The "Exclusive 12" of the T205 set

[familytoad]

Steering this back to T205, I think it's a stretch to combine T207 series with T205 to reach the 400 design number. There are too many holes in that theory for me.

I also don't think the Birds or the Generals or any other non-sport set were the missing designs either. It still remains a possibility and all we can do is speculate, but this is just not the thory I choose to side with


I am sticking with the "unfinished set" theory where they simply didn't complete their original intention.
Perhaps the ATC breakup contributed to this. Maybe the cost of these ornate designs simply caused the new bosses to change their minds.

I don't think it would be too difficult (albeit a bit time consuming) to propose the remaining ~192 players into the set. There are lots of established stars missing from T205, likely dozens of fringe players and practically the entire Eastern League to choose from (less 12). Let's take a crack at it...

[cfc1909]

t42 birds and t80 military are not added to t205s to get to 400. Even if you add them all together they still don't come up to 400.

The t42 set has 50 white borders and 50 gold borders. The t80 set is 50 so you would only have 100 gold to ad to your 205 total.

T80s are issued with Cairo Monopol, Lenox, Old Mill, Tolstoi and Uzit. 205 are not issued with these brands and are not related.

Also there are Uzit and Tolstoi letters that say to issue 1 baseball and 1 military subject in each pack of cigarettes. There is no Lenox letter.