Retsy Series 1 · Card 0507 · 90-MEM

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos

Wet it. Press it. Wear it all week.

Temporary tattoos from prize machines and party bags, pressed on with a wet paper towel and worn with pride.

Card no.: 0507 of 1,280
Set: 90s Memes & Fads · 90-MEM
Year: 1991
Type: Temporary tattoo craze
Found at: Quarter prize machine
Cost back then: 25¢ a turn

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Nostalgia9/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value5/10

The story · 1991

The story of Lick-and-Stick Tattoos

The tattoos came free inside gumball machines, birthday party bags and cereal boxes. You peeled off the plastic, pressed it on with a damp paper towel and counted to thirty. Kids wore lightning bolts, dragons and smiling planets on their arms for days, until bath time scrubbed them into a crackly ghost.

Fun fact

Kids who peeked too early ended up with half a dragon, which some claimed was a rare collector's edition.

Six finishes

187 copies of Lick-and-Stick Tattoos exist

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos 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.

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos, Retsy card 0507 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos, Retsy card 0507 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos, Retsy card 0507 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos, Retsy card 0507 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos, Retsy card 0507 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Lick-and-Stick Tattoos, Retsy card 0507 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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