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Originally Posted by laughlinfan
Hey Dave - interesting thought. I am guessing if the team boxes were made up of returns, it would have required someone to sort them back at the factory(?) I would think, from a marketing/sales perspective, it would probably make sense to put popular players in the AL/NL boxes. The two auction links (thanks, Joe!) probably reinforce that they tried to put some of the better players in the league boxes. Makes me wonder if lesser known players would have been produced in smaller numbers - seems reasonable.
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An educated guess on my part as Topps and a few other companies would repurpose and resell their returns back in the same time frame.
I don't remember these on Long Island as a kid.