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Originally Posted by Chstrite
Day 6 – 6 January 2024
Hostess included Brooks Robinson on the 1976 Hostess box. This box included a Suzy Q. This set included 150 different players. It makes a wonderful display and is my favorite Hostess card. Also included today is the 3 player panel and the single card.
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Charlie,
I loved collecting the Hostess cards. I'm sure the grocery store didn't appreciate me going through all the boxes, looking for the cards I needed. I ate a lot of Hostess product in high school. My mom would freeze all the extras for the winter.
I didn't realize at the time that there are cropping variations depending on the product. I also wasn't smart enough to keep the boxes or keep track of which cards came on which products. I do remember I hated the boxes that had the L shaped panels.
It looks like you have both of the Brooks Robinson variations (amount of pants showing at the bottom). I also have the cards that came on the individual Twinkies packages, but they all have the normal product stains.
I also have a 1976 proof panel of Brooks with the brown printing on back (see post #2003).
1976 Twinkies Orioles
1976 Hostess Twinkies.jpg