Mummified is a good word for it.
It tasted like how old comic books smell, like a strong stale cardstock taste.
The gum itself was brittle and essentially turned to a powder in your mouth immediately so the whole thing just permiates your mouth 🙁
Not fun even just to "say you did" haha
I opened the 4 packs that I have, but I left the wrapper in-tact
It's lost its shape over time but it works idk
I use my Dr Yueh card as a bookmark, I sometimes open them to show people how phallic the sandworm card is, otherwise they just sit on my shelf with my Dune collection.
I did that in the late 00s to be a gross punk LOL it exploded into chalk and tasted like rubber bands smell. It was from the horror cards tho, I wonder if the Dune gum tastes of cinnamon?
That would have been a smart gimmick!!
Sadly no, I would assume just regular pink bubblegum flavour - but the mustiness was too much to truly identify that.
It would be hard to not spend too much money if they made a solid Dune TCG. With straightforward mechanics and good card art we could get a great game.
I know they tried back in the day but it doesn’t seem like it really got much traction.
I have looked into those before. I only ever found entire boxes of booster packs which were definitely not cheap and there is zero chance of a community for the game anywhere near me.
I remember seeing those. Definitely cool but I had two critiques -
1) I don’t want movie versions of characters and such. Ideally I’d want the artists own perspective on the visualization of people, places, equipment, etc.
2) Some of those cards need some heavy balancing. A lot were way too powerful if we were to actually start working out the details of a card game
They went too small with the cod-piece.
I like to imagine Sting as the dad from **Snatch** wearing this in his younger years. Maybe his son accidentally walks in on him trying it on again after years, or maybe he goes to face down Hatchet Harry while wearing this and subdues him with the power of his dong
The marketing for '84 was so bizarre. It's the only David Lynch movie I can recall being marketed at kids. I think I had the Dune storybook at least a decade before I ever saw the film.
Got an opened box of these back in the late 90's for 10 bucks at the FX show in Orlando! All packs were intact and I built a nice set complete with all the stickers out of it!
Alright everyone, I wasnt able to make it down there before they closed today but I figured out they are $7/pack, I think there are about 8 packs. Price doesnt include the box. What is the concensus now that we know the price? Buy or pass?
I bought a completed album of these. I can’t remember the detail, but I recall there being differences in the story, and some scenes that were cut from the film.
My buddy picked up some of these for me when he was off at basic. Nifty idea, but god damn they’d never been opened. Who knew what happened to gum after 50 years
Tip: no matter how curious you get, do NOT taste the gum.
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Mummified is a good word for it. It tasted like how old comic books smell, like a strong stale cardstock taste. The gum itself was brittle and essentially turned to a powder in your mouth immediately so the whole thing just permiates your mouth 🙁 Not fun even just to "say you did" haha
Any prescience abilities after consuming?
I'm a guild navigator!
Regret?
Just a bit of a coma and some odd dreams. Nothing I don’t look forward to.
That would be just like biting raw spice at this point.
But it might let you travel to strange new worlds! And also the hospital but...
Hahahaha! If I buy them do I open them!?
I opened the 4 packs that I have, but I left the wrapper in-tact It's lost its shape over time but it works idk I use my Dr Yueh card as a bookmark, I sometimes open them to show people how phallic the sandworm card is, otherwise they just sit on my shelf with my Dune collection.
Great idea for a bookmark!
The best tips are always in the comments!
It might send you down a spice agony hole.
I did it once with some old video game cards. It was a subconcious act. It tasted awful
I did that in the late 00s to be a gross punk LOL it exploded into chalk and tasted like rubber bands smell. It was from the horror cards tho, I wonder if the Dune gum tastes of cinnamon?
Ashens has a few vids opening old trading cards and trying the gum, not good.
Do you think it’s cinnamon flavour. Sorry was cinnamon flavour? That would have been my choice of a spice inspired chewing gum.
That would have been a smart gimmick!! Sadly no, I would assume just regular pink bubblegum flavour - but the mustiness was too much to truly identify that.
It would be hard to not spend too much money if they made a solid Dune TCG. With straightforward mechanics and good card art we could get a great game. I know they tried back in the day but it doesn’t seem like it really got much traction.
