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12-04-2014, 06:23 AM
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For me, it is the 1979 set.
It was the first year I bought baseball cards as a kid. 2nd would have to 1972 which is kind of ironic because we have put sets together of all the 70's sets (attempting 1970 as I write this) and we had to skip over the 72 set because of the pure # of cards and # of high # cards. Just too many cards to attempt it. 
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#2
12-04-2014, 10:57 AM
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Although 1975 was the first year I actually bought baseball cards (or rather, my Mom did for 20 cents a pack at the local 7-11), my favorite set is the 1976 Topps set for the following reasons:
1. Nice overall front design, and I have always liked the graphic illustrations of the positional players on the front of the cards, especially noting the left hander and right hander for L and R pitchers. 2. It is the set that I still have my very first card from.... 3. First 1970s card set I slowly put together, first from packs in 1976, then from Richard Gelman's card company, and finally via local card shows. I finished the set in 1982. 4. Unlike the 1975 set (which I just recently completed), the 1976 set is one that I have never sold and re-acquired. All the cards are mine (so to speak). 5. One of my great "mom" memories revolves around the 1976 set, which I highlighted in another post here on the boards a year or so ago; nutshell is several years ago my mom was going through her purses in her closet and found an unopened pack of 1976 baseball cards...she bought for me back in the day and forgot to give me.... When I think of the 1976 set, I think of her. She passed away in May, 2013.
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12-04-2014, 11:35 AM
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I still have an unopened pack of 1976 Topps cards I kept from the day...
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12-04-2014, 07:08 PM
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Going to veer a different direction from the previous responses, but I really like the 74 set. I think it gets a bad rap for being the first set Topps distributed nationally in one series, but it really is a nice set. The action shots of Seaver, Ryan, and Reggie (and many others) are outstanding and the Winfield and Parker RCs are also top notch. In addition, the "Washington" variation cards make for an interesting subset. Finally, the Aaron and Aaron Special cards are a great tribute to an all-time great.
Last edited by Vintagevault13; 12-04-2014 at 07:10 PM.
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#5
12-04-2014, 07:26 PM
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Allowing for test issues
I'd have to go with 1973 topps Comics, followed by the stand ups from the same year. And the 1974 topps puzzles in third.
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#6
12-04-2014, 08:59 PM
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Quote:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=1973
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#7
12-04-2014, 09:09 PM
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FWIW, this was not the first set to be distributed nationally in one series, although it appears to be the first to have been distributed in only that manner.
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=1973[/QUOTE] That is what I meant, but you stated it more clearly. As I recall, the debate about the distribution of the 1973 set got quite lively in previous threads.
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