It Had to Be Lou...1977 Burger King #23 Lou Piniella

[ALR-bishop]

Co branded Topps sets might be a good candidate for a separate thread. Most would likely be post 80,

I do keep a set of the 77 Burger King cards, with the header card and Lou in the back of my 77 Topps set binder

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I would guess 90 percent of the plethora of small boxes sets in the 1980's were Topps products? While they seem cheesy today I loved them back then!

[steve B]

Oh, and the 1980 Mrs Butterworth cards were Topps cards in a special pack with a header card.

I haven't seen enough of them out of the pack and provable to know if there are any differences. I had a bunch of packs at one point.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by steve B

Oh, and the 1980 Mrs Butterworth cards were Topps cards in a special pack with a header card.

I haven't seen enough of them out of the pack and provable to know if there are any differences. I had a bunch of packs at one point.

No difference on any of the 1980 cards (there were other companies as well) which came in those type of packs. The only difference is the cover card

[homerunderby]

Interesting wrinkle on the Steinbrenner controversy. I read that Steinbrenner had a fit because Piniella was his son's favorite player, though George liked him a lot too. His son, Hank, is the Yankees CEO now.

I'll have to check when I get home but Yankees yearbooks in 1977-78 might have a list of BK stores in NY metro.

In 1978 BK also produced a nice Yankees poster with drawings of each players headshot. They were give-aways like the cards, quite a few are still around.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Ryan- This hardly news because I'm sure you have it but the 1985 Hostess Braves set was done by Topps.

[ALBB]

talking about Steinbrenner back then, I recall a 80s90s Yankee yearbook in which they messed up the color process..causing George M's face to look terribly red.. Somebody got fired for that ! LOL

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Ryan- This hardly news because I'm sure you have it but the 1985 Hostess Braves set was done by Topps.

I do have it, but I’m always on the look out for something new and off-beat. Thanks for the comment