1974 Topps Information/Images Needed

[deweyinthehall]

Hello -

Working on a 1974 Topps web page and I'm wondering if anyone can help me with these items:

1) What was the deal with those cello-wrapped Fun Packs - did Topps have any part in them or was it completely a 3rd party job?

2) Any photos or memories of the Baseball T-Shirt offered on wax packs would be great.

3) Wax Case - image needed; short of that, do we know how many boxes they contained?

4) Cello Case - same as above

5) Orioles and Tigers Racks - what's the story? I read somewhere where A's racks were issued as well - any photos?

6) Rack box - need an image or just need to confirm if they held 24 packs as usual.

7) Rack Case - Same deal as Wax and Cello cases

8) Grocery Box and Case - images needed; information on how many packs per box and boxes per case.

9) Did Topps print the traded cards on modified sheets like they did in 1976? I have images of all 5 sheets but no tradeds. Or, were they printed separately as with the team checklists? Images as always are great.

10) Heard about a 2-card Fun Pack included in some sort of Halloween bag - different from the cello fun packs? Did they use a standard wax wrapper?

Thanks to all!

[deweyinthehall]

One more item - Does anyone have an image of the back of the grocery pack tray? Subsequent years have ads on them - wondering whether the '74 one has an ad or is blank.

[Cliff Bowman]

Unlike the 1976 Traded cards the 1974 Traded cards were printed on their own sheet like the 1974 Team Checklist cards were. I'll try to find scans or pics of either one. ETA, luckily I had scans of both.

[jmoran19]

That’s a proof sheet. Pretty sure the traded cards were split up like 1976, will post images later, bed ridden as I had total knee replacement this week.

The 2 card cello packs came in Topps fun bags, Fun Bag wax packs also included 2 cards and used the wrappers from baseball and Fb that did not indicate a bonus team checklist. Not 100% sure but guessing once the wax wrappers ran out they switched to cello.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by jmoran19

That’s a proof sheet. Pretty sure the traded cards were split up like 1976, will post images later, bed ridden as I had total knee replacement this week.

You may very well be right, but I don't recall ever seeing a severely miscut 1974 Traded card showing it borders a regular 1974 card or a 1974 hybrid uncut sheet showing both 1974 regular cards and traded cards.

[deweyinthehall]

First, I hope the knee heals nicely!

On the Fun Packs - I was talking about the West Corp. package, of the sort shown here.

I think you are talking about the larger bag with multiple packs, which I think did have the 2-card wax packs?

I assume the West Corp. packages are not a Topps release in any sense, but that the larger bag with the individual packs was released by Topps?

[deweyinthehall]

I always wondered why Topps skipped a year - they didn't repeat the Traded set in 1975, which suggests they didn't think it had been particularly popular or successful. But they brought it back 2 years later in 1976, and then dropped it immediately afterwards. Odd.