It Had to Be Lou...1977 Burger King #23 Lou Piniella

[Cliff Bowman]

There were a number of badly out of register cards in the lot which obviously would have never been distributed at the Burger Kings, which leads me to believe that the cards came directly from the printer source or were saved from the printers dumpster.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

There were a number of badly out of register cards in the lot which obviously would have never been distributed at the Burger Kings, which leads me to believe that the cards came directly from the printer source or were saved from the printers dumpster.

That's funny, because in my errors & variations for trade thread, I put a 1977 BK Piniella there with what I called 'wild color shifts.' It looks like it would've been right at home in your picture.

[chris6net]

As a 13 year old growing up on Long Island I remember the Burger King cards very well. I seem to remember there being several articles in the main Newspapers (not Hobby Publications) about the Piniella card being rare and the backstory about George being upset that the card wasn't included in the initial issue which led a big jump in price for the card back then. I have the Piniella card in my set but don't know if I got it from Burger King or purchased it at a card show.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Interesting thread. I wonder, what other companies used Topps as a manufacturer for their cards?

[steve B]

K mart, Coke, brighams/coke, Zest soap, Mrs Butterworth, Drakes... among others.


I think the hostess cards were licensed from topps.


The other big producer of small sets, mostly for point of purchase promotion was MSA.

[ALR-bishop]

Co branded Topps sets might be a good candidate for a separate thread. Most would likely be post 80,

I do keep a set of the 77 Burger King cards, with the header card and Lou in the back of my 77 Topps set binder

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I would guess 90 percent of the plethora of small boxes sets in the 1980's were Topps products? While they seem cheesy today I loved them back then!

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by steve B

K mart, Coke, brighams/coke, Zest soap, Mrs Butterworth, Drakes... among others.


I think the hostess cards were licensed from topps.


The other big producer of small sets, mostly for point of purchase promotion was MSA.

Very interesting. Are there any off the top of your head where the front of the cards look exactly the same as the Topps issued cards? Like how the BKs look the same as the Topps issued?

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by TheNightmanCometh

Very interesting. Are there any off the top of your head where the front of the cards look exactly the same as the Topps issued cards? Like how the BKs look the same as the Topps issued?

1978 Zest Soap