First Pack of Cards

[mrreality68]

1976 Topps and with friends and each got our first packs.
Opened and I had Bobby bonds and Dusty Baker and a few others.
My friends had gotten like Seaver, George Brett and Dave Kingman.

I wanted me some King Kong Kingman. But we never traded.

We always flipped cards for them.

All day long we flipped and I lost most cards only going home with 3 or 4

I do not remember which cards I brought home but they all ended up in the spokes of my bike.

[Leon]

It would have been 1966 or 1967 Topps. That was a while ago. I still can't believe I turned 60.....
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[Piratedogcardshows]

1990 Score by the boxfull lol.

[butchie_t]

It would have to be 67 or 68, and no memory whatsoever of who. As for the store, 7-11 was right down the end of our street in Maryland.

Dangerously close actually. Loose change never made it far from the 7-11 and if it did, it was across that street to the Peoples Drug Store.

[ASF123]

1986 Topps. I don't remember the specific day or pack, though.

Last winter an eBay seller included a 1986 Topps pack as a bonus with the cards I bought. I was surprised at how powerful the nostalgic feeling was when I opened it. I learned about baseball, the players, the teams, the uniforms, the history, etc. through cards, and opening that pack brought back exactly that feeling of discovery.

Didn't try to chew the gum though.

[Vintagevault13]

1974 for me. Growing up in Georgia, we were excited about the upcoming season and the prospect of Hank Aaron breaking the Babe's record. My dad brought a Street & Smith's (with Hank on the cover) and a few packs home to me one day. I was instantly hooked. I don't remember the first cards, but I do recall how cool the Tom Seaver and Jon Matlack actions shots were.

[Peter_Spaeth]

65 Topps from the local 7-11.

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Leon

It would have been 1966 or 1967 Topps. That was a while ago. I still can't believe I turned 60.....
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Right behind ya Leon - 60 is staring me in the face.

My first packs were 69 Topps - no clue what cards were there, but I remember a Félix Millán - one of my favorites. Before I became a Pirates fan, it was Atlanta - the nearest team to Orlando back then. Don't have any of them anymore, but I do have the 7-11 Slurpee cups from '71 and '72, + the HOF set (73?). They take up way more space than cards, and rarely see the light of day anymore.

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Mike

[rhettyeakley]

I found a 1977 Don Kirkwood in the basement storage area of my house (it had belonged to my older brother) and that was the 1st baseball card I had ever seen, thus making it my first card (I still have it).

A few days later my brother and I each got a pack of 1986 Topps at the store. I remember getting a Willie McGee card and thinking that that had to be the worst picture ever put on a card, which is probably the only reason I remember any cards from the pack.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by frohme

Right behind ya Leon - 60 is staring me in the face.

My first packs were 69 Topps - no clue what cards were there, but I remember a Félix Millán - one of my favorites. Before I became a Pirates fan, it was Atlanta - the nearest team to Orlando back then. Don't have any of them anymore, but I do have the 7-11 Slurpee cups from '71 and '72, + the HOF set (73?). They take up way more space than cards, and rarely see the light of day anymore.

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Mike

Well, we did play against each other in Little League.

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[Seven]

Love hearing these stories, I was waiting for Ted to chime in with his stories from his pulling cards from packs days!

Can only imagine the feeling of pulling guys like Mays, Mantle, Robinson, etc from a pack. I'm sure the feeling has remained the same for younger collectors today when they pull the stars from today out of a pack of cards!

At least back then though there was no "Prismatic Superfractor Diecut Serially numbered NFT variation." Simpler times, simpler cards, I'm sure. And for a hell of a lot cheaper too!