I believe one of the original TCMA owners son is a member here and could probably provide better details. i have read a number of posts where he provides details about cards and sets, even the company itself.
I bought a "set" of them when I was a kid. They were mail order from what was probably a TCMA catalog. I would guess it was somewhere around 1979 when I bought mine. I think a few more were issued later or around that time as well, but I want to say the set was somewhere in the 150-180 card range. I have since bought a number of lots and they are all mixed together, so I am not sure how many I got originally. I really liked them as a kid and still do, but you are right, they don't have tremendous value. I suspect plenty were printed to meet demand.
Several of mine have tape and pin holes from when I displayed them on my walls in my bedroom! I have upgraded most, but it is fun to see the results of a kid who just collected for the fun of it with no thought of future value in mind.
To add, many of mine had backs with stats, many were blank and some just had the postcard type markings on them with no stats. I never did figure out if there was a pattern to how the backs were configured.
Last edited by mrmopar; 08-04-2015 at 09:31 PM.
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