Sunday, November 11, 2012

Vintage Gumball Machine NFL Mini Helmets!

It's NFL Sunday! So I thought I'd share some pics of this sweet little batch of vintage gumball machine NFL mini helmets that I scored at an antique mall a few weeks back. I used to collect the hell outta these bad boys and at one time had a complete collection.


This is far from a complete set. But for a whopping $5, I think it's a pretty good score.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Man, I gotta get the rest of these!

8 comments:

  1. I had my share of these in my youth as well Reis.

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  2. I had tons of these! I liked when they introduced colored faceguards, I'd always try to match up colors and of course, the Raiders got the black faceguards.

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    1. WHAT THE WHAT?! I don't remember the colored faceguards. Now I have yet another Chicago Bears helmet to hunt down.

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  3. I've always wanted to try to put together a complete run of all the Jets helmets. Nice score Reis!

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    1. Thanks, Mike! I managed to get them all once when I was a kid. It took forever and a lot of quarters that could have been spent on Pac Man.

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  4. Het, Reis! Met you at the Lake City Toy Show!
    Love these! I had a the whole set at one time also. I especially love the backwards Seahawks sticker.

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    1. Ha! I didn't even notice that! I guess the original owner must have not know which side the stickers go on.

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  5. I'm loving the old school logos for some of the teams. Now I might have to go home and fire up Tecmo Super Bowl. But it's only been less than a week since I've played.

    Have you seen the vending machines with the little NFL shot glasses. I've been trying to get a Packers one, but ended up with Miami and Tampa Bay. I couldn't even get a half decent team. :)

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