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Originally Posted by moeson
1974 Rack Packs, including the traded cards, were available well before summer in New York City. I used to buy racks from a toy wholesaler on the NYC lower east side. I remember being frustrated at the disproportionate number of traded cards when sorting opened packs to make sets.
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I was always able to get Raks in Nassua County, Long Island, in March and sometimes very early March, in the early 70's. After 12/11/73 but prior to Christmas '73 would be way too tight a window for the complete boxed set. Christmas 74 seems much more likely but also available prior? I have to think most stuff in the old Sears and Penneys catalog et al had to be locked in sometime in June or July at the latest as they would make orders for xx sets.
Now, I googled the 1974 Wish Book and alas it is not yet on this site but be prepared to spend the rest of your night surfing here:
http://www.wishbookweb.com/