Retsy Series 1 · Card 0668 · 00-CND

Now-You-Don't Strips

Here one second. Gone the next.

Paper-thin candy strips that melted instantly on your tongue, kept in a tiny frosted flip-top case.

Card no.: 0668 of 1,280
Set: 00s Candy · 00-CND
Year: 2002
Type: Dissolving candy flavor strips
Found at: Drugstore checkout lane
Cost back then: $1.49 a case

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 2002

The story of Now-You-Don't Strips

Now-You-Don't Strips looked like the breath strips grown-ups carried, but tasted like watermelon, cherry cola and blue raspberry. The tiny case flipped open with a click, and each see-through strip vanished on your tongue in seconds. Kids stacked five at once to see what would happen, which was mostly a mouthful of mild fruity regret.

Fun fact

Sticking one on your forehead before it melted was a popular trick that left a sticky square for an hour.

Six finishes

187 copies of Now-You-Don't Strips exist

Now-You-Don't Strips 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.

Now-You-Don't Strips, Retsy card 0668 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Now-You-Don't Strips, Retsy card 0668 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Now-You-Don't Strips, Retsy card 0668 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Now-You-Don't Strips, Retsy card 0668 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Now-You-Don't Strips, Retsy card 0668 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Now-You-Don't Strips, Retsy card 0668 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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