1978 Dynamite Magazine w/ 78 Topps Cards Attached

[g&m sales]

I picked up an issue #47 that has 6 1978 topps baseball cards attached

1 of the cards so happens to be a eddie murray rc

Are these real cards and if so is there a value here

just an odd ball item

reminds me of the first 2 issues of sports illustrated

[steve B]

Yes, they're real cards. I'm not sure if the whole set made it into the magazine, but there were a lot of different panels of 6.

Probably not the whole set, since an 11 card wide sheet doesn't make an even number of 2x3 panels.

They also did other years, 79, and 81 for sure.

Steve B

[ALR-bishop]

I agree with Steve the cards are real Topps cards. I also agree you can not complete a set with them and I am not aware of any master checklist of cards that appeared in the magazine, although it occurred I think in both the 70s and 80s ( not positive about the 80s) .

Bob Lemke had listed several of these panels in the SCD Standard Catalog, and the pre 1980 panels were still in the 2013 edition. The 78 panel with Murray and 5 others is one of the listed panels under 1978 Topps. It lists it at $ 60 in NRM, but that price is purely speculative. It also lists list 2 other 78 panels. It list 2 panels for 1979. It also lists 2 panels for 1977 and one for 1976.

These listings are not complete. I have come across other panels for those years in trying to run down the ones listed in the Catalog. I have run down all the panels listed in SCD but for one from 1979 that as listed in SCD has Sexton/Ellis/Schultz/Thompson/Reynolds. If anyone has it and wants to sell it, it would satisfy an itch of mine to complete the list of those in the Catalog. My other option is to talk the current editor Tom Bartsch into removing them from the Catalog

If anyone knows of a full checklist of all panels that appeared in the magazine that would be welcomed as well

[moeson]

I have many issues of Dynamite with cards from 1981, 82 and 84. If anybody needs panel info. just let me know. Hot dog! magazine also featured card panels in 1984.

[laughlinfan]

Wanted to also echo that there were produced in the 80's - somewhere I have quite a few magazines from 1984 with the panels. As I recall, one of the panels included the Mattingly rookie.

I am assuming the cards are the same as the regular issue, but have never checked to see if the sheet designation and so forth are identical. Anyone know if they were ever different from the pack issued cards?

[ALR-bishop]

Good question Marty. I will check the panels I have for 77,78 and 79 against the cards in my sets and see if the fronts and backs both match

[RaidonCollects]

As said above, they are indeed legitimate.

A nice oddity for any '78 Topps collector or Eddie Murray fan.

Scholastic book Club and Topps teamed up just for that issue (#47). The "set" contains three different panels, your's being the most valuable (as it has the Murray RC). I would estimate it's worth about $50 (with the magazine) as long as the panel is in good shape (NM).

-Owen

[Jayworld]

Wow, this brings back cool memories; of course, at the time I carefully removed the six panel cards and trimmed them out separately to try to complete my set. :roll eyes:

You can still find them on eBay, too, from time-to-time...