The CORRECT 1977 Hostess Twinkies checklist

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

That all changed in 1977 when Hostess decided to issue all 150 cards in single serving packages. That's where the drama begins. Hostess decided to include not just Twinkies, but Suzy Q, Cupcakes, Ho-Ho's, Ding Dongs (or King Dons), and SnoBalls. Each one had a different sized piece of cardboard to fit the product. That meant that even though the size of the player card remained the same, the overall size of the card it was printed on varied. The ubiquitous black bar might not be visible on cards cut from a larger product card surface.

This would explain why I have some cards with typical Twinkie like product stains, have a wider cut and do not appear to have the black bar. Are there any lists at all that show the break down of which "Twinkie" cards appear on which boxes to help determine if they are indeed Twinkie cards despite a black bar not being visible or just a regular Hostess card with some less than usual product staining?

[darkhorse9]

I'll post a visual guide (stains and all as many are from my original 1977 collection). This will help with the "black bar" issue

Up first are the most common cards issued with Twinkies. The checklist included cards:

1-8
11-18
21-28
31-38
41-48
51-58

[darkhorse9]

The second style were issued with Suzy Q's
Card # 9, 10, 19, 20, 29, 30, 39, 40, 49, 50, 59, 60

[darkhorse9]

Third style is from cupcakes and includes cards # 31-135

[darkhorse9]

Next up are Sno-Balls with cards #136-150

[darkhorse9]

Ding Ding/King Don's make up cards #1-21

[darkhorse9]

The final design is from Ho-Ho's covering #111-150

[David W]

Here is Lou Brock.

As you can see the backs of the 2 on the right are not exactly the same (location of print, size of black bar). The fronts are also in different locations, so I suppose you could chase those type of variations for quite a long time.

There are also "Stain" variations...…. LOL.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

The second style were issued with Suzy Q's
Card # 9, 10, 19, 20, 29, 30, 39, 40, 49, 50, 58, 60

Should 58 be 59?

[darkhorse9]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Should 58 be 59?

Yes, corrected

[DaClyde]

I've noticed some of the Cup Cakes cards seem to have a problem with the level of blue ink in the photo. The Cedeno and Winfield cards are particularly noticeable. You can easily tell them apart just from the fronts.