Conference school::sports_memorabilia

    What kind of cards are these anyway? Baseball?
    					 Football?
    			                 Hockey?
                                         The Little Mermaid?
                                         Liz Taylor's Hubbys?
    
    C'mon, Give us a hint. 
    (Hafta buy more plastic to fit that last one in my collection)
    				
    								Bill
     

.1>   I liked these cards, better than MooTown Snackers anyway and those
.1>   Jumbo Sunflower seed cards John D. never sends me from the West Coast.
.1>   Those biscuits are bad. The dog wouldn't touch 'em either.
   
    Hey, I sent you a whole set of those Sunflower cards last year, and I
    haven't finished this year's set yet for my self. While we're on this 
    "never" subject, I never did see any MooTown Snackers anything while I
    was there, and believe me I looked everywhere. Half the time I had
    clerks give me real odd looks when I asked them where they kept the
    stuff. A couple of them even laughed out loud. If you ask me, I think
    it was a plot to make me look foolish in public, and I really don't
    need the help 8^). 
    
    You probably chuckled yourself to sleep that night, didn't you. Sure, I
    can see it know, tell the rube some story, and give the product some
    off-the-wall stupid name, say, MooTown Snackers, and then send him off
    to find it. Sorta like a Snipe hunt, huh?
    
    You owe me some proofs-of-purchase, and then we'll talk sunflower
    seeds.
    
    8^)
    
    John D.   
  

    re .2  "Liz Taylor's Hubbys?"   ......that's great!  I'm rolling!
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn

    RE. 5
    
    OOOOOH! What an idea for a great practical joke. I'm gonna haft to
    spread it around that Trojans has a limited time enclosed card offer or
    if I was really a stinker I could make it something like panty shields
    or summer's eve disposable douche. I'd like to get dealers believing it
    and see them jockying for position in the feminine hygene isle in the
    supermarket.
    
    
                                     
    
    mootown snackers, heh heh heh heh ...... oh I tell ya........
    

    You know, it was really pretty funny. The Saint showed me the cards,
    and even gave me one as a sample. But when I canvassed grocery stores
    and convenience shops, many of the clerks looked at me like I was an
    escaped patient. I looked for a week, and then went home.
    
    Too bad, I really liked them!
           
    John D. 

    RE: .10
    
    Well, if you can con your kids into eating the snacks, I'll just take
    the UPC's. If not ship the whole thing and I'll pay for 'em.
    
    So, how many bags of sunflower seeds do you want? 8^)
    
    John D.

    
    Um, GUYS?
    
    We do have the occasional reader of the opposite persuasion.
    
    KnowwhatImeanVern?
    
    If some/any of them find some of the things mentioned in .8-.10
    and complain, I will delete them.  If they don't want to mention
    it in here, they can send me mail offline.
    
    Remember, this is not a locker room.
    
    -rjk

    Re:.12  God has spoken.
    
    What do you guys do, feed your kids according to what sports cards
    are available in the packages of food?
    
    This has to be the funniest note I have read in along time, especially
    .1  and .10 .   Those poor kids, they start with all that cereal, then
    they go to sunflower seeds, and end up with mootowners and douches what
    ever they are?
    
    What we have to go through to make up a set, hey?

    Those Mootowners are a lot easier to deal with than Jimmy Dean.
    Mootowners are mozarella string cheese snacks - like Polly-O or
    some other brands.  Yes, I bought a couple of packs.  You get about
    6 cheese sticks AND one card for $1.59.  I still have a bunch of the
    sticks left.  They gotta be bad by now but they weren't that bad to
    start with.  As for the cards, they were the usual cards by those nasty
    airbrush boys, Michael Schecter Associates (MSA).  Their cards (Jimmy
    Dean, Mootown, Post, Wonder Bread, to name a few) are recognizable
    except for this year's Pepsi/Red Sox cards.  They were able to copy
    the style from the Score Pepsi/Red Sox cards from last year.  Anyway,
    I will have to send for the Mootown set one of these days.
    
    Hey, maybe you can put the Mootown cheese on the Jimmy Deans...

