Retro candy wrappers

A candy collectors candy wrapper collection

Today marks my third Razzles post for CollectingCandy, as it’s been quite a year of research and discovery for me on the topic. When I posted my “All About Razzles” article back…

Coming from the early-to-mid-1970's is this lovely Goobers candy box. It's a nice one. This comes from the "Munktiki Collection", a large lot of consumer goods packaging saved and stored by Californian Paul Nielsen during the 1970's. A collection I recently acquired and will be documenting here. For more on Paul's current activities, check out www.munktiki.com.

A Ferrara Pan classic I remember frondly from my youth - I'd get these at my swimming pool snack shack. This comes from the "Munktiki Collection", a large lot of consumer goods packaging saved and stored by Californian Paul Nielsen during the 1970's. A collection I recently acquired and will be documenting here. For more on Paul's current activities, check out www.munktiki.com.

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They're Doctor Who's favorite (well, Tom Baker's Doctor Who, anyway), and this box might well come from that Doctor's era. I think this box dates to the late 70's, but could be an early 80's example. I simply not certain. Still it's great to have one that might well be the kind the Doctor himself might have fancied.

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