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Two new articles! Freddy’s Bubble Gum & the TMNT Fan Club Kit!

I tried out something new today, let's see how it works out. Instead of taking something that can be summed up in three words and stretching it out for sixty pages, I took two things and created two shorter articles. They didn't end up being that much shorter, actually, but they're still much less of a drain to put together. If the feedback's in its favor, maybe I'll start doing this a little more often.

First up, it's Freddy's Bubble Gum! Made by Topps in 1989, Mr. Krueger took his Elm Street franchise to new heights by letting kids chew his unholy Chiclets. I have no idea why I find this stupid gum so interesting, but I can't help myself. I just stare and stare at it, all the time, wondering where the Hell it came from. Going from one side of the universe to the other, the second article deals with the Ninja Turtles...

It's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fan Club Kit! An exclusive offer advertised on the earliest Ninja Turtles action figures' packaging, kids received everything from a sticker to a bandana, and even a letter from some guy they'd never heard of. The article provides an in-depth look at the packet's contents, and I kinda go overboard when talking about the really cool envelope. But you know me. I love my envelopes. By the way, tomorrow's my birthday. I'm going to be so fucking old.

Posted by Matt on 02/05/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 135 comments
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Hey if everyone who visits this site in a day chips in a buck, Matt can get his dream TV =)

Chestnuts roasted by Kou Hotaru @ 02/05/2004 9:33 PM

2nd post

Chestnuts roasted by spongerob @ 02/05/2004 9:34 PM

Well Matt, I’ll emphasize as a reader how awesome it is to come to X-E and find two new articles at once. Do this more often!

Chestnuts roasted by Token Comment Guy @ 02/05/2004 9:34 PM

Wow, that gum just looks nasty, ick, yuck, blech! Sure hope you didn’t try it..

and – OMG I had a wuzzle when i was younger! Completely forgot hahaha, so cute, wish mine would have talked to me. Didn’t have 3D glasses either.

Chestnuts roasted by Xen @ 02/05/2004 9:44 PM

agreed, the 2 articles are nice… but I don’t mind the size of them being short or long.

maybe it’s just me, but i’d rather have them spread out. even over a day. for all the times when I check X-E daily, i’d rather get a small update twice a week than 2 small updates once a week. does that make sense? I mean, do what you want, but that’s my 2 cents.

Also, today already is Feb 6th in Japan, So I’ll be the first to say it on your official birthday: Happy Birthday!

Sorry to all the Fan-girls who wanted to be first.

Chestnuts roasted by Chopstick Sensei @ 02/05/2004 9:47 PM

Oh, I should’ve mentioned that the two-short-in-a-day doesn’t mean two-short-in-a-day and then skip-two-days. Example: instead of three looong articles a week, we could have one looong one and four shorter ones, like these.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 02/05/2004 9:48 PM

(longtime lurker, firsttime poster!) Yeah, I’m one of those 16 who care about the Fan Club package! I had that, but like too many old toys, it went the way of the garbage man…eh, oh, well…happy birthday, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Pat @ 02/05/2004 9:53 PM

That Freddy’s Gum thing looks almost like this toy candy from the sixties called Hippy Sippy,which came in containers shaped almost like hypodermic needles and had phrases on them like "Hippy Sippy says he’ll try anything!". Parents groups and the goverment got them taken off the market. Just an intersting bit of trivia.

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 02/05/2004 9:59 PM

hey matt, I’d buy you that TV if I had the money, but right now I can’t even afford the cheapest thing on your wish list. Anyways, why am I never the first person to read these things? Just once, I’d like to be the first one to post in the blog! :(

Chestnuts roasted by Skitzo from stupid5pin.com @ 02/05/2004 10:06 PM

Matt, It’s nice to know someone else feels as strongly about getting mail as I do :)

Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 02/05/2004 10:14 PM

Hey wasn’t that gum like 10 years old? Happy Birthday for tommorow Matt. Aren’t you gonna be like 23?Y’know you used to be that guy with the funny blogs and saved me from boredom in class so yeah it cool how you are now Matt when I talk about your articles in everyday life :-)

Chestnuts roasted by Rebekah @ 02/05/2004 10:14 PM

Well, Matt, Happy Birthday! Can’t say I can get you anything on that list, but I do have a lot of leftover crap you might like.

How about it? The last episode of Cheers circa 1993? The Ronald McDonald storytime where Ronald read books to the Fry Guys? Illegally copied video game help tapes from 1985?

