Welcome to the Chu-Bops Website!



If you're curious about chu-bops or if you're looking for chu-bops you'd like to own, you've come to the right place. Hopefully you'll find this site informative and useful to you.

A bit about Amurol Products Company, located in Illinois. They introduced Chu-Bops in the early 80's. These were mini albums with a piece of bubble gum shapped like an album inside. Each came with lyrics to a hit song. Little known fact: Amural also released a single set of eight different Chu-Bops in each of five different countries as a test of the foreign markets. Sales flopped and the overseas projects ended. Chu-Bops went by the names of Hit Pops, Chu Pops and Chu Bops in Australia, England, France, Germany and Norway. Amurol decided to discontinue the dietetic/sugarfree business and focus on the novelty gum business

When chu-bops first appeared in stores I thought these would be great collectors items. Here we are now and darned if they aren't. I started my collection originally in 1981 but it seemed then no one really cared about them. So eventually I stopped collecting and liquidated all I had. What a mistake! At that time everything was available for chu-bops and it was cheap! The records, the collectors albums, the counter displays, etc. The chu-bops were 35 cents each and the collectors albums were $1 dollar. Recently I saw a chu-bops counter display with a 2 complete sets of Rollings Stones chu-bops selling for $95 dollars! A complete counter display will hold 64 chu-bop albums. And Ive heard that a complete collection with collectors albums was auctioned for over $1,000 dollars! Truely chu-bops are something to be collected, if not for the value, but just for memorabilia.

During the early 80's music was making a transition from Rock and Disco into New Wave. Personally I feel that the 70's were a great age for creating the foundation for all future music. This website is a place to learn about chu-bops and to buy chu-bops that you need for your collection. Also I may be able to get the chu-bops you need. Click on the Shop link at the top of the page. Select the ones you want and fill out the order form. Pricing will vary based on cost and demand. Browse through my currently available set of chu-bops for sale. This site will display all the chu-bops that were produced in the U.S. Click on the Chu-Bops link at the top of the page.