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defrogAs a child of the 70s, I was big on bubblegum cards, though my taste was less towards baseball/football stars and more the likes of Mars Attacks and, of course, Star Wars. Either way, the gum was typically crumbly and expendable, but I chewed it anyway because hey, free gum.
However, by far the coolest innovation in gratuitous gum products had to be Chu-Bops – gum shaped like a vinyl record and kept in an album sleeve.
Like this.
I’d forgotten about these, but I do remember getting the ones with Pat Benatar, Blondie, Judas Priest and a few others – not The Knack, sadly, or the Rush covers, since I never saw the entire series in stock all at once). I was fascinated with album cover art as a concept at the time, so I thought it was cool to get them in miniaturized versions.
You can find all nine series here (with automatic music samples that you can’t control, so you’ll be hearing some Pat Benatar).
Chew on this,
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However, by far the coolest innovation in gratuitous gum products had to be Chu-Bops – gum shaped like a vinyl record and kept in an album sleeve.
Like this.
I’d forgotten about these, but I do remember getting the ones with Pat Benatar, Blondie, Judas Priest and a few others – not The Knack, sadly, or the Rush covers, since I never saw the entire series in stock all at once). I was fascinated with album cover art as a concept at the time, so I thought it was cool to get them in miniaturized versions.
You can find all nine series here (with automatic music samples that you can’t control, so you’ll be hearing some Pat Benatar).
Chew on this,
This is dF
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