1974 Topps Factory Set

[toppcat]

I just posted on the 74 factory sets and got some info from someone who has one. Traded and Red Checklists no (amended thinking per next post), Wash NL no, not sure about #599's font-didn't get that info:

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/20...tle-thing.html

[Arsenal83]

I'm the Brian you cited in your blog. Steve from BBCE thinks the red checklists did come in the factory sets, but a few members on the Collectors Universe forum are saying that the red checklists were inserts that weren't included in factory sets.

To update your page, undisturbed factory sets did have the vending pattern.

[toppcat]

Outstanding, gonna update tomorrow,on the red checkists too.

[Arsenal83]

I've got a NM empty factory set box with flaps all intact so if you need any images, just let me know.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Arsenal83

I've got a NM empty factory set box with flaps all intact so if you need any images, just let me know.

Thanks Brian, think I am good, update is already posted in the original post. Amazing how little information is out there on these.

[insidethewrapper]

If all the cards came out at the same time, instead of by Series, why didn't all the San Diego player cards have Washington Variations instead of only some of them ?

[rats60]

The sheets were printed one at a time. In the middle of the first print run of 1974 Topps, Ray Kroc unexpectedly bought the Padres to keep them in San Diego. Topps stopped printing the cards and changed all the cards from Washington to San Diego. The Padres on the sheets that Topps hadn't printed yet don't have Washington cards.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

If all the cards came out at the same time, instead of by Series, why didn't all the San Diego player cards have Washington Variations instead of only some of them ?

The whole Washington thing was brief enough that it didn't cover an entire press run. So they got some sheets done with the Washington change, but not others. When it didn't actually happen they went back to doing SD cards.

Which considering how precise Topps was, should mean there are pre-Washington SD cards, and post-Washington SD cards.
Just a lead for variation hunters.