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I used to love these things.



I stumbled upon this 'Uni Watch' article while browsing ESPN.com, and couldn't help but reminisce. Now, I'm only 17, but I remember begging my mom for a couple of quarters every time we'd pass these leaving the local supermarket.

I wish I could find my old collection, because I know I didn't toss them.

Anyone else collect these as a kiddie?

Oh man, they still make those things?

I remember there used to be this machine outside of Market Basket that always had one good helmet (usually the Niners or Broncos) surrounded by 30-40 Saints and Bengals helmets. I think I spent $70 of my mom's money just trying to collect them all.

YES my brother bought me a dolphins one just this past christmas, along w/a buffalo helmet for himself.. and my pops showed me his 2 (dallas and SF) from back in the day,so now we have 4... i used to have alot when i was young too

I used to put em on my wrestling action figures & had like a WWF Probowl. Oh, to be a kid again....

Sadly I never came across football helmets and instead they only had the ones with baseball helmets (which were nice in their own right).

I remember those gumball machines in my old town's super market but now I live in super suburbia where the super markets dont got 'em

Those helmets are pieces of gum?

no
if i remember right, they can with gum

i had a few of them, but i don't know where they are now

Basketball Jesus wrote:Oh man, they still make those things?

I remember there used to be this machine outside of Market Basket that always had one good helmet (usually the Niners or Broncos) surrounded by 30-40 Saints and Bengals helmets. I think I spent $70 of my mom's money just trying to collect them all.

where's that machine?

theyre great. i used to like the baseball ones that came with ice cream in em. . . memories

Gumball machine helmets...gotta love those!

I had so many of those it was insane!

I found some of my old ones on the top shelf of my closet with some of my football cards, and just from that box I have 30 (no Texans or Jaguars).

And, the first card on the first stack I looked at was a Peyton Manning rookie card.

i had the lions and falcons helmets. i dont even think there was a niners helmet in there.

I looked them up on google and I see you can buy entire sets. Thing is that they're usually close to a $100 for entire sets.