View Full Version : Late '70's/early '80's NFL pencil sets
Anyone else have these? I had this set in 5th grade. No idea what happened to them. This guy seems to think they're worth something. I thought they were pretty sweet back then.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1970s-NFL-Pencil-Set-28-Complete-with-orginal-box_W0QQitemZ8754856321QQcategoryZ206QQssPageNameZ WDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
http://i14.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/04/3c/80_1.JPG
I did!!! Seems like around 5th/6th grade. Not sure where I got them but I agree.....sweet looking.
Harry Beanbag
1/23/2006, 09:52 AM
Yep, I had those. I also had a set of Big 8 pencils which RMFO.
SoonerInKCMO
1/23/2006, 10:01 AM
Why do so many threads lately make me feel old?
Yeah, I had a set of those too.
william_brasky
1/23/2006, 10:03 AM
I had those. Those were sweet.
1stTimeCaller
1/23/2006, 10:10 AM
I had those too. Sadly most were lost during the 'Great Pencil Break War of 1987'
critical_phil
1/23/2006, 10:10 AM
those were the shizz.
they sold them in the student store for a nickel, but you weren't allowed to pick which one you got - which pretty much opened up the playground black market pencil trade.........
Harry Beanbag
1/23/2006, 10:11 AM
those were the shizz.
they sold them in the student store for a nickel, but you weren't allowed to pick which one you got - which pretty much opened up the playground black market pencil trade.........
That sounds really familiar. :)
crawfish
1/23/2006, 10:13 AM
Yep, I had a set.
I paid slightly less that $145, though. :rolleyes:
Yes, and I also liked the NFL stamp books you collected from the old DX stations, but that was early 70's, I think.
http://i16.ebayimg.com/01/i/05/02/8d/0c_1.JPG
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8751923509&category=60569
Jimminy Crimson
1/23/2006, 12:16 PM
I always used the crappy/teams I hated pencils first and spent longer at the pencil sharpener with those teams.
Pencil sharpeners. haha. Gotta love those wall mounted things. The elementary school 'water cooler'. :texan:
mdklatt
1/23/2006, 12:21 PM
I had those, too!
usmc-sooner
1/23/2006, 12:25 PM
yeah I had them we could buy them at school for like a dime or something
william_brasky
1/23/2006, 12:38 PM
Pencil sharpeners. haha. Gotta love those wall mounted things. The elementary school 'water cooler'. :texan:
You just brought back some memories. We used to get in a lot of trouble at the pencil sharpener. A one-person-at-a-time rule was implemented. We morphed that into taking the long way to the sharpener and pelting the person sharpening their pencil with erasers. Ah, good times.
Newbomb Turk
1/23/2006, 12:46 PM
I'm pretty sure I still have the complete set.
Partial Qualifier
1/23/2006, 01:02 PM
those were the shizz.
they sold them in the student store for a nickel, but you weren't allowed to pick which one you got - which pretty much opened up the playground black market pencil trade.........
5th grade for me too, and same situation critical_phil described going on at my school!
The Steelers pencil was the most sought-after; my 2nd favorite was the Broncos 'cause the colors looked cool on a pencil.
5th grade for me too, and same situation critical_phil described going on at my school!
The Cowboys pencil was the most sought-after; my 2nd favorite was the Cowboys' cause the colors looked cool on a pencil.
Word!
:D
JohnnyMack
1/23/2006, 01:18 PM
those were the shizz.
they sold them in the student store for a nickel, but you weren't allowed to pick which one you got - which pretty much opened up the playground black market pencil trade.........
You could get those in the library out of a machine and no you couldn't choose, unless you had a friend who was an aide in the library and had the key to the machine......
Where's my Garbage Pail Kids????????///
Pieces Hit
1/23/2006, 01:21 PM
Next Topic: Avon Cologne Decanturs.
OklahomaTrombone
1/23/2006, 01:22 PM
The ones I had in the late 80's/early 90's were a little different. They had the helmets on the pencils and my friends and I would draw a football field on someone's desk and use our pencils as players in an imaginary football game to pass the time.
Pricetag
1/23/2006, 01:23 PM
I remember those. I didn't even know what the NFL was back then, and I still thought they were cool. The new ones are much fancier graphically (and round, as well), but have lost something.
