Show a Card that is 'Shocking' (whatever that means to you personally)...

[Gr8Beldini]

You wouldn't understand unless you're my age (58) give or take. Buying a pack of cards in April '71 and seeing this for the first time. There was never anything like it. All of the other cards are upright. This one is sideways. Never saw an action baseball card before. Topps never made action cards before... and what action! This isn't just some in-game action card. This was truly spectacular. AND (icing on the cake) the trophy! My 7 year old friends were always chasing the trophy guys. We didn't know better. We thought these were the best guys (hence the trophy). Pulling this from a pack and seeing it for the first time was stunning. Editor's note: In case my photo doesn't attach properly, I'm (obviously) speaking of the '71 Munson.
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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Gr8Beldini

All of the other cards are upright. This one is sideways.

Munson is not the only horizontal '71 Topps card. Yes, most were upright - but there are others in that format, I'm not sure how many total - but Rudy May, Bud Harrelson, Jim Fregosi, and Roy White come to mind.

You are correct in that the Munson was the first Topps "action" format card in a set that included them. Topps would go on to use "In Action" photos while returning mostly to portraits for base cards in 1972, and then of course the '73 set is mostly action - with a variety of both good and terrible shots of that genre which make it pretty much it's own animal.

[John1941]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Munson is not the only horizontal '71 Topps card. Yes, most were upright - but there are others in that format, I'm not sure how many total - but Rudy May, Bud Harrelson, Jim Fregosi, and Roy White come to mind.

I think he's saying that he hadn't seen any horizontal cards in previous years.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by John1941

I think he's saying that he hadn't seen any horizontal cards in previous years.

Ok. Action shots were new to '71 Topps. Horizontal formatting was not. But makes sense that a '70's kid would not have seen a 1960 Topps card I guess.

[JollyElm]

What's weird is the 1971 Topps Thurman Munson card can be 'officially' called the first regular season Topps action card, because it is #5 in that set and the four cards preceding it numerically are all 'normal' cards.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

What's weird is the 1971 Topps Thurman Munson card can be 'officially' called the first regular season Topps action card, because it is #5 in that set and the four cards preceding it numerically are all 'normal' cards.

There were several other action cards in the first series, so unless Munson was the first one pulled it wouldn't have been the first. To me the first action card was the 1970 Bud Harrelson. It showed him signing autographs at a game. That was surprising to me when I pulled it. When I saw more action cards in 1971, it was no big deal.

[CobbSpikedMe]

This one came to mind for me.



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[JollyElm]

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