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 02/05/2004 10:24 PM

yeah Happy b-day. im gunna leave a comment because the list hasnt reached 100. and on the stickeer there all wearing the red bandanas because the orginal turtels were had all the same(seen in the comic cover) and and they werent as goofy in the older stuff too. and id get you those mighty beens(and a pack for my slef) but my moms a bitch about the whole online ording thing.

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 02/05/2004 10:24 PM

and hey mr. mr. mr. i know you review alot of old nick stuff on your web site… well i found a old pinweel tape at this used cd/record store in the city.to bad i was broke :(

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 02/05/2004 10:26 PM

In grade school we used gum as currency, and as a bartering system, if I wanted to borrow someone’s pencil crayons that’s two pieces easy. Freddy Krueger gum would’ve been the Fort Knox of trading, how could any gum be cooler. I also joined the TMNT fanclub as a kid, all my friends and I were into it so I joined to shame them and show I loved those wacky turtles the most. This also occured when I heard my best friend had a store bought Leo costume for Halloween, so I got my Grandma to hand make me a huge Donatello costume, full body, Why do things if you can’t make your friends feel bad because of it??

Chestnuts roasted by Brrent @ 02/05/2004 10:26 PM

ok, and now that I’ve actually read the articles, I just want to say that I hate it when my foot falls asleep. Happy Birthday Matt! I’ll say happy birthday to you on my site and send you a couple new visitors whenever my DNS settings kick in and I can publish my site on our new servers. Then I’ll send you that e-mail I briefly mentioned in the spongebob article comment thingy.

Chestnuts roasted by Skitzo from stupid5pin.com @ 02/05/2004 10:28 PM

Forgot to include by well wishes, happy b-day Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 02/05/2004 10:31 PM

Matt, happy birthday.

Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger

Mushroom, Mushroom

Ahh, snake, ahh snake, OOh its a snake.

Badger Badger Badger…

(People who surf too much will understand this)

Chestnuts roasted by Badger @ 02/05/2004 10:32 PM

Sorry I can’t afford to get you any of that stuff on your list Matt, I’m down to my last $100 bucks, last CANADIAN $100 bucks.

Hey, did anybody else here ever have that Ninja Turtles Pizza Throwing Machine? You know the one that was louder than a vacuum and could cut a cat in half.

Chestnuts roasted by Tyler @ 02/05/2004 10:39 PM

Turning 24 or 25 I think. Lemme be the first to give you your birthday boobie flash! Woo!

Chestnuts roasted by allicat @ 02/05/2004 10:43 PM

That whole "be prepared to fight evil wherever you find it"-thing sounds like kids would take that as: "beat the living hell out of anyone who upsets you so you can be like a real ninja turtle!"

When I played with my TMNT figures as a kid, they never succeeded in saving April or much anything else ‘cuz I’ve always hated cliches. Also, the spine on the first Shredder figure always grossed me out.

Chestnuts roasted by Rewolf J @ 02/05/2004 10:49 PM

Hey Tyler, was that the little tank thing that came with the plastic pizzas? My cousin had that thing I think. We broke it, but then again, when me and him were little we broke everything. And now he’s married and I have a kid on the way. We got old :( But not as old as Matt! Happy Birthday buddy!

Chestnuts roasted by Skitzo from stupid5pin.com @ 02/05/2004 10:54 PM

I agree about mail. A day without mail, even one of those stupid mail flyers that the grocery store puts out weekly, is a sad day indeed.

The Freddy Gum is…odd. Definately one of the strangest things I have seen.

The TMNT kit…stranger. The comics don’t really look like the official Mirage comics (at least not to me, I’m not that familiar with them), but rather like someone has copied them crudely.

I do remember Pizza Points, but I have no clue WHY I remember them….weird.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 02/05/2004 10:57 PM

"Speak N’ Shell?"

You SO rock.

The articles were really good. I too am glad to know that someone else lives for mail.

Happy birthday in about an hour eastern time. I hope it’s excellent.

Yay!!

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 02/05/2004 11:01 PM

I remember the pizza points, but my most fond memory of TMNT toys was on the back of the Michaelangelo figure packaging was where it said that it takes 8 pounds of pressure (or whatever it was) to break bone, and the nunchucks (or however you spell it) generate 80!

Chestnuts roasted by Skitzo from stupid5pin.com @ 02/05/2004 11:02 PM

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