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That's wack

File this under the "why did I buy this" category. I was even warned . I bought one anyway. Wacky Packages were one of the first "card" sets I ever bought. I was buying them at the same time I was buying my very first baseball card set, in 1975. The 2014 Wacky Packages Chrome set is based on the original series of Wacky's that came out in 1967 and 1973. Even though I didn't buy Wacky's until 1975, I do remember some of the original stickers from 1973. They must have been floating around from some of the older kids. Anyway, the Wacky's that both me and my brother purchased then are long gone, stuck on many forgotten objects in various forgotten ways. But the thrill of seeing one of those original Wacky stickers from '73 is still there. And I can still remember some of the first ones I saw: Boo Hoo Drink, Hawaiian Punks Juice and Rice A Phoni. I almost crave those old stickers like a 1975 Topps mini or a 1977 Topps football card. It'...