Gumball Football Helmet Forum

I bought some "Snap" helmets from David Jingo ( jngz on eBay ) recently which included something I hadn't seen before. http://www.gumballwizard.net/mflebay.jpg Apparently these were available in gumball machines at some point. Along with the helmets were stickers for teams in a fictional Monster Foo...

David Jingo (jngz on eBay) is offering a set of 30 historical helmets representing Massilon High in Ohio. Massilon is one of the more prominent high school football programs in the country. Interesting item.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264722456769 Packaged gumball helmet set from before the 1970 merger of the NFL and AFL in really great condition. Says 1969 but the Browns helmet suggests earlier. That "CB" logo on the side was never actually used in real life. In the early 1960's the NFL was pressuring th...

Of course, the main challenge in creating custom gumball helmets is printing out the stickers to be placed on the empty helmet shells. If one chooses to stick to the traditional methodology, that will mean one kidney-shaped sticker for each side and a stripe (if necessary) down the middle. For most ...

I mainly got these helmets from vending machines when I was a kid, but I am aware they also glued little plastic pencil sharpeners in them and sold them in dime stores, and that IHOP had promotions involving them. I wasn't aware until now that they were actually sold in packages with gumballs: http:...

Thanks for posting these and for sharing the information on my Flickr Page. I also have a more active Facebook page (search "Gumball King"). I am more than open to sharing my artwork with any fellow collectors. And thanks for sharing some of the newer teams and leagues - I really appreciate that. K...

Tim Potter, of gumballhelmets.com , has a couple of interesting sets on eBay currently. Tim does nice work. Click on the images to see the respective auctions. The first is a Mexican professional league in its 5th year of play. The other is the new XFL which debuted this year. Both leagues have susp...

"Gumball King" Bill Jones has a huge amount of ready-made artwork for gumball helmet stickers available in several Flickr albums here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gumballking/albums Article on Bill here. I am attaching similar sheets that I created myself for more recent leagues. Feel free to shar...

While seeking information on the subject myself, it occurred to me it would be useful to have a current online resource for information on gumball football helmets. I'm not delusional about how much interest there is out there. I know it's a small niche, but at least I can make all the information I...