Posted 5 months ago
huntingfor…
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This item is in BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! condition, it's faded, there's a pretty good sized hole on the side of his head and there's also a brown line on the side of his head and there's dirt stains on him, there's also a bunch of lines all over his back and there's cracks on his toes and he's missing his lid and his front and back sticker. I got him from an abandoned house under a stick pile. The manufacturer is Alpo?
Hi, huntingforgarfield. :-)
Google Lens turned up some in good condition. The etsy one has a picture of the bottom where you can read the embossed trademark information that looks like 1978 and 1981 for United Features Syndicate, so presumably this is why some of these online listings are dating the containers to 1981:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1250195587/garfield-alpo-cat-food-container-coin
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/8671476906227181/
https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-1981-Garfield-Cat-Food-Container-6407a6835d686bbce4b4c329
Here's one described as being of 1994 vintage (I spy an embossed triangular recycling icon on the bottom of this one):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285517697824
Here's the UPC lookup:
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Vtg Garfield 1994 Alpo Empty Cat Food Canister Blow Mold Container Coin Bank 13" Special edition Alpo cat food container released in 1994, this blowmold Garfield package has a slot which can be cut out to give this item a second purpose as a coin bank.
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https://www.barcodelookup.com/011132031909
This piece is interesting. Although it doesn't specifically mention the blow mold plastic container, it dates the Alpo/Garfield collaboration to 1987:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=mhr