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Originally Posted by TCMA
While you are on the right track here it was actually SSPC in 1975 that initially challenged Topps. In 1981 Donruss and Fleer ended up piggybacking upon what SSPC started and Donruss incorporated several people who were involved in the SSPC attempt in their production of 1981 Donruss.
TCMA Ltd. was the exclusive distributor of both 1981 and 1982 Donruss. Not coincidentally, they were also the publishers of 1975/1976 SSPC  . |
Mea culpa. And I should know that as I have and enjoy that set. Perhaps the correct way to phrase it is that Fleer and Donruss were the first sets to sustain a multi-year challenge to Topps.
Lots of good conversation here.