That's fascinating. I was under the impression that the update cards were available via Good Humor trucks in 1978 by their lonesome...but since the entire set was reprinted and released together, that means you didn't automatically receive one of the new additions when you grabbed up the most awesome thing on the planet, ice cream, that summer? An argument could be made that it makes the cherished update cards even tougher to come by, since kids didn't undoubtedly walk away with one of the 1971-1977 beauties every time they ran to the truck. Nope, they had the very same chance of getting a, say, 1911, 1938 or 1953 card as they did a 1971 Clemente. Very interesting indeed.
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