1979 Topps Unopened Pack

[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

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by 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

Yeah Steve.
No Ozzie, but it was fun.You never know. Thanks buddy.

[pokerplyr80]

Glad you decided to open it. Since it was a Christmas gift it's good that you had fun with it. Like Peter I don't see the point in collecting unopened packs. I love opening stuff, especially when you have a chance for a big hit. As you can tell from my id though I like to gamble.

[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...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ZachS

Leave it sealed...

Me- He's dead....

You- Call an ambulance



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[xplainer]

Let's put this baby to bed. Here are the cards. Please note, my scanner cuts off the bottom a little if I don't have them a CardSaver or top loader. For this, I didn't bother.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by xplainer

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The stick of gum (if I am correctly guessing what this is an image of) kind of looks like a blank-backed Pre-War card to me...perhaps an OJ that an angry spouse cut in two with a pair of scissors.

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by xplainer

Let's put this baby to bed. Here are the cards. Please note, my scanner cuts off the bottom a little if I don't have them a CardSaver or top loader. For this, I didn't bother.

What a successful pack. Two current Tigers (Parrish and Glynn), a former Tiger (Niekro), a future Tiger's rookie card (Lopez) and a sibling of a Tiger (Tom Underwood, brother of Pat). Nicely done!

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Leon

Me- He's dead....

You- Call an ambulance



.

[Jayworld]

LOVE those late 1970s uniforms! The red home pinstripes of the Braves, the "tequila sunrise" Astros, powder blues of the Blue Jays and Cardinals, the Rangers with the wide pant stripes and henley pullover (those are the BEST Texas Rangers uniforms, hands down, in my opinion). Lots of pullover jerseys, form fitting uniforms, and the best part; stirrups!