OK, I got this odd idea in my head to stock my Slugfest with an assortment of NOS vintage Trading Cards (and a few other things like Pokemon and Yu-i goi, etc.) , something that may delight my guests, young and old.

SO I am in possession of this 33 year old complete box of 24 unopened wax wrap packs of Space 1999 trading cards and bubble gum sticks.... not a money making collectable (I guess), but the show was special to me, at least, I watched it religiously and was about 12 at the time.

So here I am, about to tear open these gems to put them in the Slugfest.... and I am faced with not one, but two dilemmas:

1) Do I actually disturb this tome and open up all the packs...?  and

2) Do I actually try to chew the gum?  

I LOVED that show


Chew it!

I got a box of like 2000 Toronto Maple Leafs cards.. assorted years etc...

Cool memorablia!

I wonder how much such cards are worth today.
Were there any recent eBay auctions for those?
You might want to check before opening these packs,
just in case...

I used to watch this (in French) every week too back then, along with
the earlier Alerte Dans l'Espace (UFO), and of course, Perdus dans l'Espace
(Lost in Space), along with the great Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds

Cheers,
- Sylvain.

I'm a pack-rat myself and place WAAAY too much importance on "mint" items.

If the packs were half-missing and/or already opened, sure, I'd use them.
But if they're "NIP"  (New In Package...      I'd keep them that way. I would not open them.


... but that's just me
(... the guy hanging-on the 30 year old kids magazine thinking they might be worth something someday ! )



Steph

CHEW IT!!!

Mail me a stick and Ill make a vid of me chewing it. I LOVED that old cheepo gum!

Yes, I JUST bought them on eBay for $50.  

Space 1999 was a UK / Canada co-production I believe, in the days when Telefilm and the Tax man were giving out great tv/film investment breaks.

Sylvain, I will say (and thank you for reminding me of it) that UFO ( a British production) was probably my FAVOURITE show as a child, my brother and I spent hours jumping int o and sliding down various homebuilt ramps (much to my mother's dismay) with pillows at the bottom in order to enter our own "Interceptors"....  

Quoted from Steph

... but that's just me
(... the guy hanging-on the 30 year old kids magazine thinking they might be worth something someday ! )



Steph

People putting away unopened MacDonald's toys are the ones who end up laughing all the way to the bank.  Anything that we normally open and throw away ends up having collectable value.  And WHO would be buying an ounopened box of bubblegum trading cards for the show Space 1999? (How quickly that year came around and the moon is STILL firmly attached to its current orbit around the Earth).

And yet there is something very irreverent about breaking the seal and decadently trying to chew 24 pieces of 30 year old gum at the same time...  

Space 1999 was a great show..........I bought the whole series at Best Buy last year.I loved watching it again


p.s. I wouldnt eat the gum.....lol

Memories... man I miss the 70's (and British Television):

P.S.  I did already put in a complete series set of mint Stargate (the TV series I, II & III) trading cards into the Slugfest....  Now I only wish I could retroactively refit trading card dispensers into my soon to arrive Stargate (and a few other pins that have redemption circuits), it's quite a cool concept.

i have eatten gum older.  but i dont' advise it.  didn't blow any bubbles.  never could with that stick gum to well to begin with.

  as for opening the box of them.  i wouldn't if its something you like and know you will keep.  i had a card collection of over 300 unopened boxes.  but that paled in comparison to the opened boxes i had.  i would buy full cases of older cards like donkey kong, pac man, garbage pail kids, wacky packs and load of fantasy artist cards as well.  i would keep one box and open loads others to make a set and then usally sell the other boxes.
  you can go to ebay and find crap loads of cases of cards for cheap and that might be a better idea.
  what i bought for slugfest (which i never end up trading for).  was a wack of temp tattoos.  you can use stickers as well.  you can also get cardboard covers for them so they come out easier.

  i would leave your fav's in the box and buy things you kind of like and that are cheaper

Don't Eat It, I have done it and it breaks down right away and is like chewing an erasor. On the other hand if you chew a piece you can cross it off your list!