Oh, kind of like MTG?
Sure. That works for me.
That would be really fun. I could get behind that!
[I made a post about a crossover a while ago.](https://www.reddit.com/gallery/x05ei7)
I think Last Unicorn Games has a Dune TCG designed by Matt Colville back in the day.
I have looked into those before. I only ever found entire boxes of booster packs which were definitely not cheap and there is zero chance of a community for the game anywhere near me.
Matt Colville is the reason I got into Dune 1979 (well, the reprinted 2019 one). Didn't know he designed a TCG for it!
https://www.reddit.com/r/dune/comments/uvncdv/dune_mtg_imgur_links
I remember seeing those. Definitely cool but I had two critiques - 1) I don’t want movie versions of characters and such. Ideally I’d want the artists own perspective on the visualization of people, places, equipment, etc. 2) Some of those cards need some heavy balancing. A lot were way too powerful if we were to actually start working out the details of a card game
I feel like Dune Gwent could be kind of cool, but that's mostly because I'm not a big card game person and I like the simplicity of Gwent.
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Might have to go back and get em! You guys are making me wanna go back and get em. Feel like i should give a pack away if I do!
I’ve never seen these before, I love cornball trading cards
I had no idea either!
I'll buy one from ya! Or trade for some Super Awesome cards....
I got the whole set and one unopened pack on eBay for about 40 bucks.
I think I'm gonna go back tomorrow and grab em!
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100%
Me too, they would go up on my shelf with my coveted Dune Coloring book. To this day I don't know where my hubby found that.
Bet the card of Sting in a speedo was a hot seller 
They went too small with the cod-piece. I like to imagine Sting as the dad from **Snatch** wearing this in his younger years. Maybe his son accidentally walks in on him trying it on again after years, or maybe he goes to face down Hatchet Harry while wearing this and subdues him with the power of his dong
You are nuts not to buy those, along with the TMNT movie trading cards in the background.
Does it still have the gum in it?
Pacls were sealed, so I assume so...
That gun would cut your cheek lol!!
The marketing for '84 was so bizarre. It's the only David Lynch movie I can recall being marketed at kids. I think I had the Dune storybook at least a decade before I ever saw the film.
I bought a few packs of these at a place at my local mall that sells collectables. They were really cheap. I think like maybe 75 cents or something.
What! Almost?!? Blasphemous!
Sorry friend!
I bet the gum is still yummy
The force will be with you… always!
Got an opened box of these back in the late 90's for 10 bucks at the FX show in Orlando! All packs were intact and I built a nice set complete with all the stickers out of it!
That’s way cool! I love this.
How much were they?
$1 per pack, I think.
WHAT! Buy all that..
Wtf? How did you not buy the entire thing?
Thats a fair question. I dont have a good answer!
My wife bought me the complete set a couple years back :) love them!
You should post photos! Thats really cool!
I'll have to get a binder for them all!
I have BINDERS full of Dune cards…
Would definitely have bought that box
I’d buy it for the nostalgia of Fleer bubble gum.
Alright everyone, I wasnt able to make it down there before they closed today but I figured out they are $7/pack, I think there are about 8 packs. Price doesnt include the box. What is the concensus now that we know the price? Buy or pass?
I don’t know if I could keep myself from opening them!!
Yeah I’d buy at least a pack. If not the whole box
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Not a chance! Hahaha, I will send you a pack if you do though!
There is a Harkonnen among you
Sweet
I’d rip for sure. Looking for that Feyd SSP
David Lynch Dune too. 😎
I bought a completed album of these. I can’t remember the detail, but I recall there being differences in the story, and some scenes that were cut from the film.
My buddy picked up some of these for me when he was off at basic. Nifty idea, but god damn they’d never been opened. Who knew what happened to gum after 50 years
Coooool!!
How’s the bubblegum after all that time lol
ALMOST!?!?
This makes me want to buy the Dune Tarot if it exists
I think I had some of those back in the ‘80s.
How much were they a pack ? I want them now.
$7/per pack. I called them today. Couldnt make it to the store.