Final Poll!! Vote of the all time worst Topps produced set

[almostdone]

Well the final tallies are all in on three different decades of the worst produced Topps set. The 1950's was a clear cut winner with 1958 being voted the worst.

The 69's was even a bigger landslide with 1968 coming in first (or last depending on your point of view).

Finally the 1970's was a much closer race and it came down to the wire with 1979 squeaking it out over 1978.

So now we come to the final vote. Out of these three sets which was the all time (at least 1952 through 1979) worst set produced by Topps?

Remember to include comments, card scans to prove your case, even a bit of thrash talk if needed.

I'll leave this one open a full week to get as much talk and protests in as needed.

Drew

[Vintagevault13]

Tough call for me to choose between the 1968 and 1979 sets. I have decided to cast my vote for 1979. I collected in the 70's and remember how excited we were to open the first pack every spring to see the new design. I vividly recall being very disappointed from the first moment I saw the 1979's. The design was basically a rehash of 1976. There were some decent action shots, but nothing really new that we hadn't already seen in the 74-78 sets.

[mrmopar]

Each set has some cool features (like the AS subsets of both 58 and 68). I guess 79 is fairly bland in general. There are some standout cards like the Rose too, so I have to go with 68 overall here.

[JollyElm]

The '58 set is an absolute abomination. Love the All Star cards, but that's it. What were the fine folks at Topps thinking????

[7nohitter]

I actually love the '68 set. '79 has my vote.

[egri]

I went with 1979. The 1958 design was a bit bland, but at least it had Stan Musial's first Topps card going for it, and I feel like that design was somewhat reflective of the trends of the time, whilst the 1979 design could really be plopped down in any decade.

[Exhibitman]

1968, Reused a ton of photos, ugly-ass burlap bag designs, many capless mug shots, no action images, just a zero inspiration set. About the only good thing was the All Star subset but those stupid puzzle backs wrecked that.

1968 edged out 1979 for me only because 1979 has some nice looking action cards in it., e.g., Rose, Morgan, Garvey, Guidry, Rice, Stargell, etc.



I like the 1958 design way more than 1968 or 1979. Team logos always are a bonus for me. Wasn't well executed but there are some decent cards in there, like Spahn, Ashburn, etc.

[ALR-bishop]

[bosoxfan]

When you put the backs of the 1968 topps all star cards together you had a picture of Yaz. Now, it really doesn't get any better than that.

[ALR-bishop]

Except for Torre, just after the 67 World Series.

Yes I know, 2004 and 2013 . I was on a cruise from Montreal to Miami and docked in Boston the morning after the Sox clinched in 2013. Bad timing for a Cardinals guy. But I liked our visit there