I'm amazed - there are people out there who actually remember Galaxy Counters!!  I've asked just about every soul I've newly encountered for the past 16 years whether they remember Counters and I've yet to meet anyone who didn't think I was imagining things... I was beginning to think maybe I had.  Weren't they white, packets with various cartoon 'zoo' animals next to a variable number of counter?  I seem to recall a giraff and maybe a camel... what other animals were on the backs of them - anyone remember?