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SteveI have been lurking for about 6 months but loved this topic and found it interesting how many different people mentioned 1977 as the first year they bought cards.
I was 9 years old and my mother would give me 2 dollars on Saturday if I had finished my chores that week, which if I remember correctly would buy 7-8 packs of Topps. I would ride down to the corner store on the Naval Base, race home and then open them with Mom. I would then sort them by team and use rubber bands to hold the teams together. I wish I knew about top loaders back then.
As Scot mentioned I also loved the All Star cards - I was a big fan of the "Big Red Machine" and my favorite card was the Johnny Bench All Star card as well as the aforementioned Mark "The Bird" Fidrych card.
Any thoughts as to why 1977 has come up so many times in this thread?
Maybe it is just because it was 30 years ago and we are all middle aged.
Thanks for listening.
Steve