KABOOKIE
1/23/2006, 01:24 PM
A dime a piece at my school. I just about kicked the machine to death for giving me the NE Patriots 4 straight times. Yeah, the Pats sucked major *** back then and those were worthless on the pencil black market going on at the playground. I swore at the time the Principal was hording the Dallas Cowboys pencils.
Okieflyer
1/23/2006, 01:24 PM
I had the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikings one had all of the teeth marks in it. :D
skycat
1/23/2006, 02:52 PM
I bet there's a box with a couple of differnet sets of those at my mom's house.
I bet there's a box with a couple of differnet sets of those at my mom's house.
Same here. Pringle's tubes were perfect for storing those.
critical_phil
1/23/2006, 02:59 PM
i always traded for the seahawks pencils (jim zorn was the man).
you had to be willing to give up too much to get a steelers pencil - though having a cowboys pencil could usually get you at least 2 buccaneers and a falcons.
OklahomaTrombone
1/23/2006, 04:18 PM
i always traded for the seahawks pencils (jim zorn was the man).
you had to be willing to give up too much to get a steelers pencil - though having a cowboys pencil could usually get you at least 2 buccaneers and a falcons.
bandwagoner.
;)
Pricetag
1/23/2006, 04:28 PM
bandwagoner.
;)
He even threw in the Jim Zorn comment to try to throw us off the scent.
KC//CRIMSON
1/23/2006, 05:56 PM
Had a few sets of those pencils and also collected the vending machine mini football helmets:
http://i13.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/09/d7/4d_1.JPG
Pricetag
1/23/2006, 05:59 PM
Those are much better than the old school ones that were roughly box-shaped and you had to put the stickers on yourself.
KC//CRIMSON
1/23/2006, 06:01 PM
Those are much better than the old school ones that were roughly box-shaped and you had to put the stickers on yourself.
word. couldn't find a picture.;)
tulsaoilerfan
1/24/2006, 12:47 AM
Had a few sets of those pencils and also collected the vending machine mini football helmets:
http://i13.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/09/d7/4d_1.JPG
Me too on both the pencils and the mini helmets; those bring back some pretty frustrating memories of never getting the one i wanted, which was Dallas; i think the pencils were a Christmas gift one year and were bought as a complete set from Penney's.
John
reevie
1/24/2006, 07:56 PM
I too loved the pencils and helmets. The new helmets just aren't the same, you don't get to put the stickers and face mask on.
I found a grocery store once that had OU helmets in the machine. I got home and the stickers had razorbacks on them. Evidently it has scared me for life....
Sooner_Bob
1/24/2006, 09:48 PM
I had some of those pencils . . . you people are making me feel old.
Bama/OU
1/24/2006, 10:01 PM
http://i14.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/04/3c/80_1.JPG
Spek for the memories.
I used to trade all of my others for the Atlanta Falcons. I must have had 20 Falcon pencils at one point.
Al Gore
1/24/2006, 10:23 PM
We had those in a pencil dispencer at school. You put in a nickel or a dime and out came an NFL pencil....I remember it was kinda like a slot machine....
AllAboutThe'O'
1/26/2006, 02:17 AM
He even threw in the Jim Zorn comment to try to throw us off the scent.
He should have dropped Sherman Smith's name in the conversation instead.:D
AllAboutThe'O'
1/26/2006, 02:21 AM
I also had the NFL pencil sets, but I didn't have a particular preference for a certain team. I just used them all.
I also had the NFL bedspread and matching drapes as a kid (I think they either came from Sears or JC Penney). It had all the teams listed in their graphic fonts plus drawings of no-name NFL players in action. If I remember correctly, one was a Steeler, one was a Redskin kicking a field goal, one was a Cardinal (?) catching a pass and another was a Colt.
PhxSooner
1/26/2006, 02:49 AM
That must have been a heck of a marketing job by some company; same pencils, same machine, always got the same pencil...and the Steelers were a big one at my school, too. How on earth did they get so popular in Tulsa?
AllAboutThe'O'
1/26/2006, 03:09 AM
That must have been a heck of a marketing job by some company; same pencils, same machine, always got the same pencil...and the Steelers were a big one at my school, too. How on earth did they get so popular in Tulsa?
I guess because they beat America's Team in the big game twice in the '70s. Darn you Jackie Smith.:(
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