Is "modern" still "modern"?

[nolemmings]

The more you post the worse you look on the subject. A Topps exec quoted in a 1973 hobby mag and first-hand accounts from a half-dozen or so people here and yet you say that I am the only one claiming they were released at once against "everyone in the world". There's no fixin stupid.


EDITED TO ADD: BTW, what do you say to spec and onlyvintage62-- they're mistaken or BSing everyone? And the half-dozen or so people who say they received the 1973 cards all at once, from various places coast to coast-- mistaken or frauds? And Bill Haber's comment from Topps in Howie's post-- anecdotal hog wash or misleading tripe?

[toppcat]

1973 Topps Rak Pak with numbers 430, 490 and 622 showing:



Box topper from "All 660" series boxes:

[ALR-bishop]

I do agree with Dave, who has done more research on Topps than anyone I know...see his blog and publications....that you can put little stock in what Topps says or said about their current or historical product publicly.

None of their execs in the period in question could have foreseen the fanaticism displayed by me and others here about their little pieces of cardboard that were developed initially as a way to sell candy and gum. I bet if you had tried to discuss variations with them you would have gotten a blank stare followed by..."Oh you mean screw ups"

[glynparson]

available in all in one series i have a wax box. that said the series wax is far easier to find. Many people probably did see the all in one series wax but it was not as readily available as the single series, that is just a fact. It is far easier to find say a 1973 Clemente than a 1973 Bob Boone. Anyone that thinks they were not available all in one series is incorrect that does not mean that more were not issued as series. A statement by an executive or anyone else usually means little to me I go with the evidence, and the evidence is though available in all in one series form the 1973 packs issued in series, and collections of cards found are most often in series form not all in one.

[toppcat]

Topps was moving more an more product via Rak Paks by 1973 and it's certainly how I bought the majority of cards in the early 70's. You would have to look at a lot of Raks but I have to think many were all 660 or at least had several mixed series..

[ALR-bishop]

I have enjoyed and learned some interesting stuff from this and the prior thread. As is often true in looking at a historical question, the answer may not be a simple yes or no. It is great sharing hobby experiences and knowledge in threads like these