Things you hated when collecting cards as a kid

[TheNightmanCometh]

* Having no concept of print runs.

I started collecting in 1991.

[ValKehl]

(1) Cards that didn't have each individual year's statistics for the players on the backs of the cards. Hence, of the years I bought Topps cards as a kid, 1955-1960, my favorite years were 1957 & 1959. As a kid, I liked to analyze numbers, which probably explains why I became an accountant for my career.

(2) That I couldn't find my two favorite Wash. Senators, Pete Runnels & Mickey Vernon, in the 1955 Topps set. Years later, I learned they were in the 1955 Bowman set, which wasn't available where I bought my cards as a kid.

[VintageVinnie]

Man, these posts bring back memories. For me, it was the dreaded checklist and or manager card. Yuk! Always felt like I got jipped out of a full pack when they threw in that checklist card. Also, getting doubles and triples of the same guy. I vividly remember opening Topps football cards in 1982 and kept getting Lawrence Taylor cards. I must have had 5 of them in my stack and was really annoyed as a kid. Had no clue. Still makes me chuckle.

[ALBB]

How about every time you open a pack and saw the advertisement on the side of the wrapper.... ,you thought about how cool it would be to order the flip down sunglasses or card album, or whatever it was.....but of course never did.... #1) you barely had 5 or 10 cents for the cards, #2) you had no idea how to address or mail an envelope ! !!!!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by ALBB

How about every time you open a pack and saw the advertisement on the side of the wrapper.... ,you thought about how cool it would be to order the flip down sunglasses or card album, or whatever it was.....but of course never did.... #1) you barely had 5 or 10 cents for the cards, #2) you had no idea how to address or mail an envelope ! !!!!

Oh sure, but I bet you had the money for the X-ray glasses at the back of Comic Books. LOL

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Oh sure, but I bet you had the money for the X-ray glasses at the back of Comic Books. LOL

For me in the 1980's, the wrappers had progressed to always advertising being able to win a trip to spring training. At some point there was an insert card which talked about the same thing. I was always like yeah right, I'm never going to win that. And I never did, LOL.

[hammer]

I hated it when you went to the store and they were out of packs and cards.

[tedzan]

All this is too negative. Excuse me, but I had to modify the theme of this thread. Collecting sportscards when you were a kid had to be a happy experience.

Here are some my very first BB cards which my sister and I pulled out of BOND BREAD packages in 1947. Yeah we ate a lot of bread (and toast) that year,
since I completed this set of 48 cards.
How did I know I had a complete set of them ? There were about a dozen of us guys in our neighborhood collecting these cards. And, between our trading,
and our comparing notes we concluded that there were no more than 44 baseball cards (plus 4 boxers).






TED Z

T206 Reference
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[ALBB]

Ted,
very cool as always !

Hey, did you ever as a kid, make an impulse purchase over to the Non Sport side of things ? G men, Dick Tracy, Tarzan, Mickey Mouse...etc.. ?