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I axed this question in the "People Worry Too Much About..." thread.
I remember having these as a kid. They came via mail and you stored them in a plastic rolodex-type container. They were then organized by the icons up on top.
What were these called? Did anyone else have them? This is driving me crazy!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/the_discus.jpg
Don Stugots
11-24-2007, 11:19 AM
i had them too! i had ones with animals, with famous places. I also had all these books that were part of a collection of books called SWEET PICKLES. they taught life lessons using animals. Another series of books I had were in the 14'' white books with stories of famous people at different times in their lives teaching values like PATIENCE, DETERMINATION, etc. I have no idea what they were called either.
BoondockSaint
11-24-2007, 11:27 AM
I think they were called "Cards for Kids with No Friends."
Don Stugots
11-24-2007, 11:28 AM
I think they were called "Cards for Kids with No Friends."
LOTD!
ralphbxny
11-24-2007, 11:29 AM
I think they were called "Cards for Kids with No Friends."
:lol:
I have never seen anything like that...thankfully!
MadMatt
11-24-2007, 11:39 AM
I remember them from school, but can't remember what they were called or what they were used for. I think they might have been tied to the Olympics, but that may be a related memory jumping in.
I'll keep searching my brain...
I think they were called "Cards for Kids with No Friends."
That or "Cards for Kids Who Grow Up to Make Six-Figure Incomes".
I forget.
BoondockSaint
11-24-2007, 11:48 AM
That or "Cards for Kids Who Grow Up to Make Six-Figure Incomes".
I forget.
Damn, I think you're right. When I interviewed to be CEO of IBM they totally stumped me with that Track & Field question.
keithy_19
11-24-2007, 12:38 PM
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/the_discus.jpg
I have no idea, but I do know that I aspire to be him one day.
JustJon
11-24-2007, 12:57 PM
I remember those. I had the animal ones.
MadMatt
11-24-2007, 01:26 PM
Holy Crap - I Found Them!!!
They were called "Sportscaster Cards" or "Focus on Sports Cards" and were a subscription card set in the late 70's. Check out the info here (http://www.atlaspicturecards.com/Sportscaster_cards.html).
The main page of the site (atlaspicturecards.com (http://www.atlaspicturecards.com/index.html)) also talks about the animal cards and several other sets I didn't know they had. It looks like you can still order some of them too!
I have been searching all afternoon. Thank my OCD for helping me find them!
Stankfoot
11-24-2007, 05:18 PM
I think they might have been tied to the Olympics....
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a350/stankfoot/discus.jpg
Was it the Special Olympics?
Tenbatsuzen
11-24-2007, 06:41 PM
I think they were called "Cards for Kids with No Friends."
So we should ask Lenay?
Wow...I remember those. They'd send you a couple in the mail and try to get you to purchase a set each month, kinda like Columbia House did with albums.
I don't know if anybody actually joined the club and got a full set.
Don Stugots
11-25-2007, 08:22 AM
Wow...I remember those. They'd send you a couple in the mail and try to get you to purchase a set each month, kinda like Columbia House did with albums.
I don't know if anybody actually joined the club and got a full set.
:innocent:
Holy Crap - I Found Them!!!
They were called "Sportscaster Cards" or "Focus on Sports Cards" and were a subscription card set in the late 70's. Check out the info here (http://www.atlaspicturecards.com/Sportscaster_cards.html).
The main page of the site (atlaspicturecards.com (http://www.atlaspicturecards.com/index.html)) also talks about the animal cards and several other sets I didn't know they had. It looks like you can still order some of them too!
I have been searching all afternoon. Thank my OCD for helping me find them!
God bless you Matt!!! I remember the Sports cards now. I think I had most of the sets. I got them as a Christmas gifts from my Grandparents I think.
ralphbxny
11-25-2007, 04:26 PM
Wow...I remember those. They'd send you a couple in the mail and try to get you to purchase a set each month, kinda like Columbia House did with albums.
I don't know if anybody actually joined the club and got a full set.
:innocent:
:lol:
FANDICK
11-27-2007, 08:06 AM
Just laughing at Boondock's two posts.
lol
:thumbup:
ChimneyFish
11-27-2007, 12:30 PM
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/1safari4.jpg
(insert joke here:smoke:)
Furtherman
11-27-2007, 12:38 PM
Holy kick in the brain... I had those too!!! Animal ones I remember.
scottinnj
11-27-2007, 07:28 PM
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/1safari4.jpg
(insert joke here:smoke:)
I had those cards.
Yerdaddy
11-28-2007, 04:28 AM
I axed this question in the "People Worry Too Much About..." thread.
I remember having these as a kid. They came via mail and you stored them in a plastic rolodex-type container. They were then organized by the icons up on top.
What were these called? Did anyone else have them? This is driving me crazy!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/the_discus.jpg
Now everybody in this internet cafe thinks I'm mocking them. Thanks alot buddy!
Doogie
11-30-2007, 01:15 PM
That or "Cards for Kids Who Grow Up to Make Six-Figure Incomes".
I forget.
Why so hurtful? I thought his line was pretty funny, and I had a few sets like them too. Mine had planes and military battles, as well as dinosaurs.
Why so hurtful? I thought his line was pretty funny, and I had a few sets like them too. Mine had planes and military battles, as well as dinosaurs.
I was just goofing back. That's all.
Doogie
12-02-2007, 11:55 AM
I was just goofing back. That's all.
I knew that...it just had to be said.
I found a bunch of these old type of cards recently as I cleaned out a closet. Found it ironic that it was discussed here then I stumbled onto them.
BoondockSaint
12-02-2007, 11:57 AM
I was just goofing back. That's all.
I'll never forgive you!!
Wasn't there a commercial for the animal cards that talked about the duckbilled platypus?
Mullenax
01-06-2008, 11:28 AM
Are they the same ones that came in like a plastic old-school green construction worker's lunch pail? I had ones about Ancient Egypt. The pictures on the website don't look quite how I remember them...
furie
01-06-2008, 11:48 AM
I axed this question in the "People Worry Too Much About..." thread.
I remember having these as a kid. They came via mail and you stored them in a plastic rolodex-type container. They were then organized by the icons up on top.
What were these called? Did anyone else have them? This is driving me crazy!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/the_discus.jpg
he looks like the uncle from naploean dynomite
DolaMight
01-06-2008, 12:33 PM
he looks like the uncle from naploean dynomite
Put a steak in his hand and they'd be indistinguishable.
PS - I remember these too. We got them even up here. I had the animal ones. I dunno where they came from but I think they just showed up in the mailbox without even asking for them.
Landblast
01-06-2008, 07:04 PM
Wow...I remember those. They'd send you a couple in the mail and try to get you to purchase a set each month, kinda like Columbia House did with albums.
I don't know if anybody actually joined the club and got a full set.
We got the animal and the sports ones,..It was funny, for us we didnt want to join, and like a year later they sent us the whole sets for each like,..nobody wanted that crap and they were just dumping them.
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