537 WACKY PACKAGES premium wall graphics now available from LTL PRINTS!
29 Apr
LTL PRINTS has expanded our collection of Wacky Packages premium wall graphics: Now featuring 537 original designs from the classic collectible trading cards produced by the Topps Company beginning in 1967.
http://www.LTLprints.com/WackyPacks
According to BoingBoing:
LTL PRINTS, a company that produces vinyl wall and laptop stickers, has launched a line of Wacky Packages wall-art, printed and cut on demand, in sizes up to seven feet tall. This is some of my favorite vintage parody art, like the very best of MAD Magazine’s product parodies, and the idea of having it in seven-foot slices makes me want to buy a warehouse to decorate…
According to Brand Flakes For Breakfast:
LTL PRINTS has just created something pretty awesome. Giant wacky packages (younger folk might not remember that these were the Pokemon cards of the 1970′s) that you can apply to your walls. They’ve made a deal with Topps and created a product that’s an instant piece of art, conversation starter or homage to pop culturism.
Even better – the decals are removable and can be re-applied up to 100 times, which means even in you have a jerk of a landlord who won’t let you customize your joint, you’re in luck. I’m sure this is only the start to a licensed wall graphics empire…
According to Bon Appétit:
In 1967, the Topps Company released a series of collectible trading cards called Wacky Packs that were parodies of popular consumer product brands and packaging. Now you can buy larger-than-life versions of the designs as wall decals…
According to Jalopnik:
This is some good stuff, featuring artwork by such heavyweights as Drew Friedman, Bill Griffith, and Art Spiegelman…
According to AdPulp:
LTL PRINTS’ exclusive collection of Wacky Packages Wall Graphics feature original designs from the Topps Company dating back to 1967. The prints come in a range of sizes (from laptop-sized up to seven feet tall!), are self-adhesive and will stick to almost anything, and can be removed and re-hung 100 times without leaving a mark or damaging surfaces. They range in price from $14.95 to over $100, depending on the size.
It’s great to see these pieces big on the wall in some kind of DIY art installation. They also strike me as being particularly well suited to agency offices (as long as your client isn’t the one being lampooned).
According to Frank151:
We first posted on Wacky Packs—the classic spoof-item trading cards— back in April, with news of an alleged revival. Well, last week a company by the name of LTL Prints reached out to inform us that they would be licensing and printing original Wacky Packs art as “larger than life” wall graphics…
We were always fans of the hillarious trading cards when we were younger, and also noticed that they were a pre-curser to a lot of trends in the graf, streetwear and art worlds. After all, streetwear and graf artists have been mocking commercial packaging for years, for example in the legendary artwork of artists like Steve Powers AKA Espo, or even the work of Andy Warhol. Any way you cut it, making fun of the mainstream is fun as hell…
According to About Design:
The Topps company, creators of the original Wacky Packs, has teamed up with Philadelphia company, LTL Prints, to offer larger-than-lifesize wall graphics!
These things are fantastic! What a great idea. The Wacky Packs are printed up to seven feet tall on a special, self-adhesive fabric that “sticks” to just about anything and is repositionable 100 times with no damage to surfaces. Check it out!
According to Apartment Therapy New York:
Topps Wacky Packages began as trading cards in 1967. Now the parody product cards have been turned into giant wall graphics for your home…
According to BoxVox:
60s kid-satire, “Wacky Packs” meets early 70s, “supergraphics” via Philadelphia-based LTL PRINTS’ peel & stick wall graphics…
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Wacky Packages premium wall graphics from LTL PRINTS are available in a range of customer-selected sizes (from laptop-sized up to seven feet tall!), are self-adhesive and will stick to almost anything (walls, windows, even ceilings!), and can be removed and re-hung 100 times without leaving a mark or damaging surfaces.
Prices start at $14.95 for laptop-sized graphics (NEW!), to LTL PRINTS’ signature 7 foot tall ‘larger-than-lifesize’ premium wall graphics, for $149.95.
http://www.LTLprints.com/WackyPacks
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“We are extremely excited to be partnering with LTL PRINTS to create larger than life-size versions of these classic graphics,’ according to Ira Friedman, VP of Publishing at the Topps Company. “Wacky Packages look great when they are seven feet tall on your wall, and this time around, the stickers are no longer permanent – these big wall graphics are totally repositionable!”
“As kids growing up in the 1970s, my friends and I were absolutely obsessed with Wacky Packs, and for many of us, it was our first exposure to a wonderfully subversive world of underground art,” according to John Doffing, VP Marketing at LTL PRINTS. “Some incredibly talented artists worked on Wacky Packages over the years, and today these delightfully offensive images are available as larger than life wall graphics from LTL PRINTS.”
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ABOUT LTL PRINTS LAPTOP-SIZED GRAPHICS
“Some of our customers have been ordering the smallest available sizes of our PREMIUM WALL GRAPHICS to personalize the backs of their laptops, which is something we never anticipated,” according to Carsten Petzold, co-founder of LTL PRINTS. “But with a bunch of companies selling cheap vinyl laptop stickers for $30 or $40 each, it became clear to us that there was a demand for a much better solution – and LTL PRINTS just launched it!”
WACKY PACKS PREMIUM LAPTOP GRAPHICS >> $14.95 each!
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Additional information is available via the full LTL PRINTS press release on PitchEngine:
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