My Latest Additions: Collectible Drinking Glasses with Characters

Collectible Drinking Glasses Sporting 80s Characters

Do you know what I miss the most about visiting different popular chain venues back in the day? All of the promotional items like drinking glasses that restaurant chains like Pizza Hut and McDonald's actively advertised as an incentive to get us on the road to the fun hobby of collecting.

I've got Care Bears, I've got the McDonaldland characters (which probably go back a little further than the 80s) and a few of the famous Muppets. And as of late, I recently inherited these collector glasses showing the Wizard of Oz characters....there was this 50th anniversary edition commemorating the movie's magical and joyous impact on us. The glasses are circa 1989 but they have held up nicely with no paint chips or fading.

I've been encouraged to try listing them on eBay, something I probably won't be in any hurry to do right now as this is not the greatest shopping season; plus there's a caveat that comes with the packaging part of something like this if I do land a bidder: these guys are fragile.

I actually did sell some collectors glasses a number of years ago sporting the lovable Smurfs on them. It looked to be going well until one buyer wrote to tell me that one of the glasses arrived broke...Yikes! We do our best to prevent things like that from happening, but glass is fragile and Murphy's Law is always around the corner.

I followed the correct SOP...I apologized and said I would be certain to send her a replacement at no charge. Here's the catch, or punchline...the Smurf on the glass that broke was "Giggly" I just happened to be in luck that I had another Giggly glass, as I had only had one Brainy, one Papa, and one Doc; and at the present time I can't quite remember the names of the other Smurfs. I'm not even sure if "Giggly" is the correct name (If you're reading this right now, please let me know)

Well, I am glad I could regale you once again with another nostalgic tale, hopefully I will be better able to remember the Smurfs' names as well as I do the scenarios surrounding them; and for now, enjoy looking at my glass collection. Some of these are too cute to sell. I might change my mind later, but for now....I'm going to collect on :)