E79 Phila. Caramel 27 Scrappers: Anyone have the Spring 2006 issue of SGC Magazine?

[Exhibitman]

So you just ignore two cards in the set? That doesn't seem to be right.

[mikedenero]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

So you just ignore two cards in the set? That doesn't seem to be right.

Adam,
Point well taken. Here's my answer. The set is called 27 Scrappers (not "21 Cards"); as such, we know they counted something other than cards. Since they are counting scrappers, I think it makes more sense to count unnamed boxers who appear on the cards and ignore cards which simply picture an arm. How does it make sense to count an arm/fist as a scrapper rather than an unnamed fighter pictured "scrapping" with a named fighter? A scrapper without a name is a scrapper nonetheless!

Also, since the checklist back has been a riddle for a century, perhaps Phila Caramel made the nebulous checklist to confuse kids who collected all 21 cards, thus forcing them to buy more caramels in search of the "eight other" scrappers, who a kid would assume to be real boxers not named on the checklist????

[Exhibitman]

A corporation mislead customers to spur profits? Say it ain't so!

[mikedenero]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

A corporation mislead customers to spur profits? Say it ain't so!

Luckily, the past 100 years have cured such opportunistic corporate behavior.

BTW, would my body-counting theory hold on the E80
as well?