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Originally Posted by mrmopar
That Bench is an all time great in my mind. So many, but it clearly does stand out as one of the greats. The dust, the all-star badge and the fact that it is future HOFer Bench. Fosse is another catcher with a great card due to an action shot and the A's color scheme is great, but no AS badge and Fosse was no Bench. Too bad the Munson card was just a portrait from the same set.
From 1971 & 1973-1981, the sets were loaded with great action shots before that pretty much became the norm (i left out 72 & 82, both of which had the In Action subsets) and most cards were action in a set. Lots of great shots that made epic cards. Way better than the 60s and 50s images.
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I am surprised you didn't mention 1983 Topps. Pretty much every card is an action shot. It was the best of the late 70s-early 80s era and the last great Topps set in my opinion.
As a collector from the 60s, the 1971 set was a revolution in card designs. I have never like the Munson card, but the first 4 series were loaded with something new, action shots instead of all posed shots. He are my favorite cards from the set.
