Retsy Series 1 · Card 0015 · 80-CND

Humdinger Whistles

Lick it. Toot it. Drive your mom bananas.

Ring-shaped pressed candy whistles that actually tooted until you got too much spit in them.

Card no.: 0015 of 1,280
Set: 80s Candy · 80-CND
Year: 1982
Type: Candy whistles
Found at: Ice cream truck window
Cost back then: One quarter

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value3/10

The story · 1982

The story of Humdinger Whistles

A roll of Humdinger Whistles was the loudest thing you could buy for a quarter. Each candy had a hole through the middle that whistled if you held it just right between your lips. Five kids with Humdingers on one bus ride was enough to make the driver pull over, which somehow made them taste even better.

Fun fact

Expert tooters could play two notes by tilting the candy, and one kid per school could do the entire birthday song.

Six finishes

187 copies of Humdinger Whistles exist

Humdinger Whistles 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.

Humdinger Whistles, Retsy card 0015 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Humdinger Whistles, Retsy card 0015 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Humdinger Whistles, Retsy card 0015 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Humdinger Whistles, Retsy card 0015 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Humdinger Whistles, Retsy card 0015 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Humdinger Whistles, Retsy card 0015 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

80-CND

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