Mmmmm. 36-year old gum. To celebrate the 1976 Dino De Laurentiis King Kong movie, TOPPS released this series of trading cards. I’ll showcase the cards in a future post, but today it’s all about that glorious wax pack art. Kong looks…contemplative? Sad? Bored? Tired? Awesome? Yes, awesome.
Each pack held five cards and a sticker along with the aforementioned stick of chewing gum. There were 55 cards in the set and 11 sticker cards, and these packs came in a box of 36 packs.
And in case you were wondering, I do NOT spread these packs out and roll around in them while sniffing the gum! (Well, maybe once.)
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“Don’t be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. Those chains are made of chrome steel.” All month long, I will be showing off King Kong collectibles from my personal collection in a series called KONGTOBER, so if you’re a fan of King Kong and movie monsters, I think you’re going to like what you see.
I gotta see one! Open one up!
Patience, my friend.
(I’ll have the full series up soon.)
Oh thank goodness. I was worried this would just be some sort of tease.