1977 Japan, set of 30. Meiji Choco-Balls Stickers. Thanks to my friend Trevor Hopper for the information on these.
Choco-balls were sold in Japan in 1977/78 shortly after the July premiere of the movie. They were essentially fat M and M's
sold in a small cylindrical tube. The tube was blue and the top was red. In the top was either one of the stickers (shown
below, there are 30 in a full set) or a tiny little figure or ship (which are equally hard to find). There was a whole series
of snacks/candies made by Meiji with little premiums included. For these, the only ones that I saw for sale in 2004 were
running $10 each. That seems pretty steep, being that they are as small as postage stamps and there are 30 in the set, but
then, they are very obscure.
1977 Meiji
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1977 Meiji
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1977 Meiji
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