Renewed call for help - 1978 wiffle ball

darkhorse9 · #1 01-16-2016, 01:12 PM

Thanks for the new info. Going 3 1/2 years without new info shows how frustrating this set is.

If your interested in selling that sleeve let me know.

toppcat · #2 01-18-2016, 11:39 AM

Unrelated question - if the cards were MLB licensed, why are there no logos on the caps?

steve B · #3 01-18-2016, 02:04 PM

Licensing at the time was a lot less organized than it is now. The MLB license if I recall it right was only for the team names and the player likenesses in general, the team logos had to be licensed through the teams and the individual players had control over their own images.

Licensing then was also a lot less expensive and less controlled.

Steve B

toppcat · #4 01-18-2016, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve B

Licensing at the time was a lot less organized than it is now. The MLB license if I recall it right was only for the team names and the player likenesses in general, the team logos had to be licensed through the teams and the individual players had control over their own images.

Licensing then was also a lot less expensive and less controlled.

Steve B

I have to disagree with part of this. MLB was licensing the team logos in 1978. From 1968-86 , all national licensing contracts were handled by MLBPC through the Licensing Corporation of America (LCA), a division of Warner Communications, Inc. During this period, Clubs licensed their own trademarks to companies authorized to sell in the Clubs' respective local markets and MLBPC handled the National contracts.

steve B · #5 01-19-2016, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toppcat

I have to disagree with part of this. MLB was licensing the team logos in 1978. From 1968-86 , all national licensing contracts were handled by MLBPC through the Licensing Corporation of America (LCA), a division of Warner Communications, Inc. During this period, Clubs licensed their own trademarks to companies authorized to sell in the Clubs' respective local markets and MLBPC handled the National contracts.

Ok, That makes sense.

I can't imagine Whiffle being local, although they were in RI I think, so I'm in their local area.

Maybe MSA didn't license the logos?
Or didn't use them to keep consistent with older art they already had?

Steve B

Cliff Bowman · #6 06-13-2016, 09:21 PM

Another one has popped up on eBay, a 1978 bat and ball holder with Rusty Staub and Randy Jones. The only two unaccounted for now are Bobby Bonds and Al Hrabosky, which will undoubtedly show up on one of these bat and ball sleeves.

bswhiten · #7 06-29-2016, 01:19 PM

Why does PSA slab the wiffle ball as 1976 but have them listed under 1978?

GeorgeBailey2 · #8 06-29-2016, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toppcat

Unrelated question - if the cards were MLB licensed, why are there no logos on the caps?

The logo is the MLBPA logo, not the MLB logo.

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