Come check out my old school box break!

[mrmopar]

http://1978theyearitallbegan.blogspot.com/2010/09/vintage-box-break-1980-83-pacific.html

 

[mindbinge]

thats cool...i share your hoarding ways lol.

 

[Loyalty32]

That was a great read! I really enjoyed it! Any ideas of what the next box break will be?

Thanks
Craig

 

[mrmopar]

I actually wish I had more to break. I never could keep much and always ripped everything I got with a few exceptions. I opened a box of those Topps Fun Food Buttons a week or so ago, but didn't think to document it.

The blog is just my random ramblings, mainly Steve Garvey, with an oddity here and there.

 

[Yanks21]

Good stuff. That was good stuff. Very nice read. Keep it up. Kevin in CT.

 

[DaClyde]

So, were the cards in the box from the full 120+4 card set that was issued incrementally previously? I think that's what I gathered from the post. Could you scan a few, front and back so we could get a good look at them? I'd heard of these but had never seen them for sale anywhere.

Always glad to see something old being busted instead of junk with chrome and fractor in the title.

 

[CYmarlins]

nice read, great job!

 

[David K.]

Great first pack and it ended with incomplete set. Hopefully, it will have a happy ending. Best regards, David

 

[mrmopar]

Yes, the first 30 cards were issued in set form, I know this for sure, as they were the only cards made when I bought my set originally. I am not sure if you could get subsequent 30 card sets later or if the last 90 cards came out at once. Interestingly, the cards are numbered for example: 2 of 30, 38 of 60, 88 of 90 and 112 of 120, leading you to believe they were all available as separate series.

The packs contained cards from all 4 series.

Here are the remaining photos I took, but didn't use in the blog. In order to scan, I need to set up my laptop computer and I have not cracked it out this weekend yet. I will probably be setting it up later today though and may be able to get some scans done.

David,

This isn't the first box I have busted, so I may have the singles I need to complete the set sitting in another box somewhere. Finding them is the trick!

So, were the cards in the box from the full 120+4 card set that was issued incrementally previously? I think that's what I gathered from the post. Could you scan a few, front and back so we could get a good look at them? I'd heard of these but had never seen them for sale anywhere.

Always glad to see something old being busted instead of junk with chrome and fractor in the title.

 

[DaClyde]

Thanks for posting those. Sheesh, did EVERY card company try to sell their own 9-pocket sheets in the 80s?

 

[mrmopar]

I believe they did! I had and may still have a few of those Pacific sheets. I remember Renata Galasso selling them too.