Things you hated when collecting cards as a kid

mr2686 · #1 02-15-2019, 08:55 AM

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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 · #2 02-15-2019, 09:04 AM

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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 · #3 02-15-2019, 12:10 PM

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

tedzan · #4 02-15-2019, 01:47 PM

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 · #5 02-15-2019, 05:28 PM

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.. ?

tedzan · #6 02-16-2019, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.. ?

Albert

In 1948 I collected LEAF Pirates Of The Seas cards, 1948 BOWMAN Movie Stars, and in 1950 Hopalong Cassidy cards.

TED Z

T206 Reference
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SAllen2556 · #7 02-17-2019, 09:27 AM

When I was 10, it was simple: the more Tigers in a pack, the better.
I'd rather have Bill Freehan and Willie Horton than Rod Carew and Joe Morgan any day. I felt totally ripped off if I didn't get any Tigers.

And, I used to get way more of these than I see today. I wonder if most of these just got tossed, because there were a lot more really awful mis-cut cards in the mid-70's than you see around today. I had a '73 Al Kaline like this Toby Harrah.

TOBY-HARRAH-1973-Topps-Baseball-ERROR-OddBaLL-MISCUT.jpg

pingman59 · #8 02-19-2019, 12:13 AM

I never could get Hank Aaron. In 1968, my first year of buying packs, my local store had 1st series, but then no second series (which had Hank) and then returned with 3rd series. In 1969, I missed out on the first three series (series one had Hank). In 1970, I did get to buy a handful of 5th series, but didn't get Hank. In 1971, my last of buying cards as a kid, I bought plenty of the first three series, but stopped after that. Hank was in the 4th series. I picked up the hobby for good in 1974 and never got a Hank that year despite buying at least 100 packs over the summer. Same problem in 1975 and 1976 with similar quantities. Then, I ordered a 500 count vending box from Ted and Linda Pina of FL and viola! Hank Aaron!

The other frustrating thing was getting plenty of Phil Roof every year.

I still had fun collecting and trading anyway!

GasHouseGang · #9 02-19-2019, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SAllen2556

When I was 10, it was simple: the more Tigers in a pack, the better.
I'd rather have Bill Freehan and Willie Horton than Rod Carew and Joe Morgan any day. I felt totally ripped off if I didn't get any Tigers.

And, I used to get way more of these than I see today. I wonder if most of these just got tossed, because there were a lot more really awful mis-cut cards in the mid-70's than you see around today. I had a '73 Al Kaline like this Toby Harrah.

Attachment 344584

I know exactly what you mean Scott. You'd put down your hard earned dime and get some mis-cut piece of crap plus a checklist and a team card! What the heck! These cards would just get stuck in the bicycle spokes or tossed into the trade pile. I still can't understand anyone wanting these poorly cut mistakes. But I guess there's always a collector out there for almost anything.

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