1970's Trading cards / stickers

[GavinH]

I grew up in the 70's and still think that the 1970's was a great decade.

I am looking for some trading cards/stickers but I can't remember what they were called.
They looked like they could have been the UK version of MAD cards, and of course they came with a flat piece of hard chewing gum. They weren't connected to a TV show or movie but they were just illustrations of monster / Alien / crazy kid charactures. I'm guessing they came out around 1976 -79.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Thanks
Gav

[Heather74]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

garbage pail kids ? (not sure if they came with gum)

[GavinH]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

Hi Heather,

Thanks for your reply. Not garbage pail kids unfortunately.
I'm in the UK if that helps.

I remember that there used to be Dracula cards out at about the same time. Dracula cards had pictures of Christopher Lee biting people.

[Heather74]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

I know the ones you mean

You'll die laughing cards http://www.bubblegum-cards.com/Youll...ing/index.html

shocking laffs http://cobwebbedroom.blogspot.co.uk/...gum-cards.html

I'm sure someone will know the kids ones you describe, if you put trading cards in the search on here we have a few threads,might be worth a read

[tilly67]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

Hi Gav... were they ones that had "Wanted" at the top? Because they were like monsters etc.. I remember them, but nobody else I ask do.. not even my brother and we both collected them.. there was one called "Babyface" something I seem to recall lol

[retromad]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

Hi i think they were called the monster Olympic's iv'e been looking for them for ages, i was told they were called team spirits these are the first series of cards hope this helps

[retromad]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unusually-Fu...item5b034a8798

[retromad]

Re: 1970's Trading cards / stickers

At last ive found them