (this was the first one I collected). 7-8 players per team, and beautiful foil logo stickers. The best part was, you could just order whatever stickers you needed out of the back, which would always result in me ordering dozens of Hornets logos and sticking them everywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 These:Panini sticker albums. Before sports cards were widely available over here, we had these (this was the first one I collected). 7-8 players per team, and beautiful foil logo stickers. The best part was, you could just order whatever stickers you needed out of the back, which would always result in me ordering dozens of Hornets logos and sticking them everywhere...I had a ton of these. For nostalgia's sake, I got this year's MLB Panini album to do with my sons. They're still a bit young to care, so I've been enjoying it myself. Considering buying the football one, too. They're pretty cheap.I was a huge card collector in the late '80s, early '90s. (My parents are hoping I upgrade at some point to a bigger house so I can relieve them of my stash of full sets and unopened boxes of card packs.) One thing I never hear much about, which I really enjoyed, was a set of over-sized cards -- I believe they were Topps cards -- that on the back had grooves, like a vinyl record, that you would play on a handheld device that came with them. The audio was the actual radio play-by-play of classic games and moments. I always thought this was a cool way to connect young fans with the sport's history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korkie Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I've talked about them before, but the early 90s ICEE baseball cups with the team jackets and logos on them. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed."Dr. Kelso: My son is a big baseball fan. Not so much playing it, but more the designing and sewing of uniforms.Tyler: That's neat.Dr. Kelso: No, it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidellias Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 This is an appropriate place as any to ask, but I seem to recall a set of football cards in the early to mid 90s that featured action shots of players superimposed over the skyline of their teams' city on the back. I think they've stuck in my mind because, if I'm remembering correctly, the Milwaukee skyline was used for the Packers rather than Green Bay (they still played at County Stadium at the time).Did such a thing actually exist, am I conflating it with something else, or did I make the entire thing up?I think Wild Card's 1993 set is what you're thinking of.I've gotten a few of these in those "100 Football cards" packs you buy at Target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmajeski06 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Not from my childhood, but my dad's...He had a magnetic football game. Had to set up all the plays, run it, and then set everything back up again. My uncle had this one as well:Both said they wish they had held on to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycumbee19 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I've talked about them before, but the early 90s ICEE baseball cups with the team jackets and logos on them.I remember the NFL ICEE cups. I remember going to the local gas station and looking to see whIch team they were vending at the time. I remember screaming like a girl when I saw the Broncos finally being sold. I must have bought 10 ICEEs before they were out of those cups. After all the teams had been used me & my brother just had cabinets full of NFL ICEE cups. I don't even think we got all the teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Everyone used to rock the Starter jackets/coats in the early 90s.Here was one of the more popular Husker versions, complete with the belly pouch flap thing. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmajeski06 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I still have a binder of cards and a bunch are the SI Kids tear-out cards that were in each issue. Remember the "before they were stars" cards and it was like Emmitt Smith in 3rd grade and stuff like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Did anyone else read these books as a kid? Pretty much all of my library time in elementary school was spent with books like this and mythology stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Sure did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I've talked about them before, but the early 90s ICEE baseball cups with the team jackets and logos on them.I have a stack of these at my parents' house somewhere. I took the Angels, Expos and Brewers ones and have them at my place. They sit right next to my Dan Majerle Dream Team 2 McDonald's cup and my complete set of vintage WWF (wrestling, not pandas) glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 NFL Huddles any one? I still have the Lions one my parents gave me when I was 9. Yup! I used to rock these sheets! On 4/10/2017 at 3:05 PM, Rollins Man said: what the hell is ccslc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Lil' Sports Brats. They must still make these because they had a bin of them at the gift shop at the Hockey Hall of Fame. I nearly re-purchased the Red Wings one I used to have. I do still have my Lions one...it's on my bookshelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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