Wacky Postcards (the checklist)!
By Kurt Kuersteiner © 2011 Monsterwax
Monster Trading Cards
Thanks for the complete checklist of various Wacky Postcards (including Halloween) assembled by Pat Floria! (Current through 2011.)
SERIES 1 (Sale date 11/21/2007):
Limited Editon:
- 100 signed/numbered postcard sets (Dracky Packages, Quacky Packages, Weaky Packages)
- Envelope with grey logo
- 100 numbered sketch cards based on the 3 titles
Regular Edition:
- Standard postcard sets (different verbiage on back/copyright on front).
- Envelope with red logo.
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SERIES 2 (Sale date 7/11/2008):
Limited Edition:
- 250 Signed/numbered postcard sets (Cheatas, Swiss Moose, Mummy D)
- Envelope with yellow logo
- 250 numbered sketch cards based on the 3 titles
TS1 Bonus card - Mutty Bars
Regular Edition:
- Standard postcard sets (different verbiage on back/copyright on front)
- Envelope with yellow logo
TS1 Bonus card - Mutty Bars
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SERIES 3 (Sale date 5/11/2009):
Limited Edition:
- 200 Signed/numbered postcard sets (Eerio, Bassquick, Gloomy Bears)
- Envelope with green logo
- 200 numbered sketch cards based on the 3 titles
- TS2 Bonus card - Grave Nuts
Regular Edition:
- Standard postcard sets (different verbiage on back/copyright on front)
- Envelope with green logo
- TS3 Bonus card - Clucky Soup
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SERIES 4 (Sale date 10/11/2009):
Limited Edition:
- 200 limited edition postcard sets (9 to Life, Dead & Buried, Rex Mix, Bugweiser, Molten Crisp)
- Envelope with blue logo
- Certificate of Authenticity, numbered to match sketch
- 200 numbered sketch cards based on 9 to Life, Dead & Buried, Rex Mix, 7 Pup, Molten Crisp, and Hoppy Meal
- 200 sets of 5 bio cards
- TS4 Bonus card - Hoppy Meal
Regular Edition:
- Standard postcard sets (different verbiage on back/copyright on front)
- Envelope with blue logo
- TS5 Bonus card - 7 Pup
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HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS/TRADING CARDS (2009):
- Halloween postcard -Philly Show Edition: (Ghostess, Bricks, Bots), says "Tricky Treat!" in black inside white burst under Wacky Packages logo on reverse; a few were also included with Series 4.
- Halloween postcard - regular release with Series 4: (Ghostess, Bricks, Bots), says "Tricked Out!" in white inside orange burst under Wacky Packages logo on reverse. Glossier front finish that the "Tricky Treat!" version.
- Halloween Trading cards: 3 different titles released with all Series 4 limited edition sets and with Series 4 regular postcard sets while supplies lasted (H1- Ghostess; H2 - Bricks; H3 - Bots); one random card included with each set.
- Approximately 50 Halloween sketch cards based on Ghostess, Bricks and Bots, distributed by the artist, Neil Camera.
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PROMO CARDS (2009):
- Series 5 Croca Cola Zero promo card - with "Coming Winter 2010"
- Series 5 Croca Cola Zero promo card - with "Coming February 2010"
- Series 5 Croca Cola Zero promo sticker - with "Coming February 2010" on front (white back)
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SERIES 5 (Sale date 3/1/2010):
Limited Edition:
- 250 limited edition postcard sets (Tombs, Wander, Taco Bill, Klepto, Stench Berries)
- Certificate of Authenticity, numbered to match sketch
- Envelope with orange logo
- 250 numbered sketch cards based on Tombs, Wander, Klepto, Stench Berries, Gaggin' Strips and Speed Lick
- 250 sets of 6 bio cards
- TS6 Bonus card " Gaggin' Strips
Regular Edition:
- Standard postcard sets (different verbiage on back/copyright on front)
- Envelope with orange logo
- TS7 Bonus card " Speed Lick
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Spring 2010 Philly promo postcard Peepers (May 1-2, 2010)
- Reverse has the Wacky Packages Postcards logo, as well as the Philly show logo and date
- Numbered NS1
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WACKY PACKAGES POSTCARD COLLECTOR'S KIT:
- Official Deluxe-Edition Collectors Binder
- Exclusive Wacky Packages Postcards Souvenir Stamps Sheet
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SERIES 6 (Sale date 7/2/2010):
Limited Edition*:
- 300 limited edition postcard sets (Game of Lice, Rolling Croc, Captain Moron, Alpha Bytes, Maulboro)
- Certificate of Authenticity, numbered to match sketch
- Pink wrapper, numbered to match sketch
- 300 numbered sketch cards based on Game of Lice, Rolling Croc, Captain Moron, Alpha Bytes, Maulboro, H8 and Philly"s Runt
- 300 sets of 5 bio cards
- TS9 Bonus card " Philly"s Runt
* Due to a lost delivery, Limited Edition postcard sets were issued as two separate "phases". Phase 1, also known as 6A, includes sets numbered 1 through 150, and Phase 2, also known as 6B includes sets 151 through 300. Differences are as follows:
- Phase 1 LE postcards have a white Topps logo on the reverse, and Phase 2 LE postcards have a red Topps logo on the reverse
- Phase 1 COAs have "Limited Edition Postcards" in black, and Phase 2 COAs have "Limited Edition Postcards" in pink
- Phase 1 wrappers have the set number in white in a pink oval, and Phase 2 wrappers have the set number in pink in a white oval
- Phase 1 sketch cards have the Wacky Packages logo in yellow, and Phase 2 sketch cards have the Wacky Packages logo in red
Regular Edition:
- Standard postcard sets (different verbiage on back/copyright on front)
- Envelope with pink logo
- TS8 Bonus card " H8
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HALLOWEEN 2010 POSTCARDS (Sale date 10/20/2010):
- 500 Halloween postcard sets (Kackel, Mellow Cup, Mike and Yikes, Boozooka, Stake 5, Starbeast/Tootsie Troll combo)
- Orange wrapper with spiderweb pattern, unnumbered
- 500 numbered sketch cards based on Kackel, Mellow Cup, Mike and Yikes, Boozooka, Stake 5, Starbeast, Tootsie Troll and Mr. Ghoulbar*
- 500 bio cards total; each postcard set included only the bio card for the artist whose sketch card was in the pack (7 different artists)
- TS10 Bonus card " Mr. Ghoulbar
*Note: each of the 7 artists created 6 colored sketch cards, where the "Postcards" logo at the top of the sketch card is in red, instead of black. In addition, the copyright line at the bottom of a colored sketch card specifies "color sketch."
