Friday, February 6, 2009

My First Childhood Obsession

Randomly today, i was thinking about trading cards, and i remembered that i used to be totally obsessed with these Japanese stickers that came in the chocolate wafer cookies. In the city i grew up in, a lrage majority of the kids were Japanese, so i got into a lot of anime stuff pretty young. I honestly can't remember much of it, but besides getting a lot of Dragonball stuff, these cards are what stick out in my mind the most.

I stumbled upon (after looking for at least 30 minutes) what they were. They are called Bikkuriman (Surprise-Man) stickers, and i guess they are an obsession in Japane that started in 1977 and continues today. I remember i only had a couple that i had gotten from a Japanese kid, and i used to stare at it for hours and wonder what it said on the back.

My parents surprised me with getting me a whole box from Xmas, and i remember i was lucky enough to pull a metallic one out of the pack. I hope that they are still at my parents house somewhere, and i can honestly see myself starting to collect them again they were so cool

This is what they came in


And this is what they look like

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