Vote: Favorite Topps Set ! 1956, 1965, 1971

[Mountaineer1999]

Looks like we are going to have a clear cut winner here. I'm going to go ahead and call it!! The 1956 is the favorite Topps set of all time!!

I think I'll go out and build the set now.

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Looks like we are going to have a clear cut winner here. I'm going to go ahead and call it!! The 1956 is the favorite Topps set of all time!!

I think I'll go out and build the set now.

Could you wait a few months? I'm starting to make a good run at it and I don't need the extra competition.
Drew

[Cmount76]

'56 - not even close!

[1963Topps Set]

I have been saying this long before this pole!

[Collectorsince62]

I was just going through my '56 set and, like many others in this poll, think it is the best Topps set ever. The action shots are they key. Sure, there are a lot of pitchers following through on the sidelines, but then you get game-action follow through shots like Koufax and Ford. Lots of home plate collisions and double play breakups. Imagine if Topps had featured the action shot on each card and relegated the bust shot to the background. '53 Bowman . . . please move over.

What's your favorite card in the set? I like the Jackie Robinson with a steal of home in the background.

[bradmar48]

The 1956 set is my all time favorite probably because it was the first allmost full set I collected as a kid. Love the captions on the back and the action photos on the front. Anyone ever notice that on card #143 Jim Piersall you get a free Yogi Berra action photo on the front plus Willie Mays on the front of a Hank Aaron card..

[Gr8Beldini]

Originally Posted by Collectorsince62

What's your favorite card in the set? I like the Jackie Robinson with a steal of home in the background.

My 2 favorites are Mantle and Newcombe. Collecting cards in 1975, I thought these 2 cards were so cool when I first saw them on the 1956 MVPs card.