What's your favorite 1978 Topps card?

[Chuck9788]

Are there any 1978 Topps cards that you prefer?



My HOF choice is Robin Yount.




There are many great common photos in the 1978 set. I voted for Joe Ferguson.

[savedfrommyspokes]

That is an easy one...Bump Wills(circle variation) with an honorable mention to Jerry Johnson (red mark variant).

[rats60]

Reggie Jackson is a classic.

[Neal]

Originally Posted by rats60

Reggie Jackson is a classic.

one of the greatest cards ever created ....

78 Topps also has the best All Star logo imo

[Batter67up]

One of my Favorites

[mrmopar]

Doug Ault is my favorite, with many/any of the better action shots coming in a close 2nd (Milan, Randle, Healy, Jackson). If only his career had taken a different path, what an amazing card that would be today.

HOF wise, I might lean towards Murray because I love the trophy cards, but Reggie is a great one and I have always really liked the Rod Carew for some reason. The AS badge doesn't hurt for sure and I agree, one of the better Topps used, although I liked all of them.78topps267.jpg

[Houseofd]

Bonus with the Doug Ault card--Thurman Munson crouched behind home plate.

[jason.1969]

I really love the set...first one I collected as a kid. Even helped me learn cursive. Murray, Rice, Reggie, and Guidry! But not Kingman!!

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[Tyranusberg]

Got to go with the '78 Burger King Tigers Jack Morris stand alone.

[Tyranusberg]

Bob Lemke's '78 Paul Molitor custom is another favorite.

[Bigdaddy]

Of course the Reggie is a classic. I also liked the Mick - Mickey Rivers.

Ever notice how many of the Yankee cards were action shots taken from the first base dugout side? - Jackson (2), Chambliss, Rivers, Nettles, Lyle (2), Guidry, Munson, Hunter, Gullett, White.

[bswhiten]

This is my favorite...

[Mark70Z]

Fav

[OsFan]

Rollie

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

This is my favorite...

Definitely my favorite too as a huge Parrish PC.

Is this one yours Ben? I have a couple signed without Diaz and one with it in pen, but that one has the best Diaz sig I have seen on a multi-signed. Beaut.

[MCoxon]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Of course the Reggie is a classic. I also liked the Mick - Mickey Rivers.

Ever notice how many of the Yankee cards were action shots taken from the first base dugout side? - Jackson (2), Chambliss, Rivers, Nettles, Lyle (2), Guidry, Munson, Hunter, Gullett, White.

Mickey Rivers is a philosopher; one of my favorite quotes of all time is:

"Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.

And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.

- Mickey Rivers

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Definitely my favorite too as a huge Parrish PC.

Is this one yours Ben? I have a couple signed without Diaz and one with it in pen, but that one has the best Diaz sig I have seen on a multi-signed. Beaut.

Thanks Justin... it is in my pc. I am a big Murph collector. Still searching for his 77 Topps all 4 signed, but i love this one!

[RayBShotz]

The Hawk!

[ALR-bishop]

[SMPEP]

These are the best cards?

Wow.

This set is even uglier than I remembered!

What a truly putrid offering by Topps. Right up there with 1981 and 1979.

[Econteachert205]

love the Eddie Murray rookie.

[clydepepper]

This one is my favorite 1978 card just because it reminds me of both the 1982 Topps Seaver All-Star card and a specific Christy Mathewson photo - a copy of which I have been searching for a number of years.


Does anyone remember the picture I mean?


There as several of Christy in his 'warm-up coat' - but the one I'm looking for is like these two in that it appears to be a cold windy day causing a kind of worn expression on his face.


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1982 Seaver.jpg

[hcv123]

Last card I needed to finish the set in 1978!!

[tschock]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

These are the best cards?

Wow.

This set is even uglier than I remembered!

What a truly putrid offering by Topps. Right up there with 1981 and 1979.

I tend to agree with this. The card design is crappy. HUGE script team names. Borders within borders within borders? Really? And what's up with Willie Montanez's name? They had enough room for ROLLIE FINGERS but not WILLIE MONTANEZ?

And while the selection of photos themselves is decent (some have been shown here), the actual printing execution of the photos is downright awful. It's not even a technology thing. Look at the printing quality of the '60s cards and compare it with these. It's almost like Topps was doing laser printing in the '60s and decided to revert back to dot-matrix for the late '70s. Or it could be the photographers were only provided Kodak Instamatics to take the picture. Who knows.

[ALR-bishop]

Partial blue border

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Partial blue border

I have been looking for a second copy of this Ryan card for myself for a while....unless I missed one, of the nearly 500 copies available/sold on ebay/comc, there were none.

[deweyinthehall]

1978 was my first set - in fact the first cards I ever owned came as a small uncut panel in a spring 1978 edition of Dynamite Magazine. I've always felt the images in the set were, generally, some of the best of that era. Here are a few favorites (and I have a lot).

First the Joy of the Game - Rice, Simmons and Lopez, all just looking like they're happy to be there.

[deweyinthehall]

Next up - the catchers. Looking determined and gritty, real ballplayers...

[deweyinthehall]

Great action shots -

[deweyinthehall]

Date Specific Action -
The Millan was taken 7/17/77
The Randle was taken 7/31/77

[deweyinthehall]

And for general aesthetics -
The Brett for just being a great image of the future hall of famer at a young age
The White for being a good action shot with Fisk coming up out of his crouch as the ball is put into play
The Ault for having a unique perspective as well as Munson behind the plate, looking like he's about to lift his mask to spit
The Cruz, for capturing a speedster contemplating whether to go
The Collins for the interesting play of light and shadow in the batting cage
The Chiles for the nice silhouette effect (like a number of other Twins cards like Kusick and Ford)
The Coleman just because
And the Garner for Chuck Tanner barking something in the background

[commishbob]

This one. Of the post-war cards I own, it's my favorite

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[CobbSpikedMe]

I agree with Bob, the Murray is my favorite 78. I can't help buying them when I see them cheap either so I have a few now.


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[glynparson]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

love the Eddie Murray rookie.

I agree my favorite card in the set especially if you can find a clean copy well centered without any of those pesky print issues.

[hcv123]

He was the last card I needed to finish my set in 1978!!

Reggie as others have said is a great card.