Best of 1977 Topps

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In my opinion this is a blah set. From design to photography, although I think it is a slight notch above the 1976 set.

There is one card that is awesome though....


Being a kid from the Detroit area, nothing was cooler than the "Bird". This card has the All Star label and the rookie trophy, it exudes awesomeness.



Brett's first of many All Star cards. I like the occasional posed photo, especially when it's a HoFer at the start of his career.



The other 3B of the majors. Sadly, it took him awhile before he started getting his All Star label on his cards. Schmidt had a history of bad photos on his cards, this one makes the cut. Cool Spirit of 76 patch on his sleeve too.



It seems catchers have cool photos all the time. Looks like he wasn't thinking of blocking the plate, focusing on catch then tag.



This was a coveted rookie card when I started collecting.

Honorable mention:
Murphy rookie card - Super hot card in 1982-83
Dawson rookie card - My dislike of the shared rookie cards keeps this and Murphy's out of my top 5.
LeFlore and Staub - The Tigers were a bad team during this era, pretty cool to have 3 All Star labeled cards. These were popular in my neighborhood.