Kellogg's vs Topps

[cardinalcollector]

Brock is also on the 1977 boxes.

[Troy Kirk]

I love the Kellogg 3D cards and boxes. I collected them during the entire run.

I think the hobby is wrong on some of the mail-in information that has circulated for years. I think 1973 was the first year for the mail-in offer. I challenge anyone to show a box from 1970 or 1972 with a mail-in offer. For 1970 and 1972, I think the only reason they are more common than 1971 is that card dealers were able to get supplies of those two sets from Kelloggs and were not able to get them for 1971.

Also, if my memory is correct, I think in 1981 and 1982 you could only mail in for complete sets, I don't think the cards were in boxes those years. They were back in boxes for the last year of 1983.

[JollyElm]

Something that invariably needs to be brought up whenever Kellogg's cards are discussed is the inevitable cracking. What a downer it was when you grabbed your 3-D cards from years past and saw they all (or many) were starting to crack all over the place. Even though we loved those cards, that is definitely one of the reasons why they were considered of secondary importance, for lack of a better term, to my friends and me. We knew that eventually all our Kellogg's cards would curl up, dry out and be all crackly. I grew up in New York (where it's hot and humid in summer, cold and dry in winter), but I've always assumed this phenomenon happened everywhere. Am I wrong? Did other climates across the country treat these cards more humanely?

And on a side note, what happens when you get one of those suckers graded (say, a PSA 8) and over time it starts cracking inside the slab? This is a kind of 'Schrödinger's Cat' type of thought experiment. It has already been graded out as an 8 within its plastic home…but is it still truly an 8?? Weird.

[ALR-bishop]

I have a set of the 68 Topps 3Ds, and their 2011 effort. All are ungraded and so far no noticeable deterioration on my 68s. It would be areal bummer to have a bunch of the 68s go bad considering the original cost of acquiring them.

Any steps that can prevent or slow down the deterioration of 3d cards ?

At one time you could buy 3D disposable cameras. I took a bunch of family photos using them in the late 80s and 90s and they are all deteriorating now

[stlcardsfan]

I have a complete set of 1970 Kellogg's that I have kept in Ultra Pro 9 pocket pages for many years and they have held up fine...