What is your favorite set of the 1970s

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

Seriously? Who would want this card? Blah! Boring!

Me

This is one of my very favorite cards

[K-Nole]

For me, it is the 1979 set.

It was the first year I bought baseball cards as a kid.

2nd would have to 1972 which is kind of ironic because we have put sets together of all the 70's sets (attempting 1970 as I write this) and we had to skip over the 72 set because of the pure # of cards and # of high # cards.
Just too many cards to attempt it.

[Jayworld]

Although 1975 was the first year I actually bought baseball cards (or rather, my Mom did for 20 cents a pack at the local 7-11), my favorite set is the 1976 Topps set for the following reasons:

1. Nice overall front design, and I have always liked the graphic illustrations of the positional players on the front of the cards, especially noting the left hander and right hander for L and R pitchers.
2. It is the set that I still have my very first card from....
3. First 1970s card set I slowly put together, first from packs in 1976, then from Richard Gelman's card company, and finally via local card shows. I finished the set in 1982.
4. Unlike the 1975 set (which I just recently completed), the 1976 set is one that I have never sold and re-acquired. All the cards are mine (so to speak).
5. One of my great "mom" memories revolves around the 1976 set, which I highlighted in another post here on the boards a year or so ago; nutshell is several years ago my mom was going through her purses in her closet and found an unopened pack of 1976 baseball cards...she bought for me back in the day and forgot to give me.... When I think of the 1976 set, I think of her. She passed away in May, 2013.

[1963Topps Set]

I still have an unopened pack of 1976 Topps cards I kept from the day...

[Vintagevault13]

Going to veer a different direction from the previous responses, but I really like the 74 set. I think it gets a bad rap for being the first set Topps distributed nationally in one series, but it really is a nice set. The action shots of Seaver, Ryan, and Reggie (and many others) are outstanding and the Winfield and Parker RCs are also top notch. In addition, the "Washington" variation cards make for an interesting subset. Finally, the Aaron and Aaron Special cards are a great tribute to an all-time great.

[glynparson]

I'd have to go with 1973 topps Comics, followed by the stand ups from the same year. And the 1974 topps puzzles in third.

[nolemmings]

I really like the 74 set. I think it gets a bad rap for being the first set Topps distributed nationally in one series, but it really is a nice set.

Agree that the '74s are underrated, for the reasons you went on to state. However, I believe it was due in large part to a lack of rookie wow power, and FWIW, this was not the first set to be distributed nationally in one series, although it appears to be the first to have been distributed in only that manner.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=1973