The Pac-Star: Pac-Man Stickers A, B, C, and D Differences

Version A/B/C/D Differences

I found Pac-Man Stickers and Ruboffs at my favorite drug store throughout the summer of 1982. They always seemed to be well stocked with at least two boxes of yellow packs (version "A"). Then in the fall the box changed to white and white packs were being sold (version "C"). Apparently Fleer modified the set somewhat to make the stickers more interesting and to boost interest. The ruboffs appear to be identical, but almost all of the stickers are enhanced: eyes on Pac-Man, a red/blue Pac-style trim, etc.

Since I originally created this web site, I have learned that there are at least two other variant versions in existence (for the United States market). Russ Perry Jr. informed me about verison "B" which has wrappers like "C" but stickers like "A", and they have black ink on the back of the stickers instead of blue. More recently, I was informed of a version "D" which apparently is identical to "C" except for the back of the stickers which has the copyright notice expanded and relocated. (The expanded copyright notice at the bottom is the same format used for the Ms. Pac-Man stickers, so one can see the chronological progression.) Bottom Line: Use the sticker back to determine which version you have.

Regarding the availablity of versions "A" and "C": A fellow Pac-Man collector has told me that the yellow version A is more rare, based on the prices that complete boxes of unopened packs are going for on E-bay. Also, if you look in catalogs or on other web sites, usually you see version "C". So perhaps more of "C" was produced, or perhaps more ended up unsold in warehouses (if popularity was going down) and thus ended up in collectors' hands, or maybe it's just coincidence.

Version A Version B Version C Version D European Version
Yellow Wrapper White Wrapper White Wrapper (Assumed) Unknown
Plain Pac Eyed Pac Different Eyed Pac, no dots
Plain Pac on Back, Blue Ink Plain Pac on Back, Black Ink Fancy Pac on Back, Blue or Dark Blue Ink Fancy Pac on Back, Copyright At Bottom European back
Width: 2.50" (63.5mm)
Height: 3.00" (76.2mm)
Aspect Ratio: 1.20
Thick stock (like trading cards) Width: 2.50" (63.5mm)
Height: 3.00" (76.2mm)
Aspect Ratio: 1.20
Thick stock (like trading cards) Width: 2.50" (63.5mm)
Height: 3.00" (76.2mm)
Aspect Ratio: 1.20
Thick stock (like trading cards) Width: 2.50" (63.5mm)
Height: 3.00" (76.2mm)
Aspect Ratio: 1.20
Thick stock (like trading cards) Width: 2.45" (62.3mm)
Height: 3.41" (86.5mm)
Aspect Ratio: 1.39
Thin stock (like most stickers)

Special thanks to Andrew Eyre of Derbyshire, England, for donating to me a complete set of a European version of the Fleer Pac-Man stickers! For more about how the European version was created from the Amerian version and the interesting differences between them, please see the Pac-Man Stickers Uncut Sheet Clues page.

Document last modified 04 Aug 13 by Kevin Jay North

Version A	Version B	Version C	Version D	European Version



Width: 2.50" (63.5mm) Height: 3.00" (76.2mm) Aspect Ratio: 1.20 Thick stock (like trading cards)	Width: 2.50" (63.5mm) Height: 3.00" (76.2mm) Aspect Ratio: 1.20 Thick stock (like trading cards)	Width: 2.50" (63.5mm) Height: 3.00" (76.2mm) Aspect Ratio: 1.20 Thick stock (like trading cards)	Width: 2.50" (63.5mm) Height: 3.00" (76.2mm) Aspect Ratio: 1.20 Thick stock (like trading cards)	Width: 2.45" (62.3mm) Height: 3.41" (86.5mm) Aspect Ratio: 1.39 Thin stock (like most stickers)