1979 Topps Unopened Pack

[Peter_Spaeth]

Open it for fun, or sell it. I see absolutely no point owning an unopened pack, myself.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Open it for fun, or sell it. I see absolutely no point owning an unopened pack, myself.

Agreed plus it's 79.......................

[mattsey9]

Rip it!

As an aside, my wife and I binge-watched the entire run of Three's Company last winter. I found three packs of 1976 Topps Three's Company cards at the LCS for a couple bucks a pack and she loved them when she found them in her stocking! She ripped them and got a Chrissy rookie and a couple of Mr. Ropers!

She even took a crack at the gum, so when you break open the pack give that a shot as well!

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

Rip it!

As an aside, my wife and I binge-watched the entire run of Three's Company last winter. I found three packs of 1976 Topps Three's Company cards at the LCS for a couple bucks a pack and she loved them when she found them in her stocking! She ripped them and got a Chrissy rookie and a couple of Mr. Ropers!

She even took a crack at the gum, so when you break open the pack give that a shot as well!

Was the Chrissy RC a "scratch and sniff"? Still looking for one of those.

[Jayworld]

If you want to re-capture some fun memories, then by all means open the pack. Just a word of "warning," I recently bought a box of 1981 Fleer SuperStar Stickers (and was four shy of a complete set or so), and I "tasted" the gum....it literally dissolved in my mouth, long enough to find the nearest napkin and eject it properly in the trash! Still, fun to try....

[xplainer]

OK. 75-20. Going to open and post video of it. Never done that before, but I'll do it for NET 54 folks.
I'll post link here.
Thanks. It was fun.

EDIT: OK, I opened it and recorded it. But not going to the trouble of posting it. The best card was a Catfish Hunter OC. All the cards had good edges and corners. The printing OC was the issue with all the cards. Nothing major but Catfish. The OC was incredible on all the cards. As a kid, I never noticed that. I was 16 in 1979. LOL.

And, yes. The gum just dissolves in your mouth. No need to chew. LOL.

Thanks everyone.

[brass_rat]

Thanks for the update! Glad you had some fun with your gift!

The oldest I've gone on gum is 28 years...opened a bunch of 1987 packs with my nephew over Thanksgiving. Even that gum was brittle and turned to dust as I tried to chew.

Cheers,
Steve

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by xplainer

The best card was a Catfish Hunter OC. All the cards had good edges and corners. The printing OC was the issue with all the cards. Nothing major but Catfish.

Leave it sealed...