1974
I like the 74 set. It was an historic set in that it was the first one where Topps eliminated series distribution and published all of the set at once. The Washington/San Diego twist was also cool.
Up until 1994, in addition to the regular Topps sets, I also collected all Topps test or insert sets for each year, and 1974 was a good one for extras.
Admittedly there was that ugly Traded set. But the 1974 Deckle set was nice, and I collected that 3 ways, white back, gray back and undeckled proofs. I also have the Action Emblem Stickers set in cloth and cardboard form.. And I have a set of the 12 Puzzles and a set of the 74 Stamps...and the Team Checklists. Topps test and insert sets , which were magnificent during the 60s and early 70s, dropped off quite a bit after 74
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