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This is a 'Virtual Set'.This is a 'Rogue Issue'c.1979This is a 'Rogue Issue'This is a 'Virtual Set'.
Cracker Jack
Fortune Teller Cards (Z-1404)

Date:  c.1979
Country:  United States 

Set ID:  2267
Product Type:  Snacks

SetItems
Advertised Qty:30
ProductsItems
Cards:30
Other Stuff:1
TOTAL ITEMS:31
TopicsItems
Extinct Life30
Under Review1
In ScopeItems
Rogue Items:14

 
Artist(s)
To be determined

 

Thank you to the individual(s) listed below and/or to the owner(s) of the resource(s) listed below for contributing information, checklist data, and/or image(s) included on this page.
Gail Sullivan
 
These "Fortune Teller" cards were apparently issued sometime between 1979 & 1983 and consist of a thin plastic film with a simplistic sketch which is affixed to a piece of cardboard.  According to the directions on the reverse of the cardboard backing, one was to breathe on one's palm (e.g., adding moisture/heat), then peel the plastic off the cardboard, and place the plastic on the warmed palm.  One's "fortune" was determined by how much the plastic film curled in one's palm as described  on the backs of the cardboard.  I've been told that the Fortune Teller cards were issued sequentially in three colors; first in blue, then in green, and finally in red.  Being a dinosaur enthusiast, I wonder why the Cracker Jack folks titled the T-rex card (I think that's what it is) "Dinosaur" whereas the other dinosaur is titled by its genus (i.e., Stegosaurus).

 

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Contents
Cards
Other Stuff
 
 
========== Cards ==========
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73204 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Alley Cat
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73193 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a Alligator
Alligator
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73205 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Astronaut
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73194 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Butterfly
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73195 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a Tyrannosaurus
Dinosaur (T-rex)
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73197 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Dragon
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73209 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Genie
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73200 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Mad Scientist
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73201 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73202 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Sailor Jack
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73203 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Sea Monster
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73196 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73219 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Stinger Bee
 
 
 
DB ID Topic In Scope? DF Collection? Printed No. Notes Qty Size (Inches) Album Pages Life Form
73220 Extinct Life -- 1 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" n/a
Wacky Bat
 
 
 
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