Football and Sticker Collectors - Rare Leaf/Sport Billy Mexico 86 World Cup promotional stickers!
Got these in either crisp packets or sweets/gum packets. I honestly can't remember. There's not a great deal I can say about them, other than suggest you take a look at the stickers below.
Fun fact about, the Mexico '86 World Cup mascot, Pique; He's a a jalapeño pepper wearing a sombrero. His name is a based on a mixture of "picante" (the Spanish for "spicy") and "PK", which is short penalty kicks. There you go. That was a fun fact.
I don't know how many different stickers were available. There were 24 teams at the tournament, and as you can see from the stickers above there was a Fifa sticker too. That means at least 25, though it probably a round number like 28, If I ever find out I'll update this page.
The 15 I have are FIFA logo, then Pique wearing the kits of Algeria, Brazil, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Iraq, Mexico, Portugal, Paraguay, Scotland, South Korea, Uruguay, and West Germany.
Who is Sport Billy?
Well, Sport Billy doesn't appear on the stickers, but these stickers are made by the company that produced Sport Billy, so, you know, a nice tenuous link.
Sport Billy is a 1980 animated television cartoon made initially broadcast in Germany and other parts of Europe from 1980 to 1981. In 1982 it made its way over to the United States for syndication.
Sport Billy was adopted by FIFA as the Fair Play Mascot for FIFA World Cups, and a trophy of the character was presented to the most sporting team at each World Cup, and the character was used as a mascot in some sporting youth programs internationally too.
I also remember Sport Billy appearing in the Mexico '86 sticker album (I think it was advertisement for Sport Billy products.) I'm convinced I have some other Sport Billy stuff, or at least, I think I had some. I don't recall seeing any the last time I went through my stuff. Don't make me go searching for this stuff because I may be gone a long time!
How much are these Leaf Mexico 86 stickers by Sport Billy Productions?
These are quite collectable, and, based on my searches, quite rare. After a fair bit of searching, I've not found many examples out there, though I do recall seeing a set sell on eBay once. I wish I'd taken note of what it sold for because getting a value is not straight-forward; If you search on eBay you'll normally come across Panini stickers (I have some of those too). These small perforated Leaf stickers are rare and don't come on the market often. So, if you're in to collecting football stickers you may want to keep your eyes peeled for these.