    >> .13  Those poor kids ? <<
    
    Tell me another one,if you believe that,you'll believe
    anything, ;-) :-).......
    
    John
    
    
    

    
    I've been buying the pancake and sausage on a stick thing. Those
    aren't too bad.
    So far my best pack is Thomas-front, Justice-back, and Canseco
    
    Jim
    
    
    
    

    Well, I don't know what you guys are talking about. I opted for a
    couple of rolls of the sausage meat so I could get 2 UPC symbols and
    send in for the uncut sheet. This stuff tastes o.k., and the dog likes
    it too! 
    
    I haven't tried the little biscuit thingies yet, though. 
    
    John D.

    
    This from a man who believed Mootown Snackers really existed.
    
    -rjk

    RE: .20
    
    If The Saint says they do, they do.
    
    Are you calling him a liar?   
    
    8^) 8^) 8^)
    
    John D.

    
    Should we tell him John?
    
    -rjk

    
    I still think you should tell him John.  I've got the receipt
    from the printer if you don't 'fess up.
    
    -rjk

    I would like to know why the team Logos are missing (air brushed) on 
    these cards.
    On the bottom of the card it has the MLB Logo,so why aren't the logos
    on the caps ?
    
    John M.
    

    I *finaly* received my first of three uncut sheet from these guys; It
    took forever!
    
    In an unrelated development, Moo-Town Snackers sent me back my check
    and UPC symbols, they claimed that supplies ran out.
    
    So, if anyone wants to trade a Moo-Town Snackers set for a Jimmy Dean
    set (uncut sheet), let me know!
    
    John D. 

    
    And you still think they really and truly exist, huh?  8^)

    Well, Moo-Town sent me a coupon for a free pack of their stuff, so if
    you want I'll send it to you....
    
    John D.

    This note seemed to end up as a catch-all for mail-in offers, so here's
    another.
    
    I just polished off a Snickers bar, and guess what? they're offering a
    "free" set of 6 "Olympic Action Pins". No other description, except
    "high qualiy enameled Snickers brand Olympic games action pins.
    
    To obtain your "free set" you have several choices of UPC symbols to
    send in. Among them are:
    
    6 14oz bags of Snickers miniatures
    
    9 9oz bags of same
    
    2 six packs of Snickers ice cream bars
    
    25 king size Snickers bars
    
    45 full size Snickers bars
    
    Plus, of course, $1.55 for S&H. Or, you can save yourself a Snickers
    o.d. and just send $11.50 to:
    
    Free Snickers Brand
    Olympic Games Action Pins
    P.O. Box 3494
    Monticello, MN 55565-3494
    
    
    John D.
    

    re.-1
    
    Why do they call it "free" when it really isn't?  It's really true then
    that nothing in life is truly free.   On second thought you could
    always hunt through the trash bins to find enough wrappers!
    
    
    Jon

They're back.....

    For those of us that are new to this hobby, would someone mind
    explaining WHAT are back?
    
    Regards,
    Denny

    Are they similar in design (fold-over) to last years sets? Is there a
    mail-in way to get them? Could you describe it?  Hey, you brought it
    up! 8^)
    
    I have UPC symbols that I sent in last year...They sent them back to me
    with a "sorry, demand exceeded supply" letter. I'm hoping that I can
    mail away for a set this year, as we can't get MooTown Snackers here on
    the West Coast.
    
    John D.

    Oh, yeah, if anyone has last years set and is interested in a trade,
    I'll swap you a 1990 California Jumbo Sunflower Seeds set. I have an
    extra complete set, and it's pretty cool! 
    
    So, anybody wanna trade a 1991 MooTown Snackers set for a 1990
    Sunflower Seeds set?
                        
    John D.
    

    John, you've got MooTown snacker cards mixed up with the Jimmy Dean
    cards. Jimmy Dean had the  uncut  sheets last year. MooTown had the
    sets with cards that weren't folded over like the ones in the pack-
    ages you bought.
    
    John

    John,
    
    O.K., let's see. The MooTown Snackers you showed me were two part, a
    player card attached (via perforation) to a mail-in card. Right?
    
