MSA Disc Cards

[David W]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=174114&page=5

Pages 5,6,and 7 will show you virtually everything done by MSA of Lou Brock.

There is also a listing of all known Carousel backs.

[Shoebox]

Thanks to every one who provided input. Seems like some of you player collectors have already built what I was thinking of so good to know it isnt too challenging.

[David W]

I found the MSA Customized, cup lid, and probably Red Barn Restaurant (both versions) to be the toughest.

Saga was a little tougher as I recall, but with Ebay, they all are attainable, and for not a lot of money.

[darkhorse9]

Your biggest challenge will be the 1978 Wiffle Ball discs. These are the ones printed on the sides of the boxes.

About 20 of the cards were printed on a sleeve that attached a single ball to the end of a plastic bat. Because of that format the cards all come with a huge factory crease since they were folded in an octagon shape.

After almost 40 years of searching I still have not been able to identify the full checklist of the 88 players advertised. I can only confirm about 82 of them

[Exhibitman]

My modest Aaron holdings:




Got all six in one lot. I kind of lose interest in stuff like this once the front variations are accounted for so I will probably only keep two of them.

[mrmopar]

For me, and in particular Garvey as a subject, the MSA Customized "Ad" back was by far the hardest to find. I have duplicates of all but that one. One seller seemed to have an endless supply of Red Barn discs, which really made that one easy. The newer Saga disc was also tougher than the earlier one (it's the one that looks like the Tastee Freeze front, not the more common baseball seam design. I guess I was lucky with the wax lid too…I probably saw a half dozen of those offered up in a relatively short time, although they are seldom seen now.

Originally Posted by David W

I found the MSA Customized, cup lid, and probably Red Barn Restaurant (both versions) to be the toughest.

Saga was a little tougher as I recall, but with Ebay, they all are attainable, and for not a lot of money.

[darkhorse9]

Here's a picture from the interwebs that shows the MSA wiffle disc I'm talking about.



As I said, they don't exist in mint and some of them may not exist at all.

[bsuttonosu]

Agree with dark horse on the difficulty of the whiffle package discs.

Does a checklist exist of those found on the bat package? I collect George Brett and don't believe he was available on the whiffle bat but have never seen a definitive checklist.

[darkhorse9]

Players only appear on a single version of packaging. Brett can only be found on a softball box. There are Junior sized, regulation size, softball size and bat/ball sleeves.

[Gmrson]

Originally Posted by David W

I found the MSA Customized, cup lid, and probably Red Barn Restaurant (both versions) to be the toughest.

Saga was a little tougher as I recall, but with Ebay, they all are attainable, and for not a lot of money.

We had a Wisconsin dealer that used to set up at a few of the Detroit area shows in the 1980s that would have some Red Barn discs mixed in their $1 box. I never knew the version without the address existed. When I collected Brooks Robinson, the Saga and Red Barn were the last for me to track down.

[mrmopar]

I finally checked and I don't have any Garvey Red Barn discs that aren't from Kenosha. I may have passed on a non-location copy because i was unaware.

Originally Posted by Gmrson

We had a Wisconsin dealer that used to set up at a few of the Detroit area shows in the 1980s that would have some Red Barn discs mixed in their $1 box. I never knew the version without the address existed. When I collected Brooks Robinson, the Saga and Red Barn were the last for me to track down.