Mike D's 1976 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Love this thread. Makes me want to get off my butt and work on some of my 70's sets. I remember back around 1991 I had just purchased some new cleats for softball but after wearing them two times, I didn't like them so I gave them to a teammate. He remembered I had talked with him about my favorite set as a kid (The 1971 Topps set...which my Mom threw out. Yes kids, that really did happen to a lot of us). Anyway, he showed up the next day with a shoe box full of his 71 doubles. Still have them, so now I think I'll sort through them and start working on the whole set. Sounds like fun just talking about it!!

Hey man, I came of age in the junk wax era....we had to throw out our OWN cards!

Glad you're enjoying the thread...the project has been a blast, and sharing it here makes it feel like more of a shared experience.

1971 Topps is a pretty set....you should go for it! I've never been a set builder, and I never bought 70's cards in packs, but I'm having a good time with it.

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

613 Tim Johnson
614 Fernando Arroyo
615 Mike Cubbage
616 Buck Martinez
617 Darold Knowles
618 Jack Brohamer
619 Bill Butler
620 Al Oliver
621 Tom Hall

614 Fernando Arroyo is missing. 615 Mike Cubbage is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

622 Rick Auerbach
623 Bob Allietta
624 Tony Taylor
625 J.R. Richard
626 Bob Sheldon
627 Bill Plummer
628 John D'Acquisto
629 Sandy Alomar
630 Chris Speier

622 Rick Auerbach and 627 Bill Plummer are missing.

626 Bob Sheldon and 629 Sandy Alomar are upgrade candidates.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The 630's:

631 Dave Bristol
632 Rogelio Moret
633 John Stearns
634 Larry Christenson
635 Jim Fregosi
636 Joe Decker
637 Bruce Bochte
638 Doyle Alexander
639 Fred Kendall

636 Joe Decker is missing. No upgrade candidates.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

640 Bill Madlock
641 Tom Paciorek
642 Dennis Blair
643 Checklist 529-660
644 Tom Bradley
645 Darrell Porter
646 John Lowenstein
647 Ramon Hernandez
648 Al Cowens

This was probably the toughest page in the whole set.

642 Dennis Blair, 643 Checklist 529-660, 646 John Lowenstein, 647 Ramon Hernandez, and 648 Al Cowens are all missing.

641 Tom Paciorek is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Passing 650:

649 Dave Roberts
650 Thurman Munson
651 John Odom
652 Ed Armbrister
653 Mike Norris
654 Doug Griffin
655 Mike Vail
656 Chuck Tanner
657 Roy Smalley

All cards are here. 657 Roy Smalley is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Bringing it home!

658 Jerry Johnson
659 Ben Oglivie
660 Davey Lopes

All three are here and look good. No upgrade candidates.

The cards:



The dups:

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Hey man, I came of age in the junk wax era....we had to throw out our OWN cards!

Darn it Mike, you made me spit milk through my nose. Too funny! LOL

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Darn it Mike, you made me spit milk through my nose. Too funny! LOL

Dang it! My secret identity as a milk and keyboard salesman has been uncovered!

[Kurri17]

Love this thread. I was a kid of the '70s (ages 6-16), so those sets are my love. The '76 is the first one I built in my quest to rebuild all of the years '72 thru '79. I have yet to put it in an album though I finished it a few years ago, and its fun to see them all like this. I truly loved my cards as a kid, and when there is one I don't recognize, I know that is one I never got from packs as a kid. I usually managed to get about 600 or so from each set just through packs, and thus probably another 400-500 dupes as once you got close it was just a lottery buy to see if you could hit one you needed. Funny how excited a Juan Beniquez can make you. Thanks for sharing the ride on this one.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Kurri17

Love this thread. I was a kid of the '70s (ages 6-16), so those sets are my love. The '76 is the first one I built in my quest to rebuild all of the years '72 thru '79. I have yet to put it in an album though I finished it a few years ago, and its fun to see them all like this. I truly loved my cards as a kid, and when there is one I don't recognize, I know that is one I never got from packs as a kid. I usually managed to get about 600 or so from each set just through packs, and thus probably another 400-500 dupes as once you got close it was just a lottery buy to see if you could hit one you needed. Funny how excited a Juan Beniquez can make you. Thanks for sharing the ride on this one.

I missed that era, which feels like a bit more "pure" then when I started (1987), when kids were already putting all their cards in top loaders and boxes to protect their "value".

In those pre-internet days, though, you're right....buying packs and a few trades were your only ways to acquire cards, except for the rare trips to a local card shop.

And when buying packs, I feel like I got a 1987 Topps Pat Dobson in every pack, even when buying 1988 Donruss or 1989 Topps!

And you're right about recognizing most of the cards. I bought my son a box of 1987 Topps to rip open a few months back, and I think maybe 1-2 cards in the whole box I didn't recognize.

[Mike D.]

I have a bunch of the missing and upgrade cards coming my way from a Net54 member....should get me quite a bit closer to complete.

Stay tuned!

[Kurri17]

Stay tuned I will. If you end up still needing Concepcion, Tanana, and Flynn, lmk as I have them and can get 'em out to you.