1975 sspc

[laughlinfan]

Keith was involved in the making of the set - as was Bob Laughlin. I always enjoyed the set, myself - there was really no full size set to compete with Topps back then, and I liked the pure card format. Yeah, some of the pictures weren't the best - I would have loved to have seen some action shots reminiscent of the Pee Wee Reese from the 1953 Bowman set it was likely in homage to. The makers got sued by Topps, as I recall. I think SSPC had obtained rights to produce and were going on the premise that since they weren't sold with gum Topps' monopoly didn't apply. I think in the final settlement SSPC was allowed to sell what inventory they had left but were not allowed to produce any more. SSPC did produce later sets that were sold as magazine and yearbook inserts.

[ALR-bishop]

How were they packaged ? The Topps player contacts were only exclusive as to the sale of their images with gum or confections. The Fleer cookie issue ( 1963) and the Leaf marble issue ( 1960) were not done in by Topps litigation, but rather poor sales

[toppcat]

Al-I believe the '76 was sold as a full set only-no packs.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Al-I believe the '76 was sold as a full set only-no packs.

This is also correct

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by laughlinfan

Keith was involved in the making of the set - as was Bob Laughlin. I always enjoyed the set, myself - there was really no full size set to compete with Topps back then, and I liked the pure card format. Yeah, some of the pictures weren't the best - I would have loved to have seen some action shots reminiscent of the Pee Wee Reese from the 1953 Bowman set it was likely in homage to. The makers got sued by Topps, as I recall. I think SSPC had obtained rights to produce and were going on the premise that since they weren't sold with gum Topps' monopoly didn't apply. I think in the final settlement SSPC was allowed to sell what inventory they had left but were not allowed to produce any more. SSPC did produce later sets that were sold as magazine and yearbook inserts.

Reviving a long dead thread but... this is correct.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by TCMA

Reviving a long dead thread but... this is correct.

I have always enjoyed this set also. Out of complete curiosity, would you be willing/able to divulge the print run of this set?

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

I have always enjoyed this set also. Out of complete curiosity, would you be willing/able to divulge the print run of this set?

Just asked my father and he states it was ten thousand or less, but there was a second print run. I'm attempting to get more info on that from him .

[TCMA]

Ok, the second printing was done years later and was illegal. Somehow the negatives were obtained from the printer and used to create the cards. No telling how many illegal sets were reprinted.

This is where the "Noland" error card came from, as when the original cards were being produced my father noticed the superfluous "d" and personally removed it from the printing plate .

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by TCMA

Ok, the second printing was done years later and was illegal. Somehow the negatives were obtained from the printer and used to create the cards. No telling how many illegal sets were reprinted.

This is where the "Noland" error card came from, as when the original cards were being produced my father noticed the superfluous "d" and personally removed it from the printing plate .

Thank you for the great info....if I can ask a few more questions, is there a way to tell which sets were from the original run versus the illegal run? Would this "Noland" Ryan error help to determine if the set was from the original 10k run or not, or is there another way? I have several sets, and I have noticed two of the sets have sporadic miscut cards....is it more likely that the MC cards were from the original set?
Thank you again!

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Thank you for the great info....if I can ask a few more questions, is there a way to tell which sets were from the original run versus the illegal run? Would this "Noland" Ryan error help to determine if the set was from the original 10k run or not, or is there another way? I have several sets, and I have noticed two of the sets have sporadic miscut cards....is it more likely that the MC cards were from the original set?
Thank you again!

Yes, the "Noland" error only appears in the illegal reprint sets. Other than that I'm not aware of another way to tell the sets apart. If you have both I would compare and see. It's been too long since I've seen a complete set .