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Day 308 – 4 November 2024
In 1969 a small box measuring 4 in. X 3 in. X 1.5 in. with a figurine, card and top panel was sold with MLB baseball players. The manufacturer of the box was Transogram, which started making toys in the early 1900s and was liquidated in 1971 after filing bankruptcy. Back to the box...the box is mostly yellow, the larger card is 2.5 in. X 3.5 in. with a small top panel card. Inside the box is a figurine protected by cellophane with a stadium blue or green background. You can open the top panel, which serves as a lid to pull the figurine out of the box. The figurine is fastened to a cardboard background from the bottom on a plastic base. The figurine represents the likeness of the player with a glove. The catchers are in a catching pose. Most of the other figurines are with the glove appearing to be throwing or fielding. Some slight variations in skin tone can be found, presumably to account for the different races of the players. The figurine bears little resemblance of the player. The team is spelled out on the front of the figurine with the number and name on the back of the jersey. The large card has has the players name and details about the player in black letters to include position, team, HT/WT, batting and throwing side, date and place of birth. The set of boxes include plenty of HoF’ers (Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Mantle, Yaz, Banks, Clemente, Mays, McCovey, Seaver, Gibson, and others). There are 3 Orioles in the 1969 Set (Frank and Brooks {see picture with the boxes, 6th row from top, middle} along with Dave McNally {5th row, second from left}). PSA will grade the folded box without the figurine, larger card and panel. The box was meant to be cut for the larger card. PSA is hard on grading. The large card must be cut outside of the dotted lines while the smaller panel must be cut outside of the black solid line. It is hard to find clean boxes intact without a Kmart or Montgomery Wards price tag on the box or other damage (i.e., creases, cellophane crushed, corner issues or loss of paper). I have been putting this set together for years and can’t seem to find the Tom Seaver (Mets) and Johnny Callison (Phillies). Today, I am showing you 58 of the 60 complete boxes, 58 of the large cards and 58 of the small cards or panels…in both cases I missing Callison and Seaver. I am not showing you each and every cut card and panel but they are there in the photo in my pages. I can’t imagine there are many examples as thorough as I am showing you today. I hope someday to find a Seaver and Callison complete box and the large and small cards to complete this set. I have a lot of extra boxes, cards and panels if anyone has a Callison or Seaver to trade or sell. Hope you enjoy the photos.