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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Humpty Dumpty?

As you may know, NHL defenceman Zarley Zalapski died last month at age 49.  Zalapski played for five NHL teams from 1987 to 2000.  I picked up the card below back in May while doing a little eBay free shipping bargain hunting.  I won Zarley for 13 cents.   Pat Falloon was 6 cents and Housely and Verbeek were a penny a piece.

 Are any of you familiar with the Humpty Dumpty brand?  We didn't have them in Chicago so I was not.   Here's a photo of a vintage can:

I assume these cards were found in bags of potato chips back in 1992.  Don't be fooled by my scans.  These cards measure a wee 1-1/2 x 2 inches.  As you can see there were two series.  Two of each are represented here.  





8 comments:

  1. Awesome cards...and yes, I am familiar with Humpty Dumpty chips. They originated up around my neck of the woods.

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    1. I figured since I also saw a commercial for clam dip flavored chips. Definitely not something you'd find in the Midwest. ;)

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  2. That mascot is a tad bit creepy looking if you ask me!

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  3. Never tried the chips... but I own one of their 1993 Rickey Hendersons still sealed in the same kind of wrapper as these hockey cards.

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    1. Had no idea the brand existed. They had baseball cards too, huh? Live and learn.

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    2. Here's the Rickey...

      http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2016/09/in-memoriam.html

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  4. I must have been absent that day. Thanks for sharing your card.

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