    I've got 3 Jimmy Dean Sheets (the dog loved the sausage), but didn't
    get the MooTown Snacker UPC's in in time (but I appreciated your
    help!). Anyhow, they sent the UPC's back to me, and I saved them in
    case they offered something similar this year. 
    
    So, do they?
    
    John D.
    

I haven't been grocery shopping yet to pick some up. While 
scanning the coupon inserts in Sunday's paper, I came across a 
coupon ad for Mootown that had the cards pictured in it stating 
that they were now in each package. They look pretty much the 
same as last year except the red border is now blue.

I had my POP returned last year too. Unfortunately, I don't think 
I kept them. I did get a coupon for a free package of them that I 
haven't used yet...

FWIW, I've found a couple of interesting thing while scanning the 
coupon inserts. Last winter, Snickers was giving away a set of 
Olympic hero cards for $6.95 and 3 Proof of purchase, nice cards. The other 
set that was just mentioned a few days ago in here was advertised in 
there also, along with the form. I also picked up a REALLY nice 
mug from someone w/POP for a couple bucks. It's the shape of a football 
helmet and you could choose from any NFL team. This is a NICE mug 
and it must hold the equivalent of a Dunkin Donuts Big One in 
there...

daryll

    It pays to check out the coupons. Actually the wife does it for
    me. I think it was some coffee company that had the NFL mugs. I
    got a Chiefs one.  She mentioned Sunday  MooTown  Snackers were
    back again.  Probably the best thing she ever found was back in
    1984 when you could get an uncut  sheet of Topps Nestle's cards
    for 5 Nestle wrappers. The sheet I got has about 15 current and
    possible Hall of Famers on it (Schmidt, Jackson, Ryan, Carlton,
    Morgan etc.).
    
    John

    Okay,  If I read that last few notes correctly, I can get cards for:
    
    	Jimmy Dean Sausages?
    	MooTown Snackers?
    	California Jumbo Sunflower Seeds?
    
    Are you folks serious?  I don't do the grocery shopping in our house
    but are all these companies offering cards?  What Kind? Baseball?
    
    Regards,
    Denny

    Denny, you forgot Post Cereal also. Yes, they do have baseball cards
    in. The Sun Flower seeds are  out  west  though, along with Mother's
    Cookies.
    
    John

    John,
    
    Does that mean we can buy MooTown Snackers and Jimmy Dean Sausage on
    the East Coast?
    
    What in the h#@$l is Moo Town Snackers?
    
    Regards,
    Denny

    
    
    MMMMMMMMMMMM ... cheees snacks .... MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    Denny,
    
    If you've ever heard the term "regional sets", this type of stuff is
    what's being refered to. Alot of companies insert cards in their
    products, some on a regional and some on a national basis. California
    Jumbo Sunflower Seeds are regional here (and *very* rare and
    collectible 8^)), as are Mother's Cookies. Likewise, you guys can get
    Nissan Bread and MooTown out there. Post and Kellog's are national, and
    we can *all* get them. 
    
    John D.
      

    Mr. Turkey, a sandwich meat co., has included a set with their product.
    The good news is you get to see the card before you buy the package;
    The bad news is the card is part of the product packaging and has to be
    trimmed down to card size. Also, you only get one card per package. 
    
    Inside there is a mail-in offer that involves 5 UPC's and a check for
    $5.95, in return for wich you get an uncut sheet of the set (26 cards).
    
    The cards themselves are fairly goofy looking, and there are no logo's
    showing.  Because of this there will probably be a low demand, and the price
    of the set will skyrocket in later years as jaded collectors look for
    something new and different.
    
    8^)
    
    John D.
                                

    
    Hey, we don't get Mr. Turkey on the east coast.
    
    John

    
>>  Hey, we don't get Mr. Turkey on the east coast.
  
    
    In that case, these cards are really cool. Probably too cool for you 
    east coast types.  
    
    I *may* consent to trading a sheet of these rare beauties for a set of
    MooTown Snackers, though.
    
    8^)
    
    John D. 
    

    I've got 3 of these too, if anyone's interested in a trade.
    
    -Walt