Retsy Series 1 · Card 0509 · 90-MEM
Say your name. Say it fast. Hang up.
Kids sneaking quick messages to parents by speaking them as their name during a collect call.
The story · 1995
When the movie ended early, there was a trick. Dial collect, and when the recording asked for your name, you said pick me up now really fast. Mom heard the message, declined the call and grabbed the car keys. Nobody paid a cent, and everybody felt like a secret agent.
Some families had codes, like saying pizza meant come get me and spaghetti meant I am staying late.
Six finishes
Collect Call Codebreak comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.
90-MEM
Collect Call Codebreak is one of 32 cards in the 90s Memes & Fads set. Here are the other 31.
