Retsy Series 1 · Card 0126 · 80-BRK

Test Pattern Breakfast

Up before the cartoons. Every Saturday.

Waking before dawn on Saturday, pouring cereal and staring at the test pattern until cartoons started.

Card no.: 0126 of 1,280
Set: 80s Cereal & Breakfast · 80-BRK
Year: 1982
Type: Saturday morning ritual
Found at: Living room carpet
Cost back then: Free with antenna

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Nostalgia10/10

Hype5/10

Weirdness4/10

Trade value3/10

The story · 1982

The story of Test Pattern Breakfast

Somewhere around six in the morning, kids crept downstairs, poured a mixing bowl of cereal and turned the TV to the test pattern. Then they waited. The color bars hummed, the cereal got soggy and the house stayed quiet. When the first cartoon finally popped on, it felt like winning a race nobody else was running.

Fun fact

Turning the volume all the way down so parents would not wake up was the most important skill of the ritual.

Six finishes

187 copies of Test Pattern Breakfast exist

Test Pattern Breakfast 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.

Test Pattern Breakfast, Retsy card 0126 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Test Pattern Breakfast, Retsy card 0126 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Test Pattern Breakfast, Retsy card 0126 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Test Pattern Breakfast, Retsy card 0126 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Test Pattern Breakfast, Retsy card 0126 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Test Pattern Breakfast, Retsy card 0126 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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