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SERIES 7
Limited Edition (Sale date 6/23/2011):
- 500 sets of unnumbered limited edition postcards (Old Spikes, Glooberry, Flabbenbelly, Romaine, Count Cluckula, Ruffs), with each postcard marked as "limited Edition" on the reverse, and signed by the artist on the reverse
- Certificate of Authenticity, numbered
- Red envelope, decorated to match postcard titles
- 500 unnumbered sketch cards based on Old Spikes, Glooberry, Flabbenbelly, Romaine, Count Cluckula, Ruffs, and Cap"n Clunk*
- 1,000 bio cards total; each set contained 2 of 6 different artist bio cards
- TS12 Bonus card " Marigold Whip
- Special Wacky Packages Postcard poster
*Note: each of the 7 artists created a few color sketches; the copyright line on the reverse of these color sketches specifies "color sketch."
Regular Edition (Sale date 6/24/2011):
- Standard postcards, no signature box on reverse, and with copyright on front
- Red envelope, decorated to match postcard titles (identical to LE set envelope)
- TS11 Bonus card " Cap"n Clunk
- Three mini postcards, one with each two regular edition sets purchased: PCM1 " Glooberry; PCM2 " Count Cluckula; PCM3 " Flabbenbelly. The art on these cards differs from the postcards themselves, and may be color/conceptual roughs.
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HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS (Sale date 10/14/11):
- 650* Halloween postcard sets (Ork, Bog Red, Hairy Mane, Alltoads, Human Heads, Witchamacallit, Hairi-Boo/Cracker Drac combo), with each postcard marked as limited Edition on the reverse, and signed by the artist on the reverse
- Certificate of Authenticity, numbered
- Purple wrapper with spiderweb pattern, unnumbered
- 650 numbered sketch cards based on Ork, Bog Red, Hairy Mane, Alltoads, Human Heads, Witchamacallit, Hairi-Boo, Cracker Drac, and Toothie Roll (7 different artists)**
- 1,300 bio cards total; each postcard set included 2 bio cards (8 different artists)
- TS13 Bonus card "Toothie Roll"
- One mini postcard in each postcard set: PCM4 " Cracker Drac". The art on this card is Jay Lynch's concept art for the title.
*Note: Although the online sale webpage stated 660 sets, it is believed that only 650 were produced, based upon the Certificate of Authenticity stating set # __ of 650. Furthermore, no sets numbered higher than 650 have been reported to date.
** Note: The only exact sketch count known is that Jay Lynch created 50 b/w Hairy Mane sketches for this set. Those sketches were reproduced in Wacky Packages Comics No. 1, described below. Brent Engstrom is believed to have produced 150 b/w sketches. There were a small number of color sketches produced for this series, as well as a handful of glow-in-the-dark sketches (Neil Camera). There is no difference in the copyright or card stock for the color or glow-in-the-dark sketches relative to the black and white sketches.
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Wacky Packages Comics No. 1 (First sale date October 22, 2011):
- 650 limited edition books, numbered on Page 2 and signed by Jay Lynch on the inside rear cover (Page 17)
- The 50 b/w sketches created by Jay Lynch for the 2011 Halloween Postcard set are presented in this postcard-sized comic book as a continuous story. The front cover of the book states "as chronicled by Jay Lynch for Wacky Packages Postcards."
- The rear cover of the book is a "souvenir postcard," numbered WC1, with a Wacky Packages Comics Postcard logo and a signature box on the inside. Rear cover art, which would be the souvenir postcard front, is a color concept illustration of Hairy Mane by Jay Lynch.
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Fall 2011 Philly promo postcard Baby Wrath (October 22-23, 2011)
- Reverse art matches Wacky Halloween Postcards 2011, with the relocation of the shoptopps.com logo to immediately beneath the Wacky logo at the top left, and a Philly show logo at the bottom left, in place of the artist signature box.
- Numbered NS2
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SERIES 8 (Coming 2012)