Best of 1975 Topps

[PM770]

Sorry I'm late getting to the 1975 set. This is my favorite design of any sport. The color captures the 1970s perfectly. Here are my 5 favorite:

1) Gaylord Perry. The only Cleveland Indian with an All-Star designation until Tony Bernazard gets one in 1987 Topps (I'm an Indians fan).

2) Tom Seaver. As I stating collecting at 8 years old in 1978, I think this maybe the first "vintage" card I traded for. One of the first anyway.

3) Bert Campaneris. I like those old Campaneris All-Star cards from the 75 & 76 and had to get one of them in here.

4) Ralph Garr. I've liked Ralph Garr. Always had great Strat-O-Matic cards (for any players out there). Great action shot.

5) AL Champs. I've always liked this action shot. (Kind of a sneaky way to get a Brooks Robinson card without having it count against me)

I would have used Brett (already used twice) and Brooks (nice looking card, All-Star designation), but there are other Brooks cards I'll need to use.

[Exhibitman]

Never been a 1975 fan, though I had a ton as a kid because my parents bought me two boxes for my 10th birthday [best birthday present of my childhood]. My favorite in the set, the Seaver, has already been shown. Just a great photo. Mine has a little centering problem:

[the 'stache]

One of my favorite sets of all-time, and one I plan on raiding quite heavily in the next few years.

No matter how you value a Topps set, this one has everything you could want. Hall of Fame rookies? Yes please-Robin Yount, George Brett, Jim Rice and Gary Carter. Future Hall of Famers and all-time greats? Check. Frank and Brooks Robinson, Hank Aaron, Jim Palmer, Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, Bob Gibson...the list goes on and on. Condition sensitivity making high end set building a challenge? Check. Great eye appeal and lots of color? Check. Interesting subsets? Check.

You just can't go wrong with cards that look like this:

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Never been a 1975 fan, though I had a ton as a kid because my parents bought me two boxes for my 10th birthday [best birthday present of my childhood]. My favorite in the set, the Seaver, has already been shown. Just a great photo. Mine has a little centering problem:

Just a little bit of a centering issue.

I had to double check to make sure that wasn't Aaron on the bottom half. That would have made for an even cooler card.

[ALR-bishop]

That is actually one of Adam's better centered cards. I like it that while Keith (Con40) posts cards that should have been, Adam posts cards that never should have been Hb