Retsy Series 1 · Card 0264 · 80-FSH

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron

Waffle your hair. Not your breakfast.

A hot plate crimping iron that pressed tiny zigzag ripples into hair, one sizzling clamp at a time.

Card no.: 0264 of 1,280
Set: 80s Fashion & Style · 80-FSH
Year: 1987
Type: Hot zigzag hair crimper
Found at: Department store small appliances
Cost back then: $19.95

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness7/10

Trade value5/10

The story · 1987

The story of Ripplemaker Crimping Iron

The Ripplemaker took forty minutes, a bathroom outlet, and the patience of a lighthouse keeper to crimp a full head of hair. The result was worth it: hair three times wider and textured like ramen noodles. The whole house smelled faintly toasty for hours, and little brothers swore they could hear it hissing.

Fun fact

Ripplemaker instructions warned against crimping eyebrows, which tells you everything about who had tried it.

Six finishes

187 copies of Ripplemaker Crimping Iron exist

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron 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.

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron, Retsy card 0264 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron, Retsy card 0264 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron, Retsy card 0264 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron, Retsy card 0264 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron, Retsy card 0264 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Ripplemaker Crimping Iron, Retsy card 0264 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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