Retsy Series 1 · Card 0334 · 90-CND

Loose Tooth Tuggers

Wiggly tooth? Not for long.

Taffy so outrageously sticky that kids used it to free their wiggly baby teeth, with mixed results.

Card no.: 0334 of 1,280
Set: 90s Candy · 90-CND
Year: 1992
Type: Extra-sticky chewy taffy
Found at: Corner store penny candy bin
Cost back then: 5¢ a square

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness7/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 1992

The story of Loose Tooth Tuggers

Loose Tooth Tuggers were the most powerful candy in the penny bin. Each square came twisted in wax paper printed with a cartoon tooth wearing a parachute. Chew one with a wiggly tooth and there was a real chance it came out stuck in the taffy. Kids kept score on lunch napkins, and the tooth fairy supposedly paid extra for sticky ones.

Fun fact

Older kids swore the cherry squares could pull a grown-up molar, though nobody ever volunteered to test it.

Six finishes

187 copies of Loose Tooth Tuggers exist

Loose Tooth Tuggers 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.

Loose Tooth Tuggers, Retsy card 0334 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Loose Tooth Tuggers, Retsy card 0334 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Loose Tooth Tuggers, Retsy card 0334 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Loose Tooth Tuggers, Retsy card 0334 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Loose Tooth Tuggers, Retsy card 0334 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Loose Tooth Tuggers, Retsy card 0334 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

90-CND

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