1980 Topps - Info/Pics needed

[deweyinthehall]

Hi -

Can anyone help with these?

Images needed of:

Printing Sheet A
Printing Sheet B
Printing Sheet C

Cello case (can be empty)
6 Box Rack Case (can be empty)
Super Cello Case (can be empty)
Grocery Pack 2-box Case (can be empty)

Any packaging info/pics for 80-card blister packs

Also, any information and/or images as to these items would be great:

Personalized card as offered on wax wrapper and uncut team checklist sheet

Team autographed baseball as offered on wax wrapper

Ball, Glove and Bat as offered on Hit to Win Game Card

Any ads, sell sheets, store display images, etc.

Many thanks!

[Cliff Bowman]

I had scans of *A and *B, I'll have to find a *C.

[deweyinthehall]

Many thanks!

[Cliff Bowman]

Found this *C from Heritage Auctions.

[deweyinthehall]

Thanks!

[steve B]

I believe these are the personalized trading cards.
They were offered on 79-80 Basketball wrappers as well as the 80 Baseball wrappers.

Dated 79, they're not common, These were sent in for by a dealer, if I recall it right orders they tried later were rejected.
I'd be surprised if they made any dated 1980.

[ALR-bishop]

Offer insert

[JustinD]

Interesting they took the time to copyright the photo of the kid on the offer card. Looks like they called it a P.I.L. Tradin’ Card.

[deweyinthehall]

This is great - so some dealer tried to get custom cards made before Topps figured things out? Some things never change. Are the lower Remy and Hobson cards the backs of the illustrated cards or are they what were submitted to obtain the cards?

Now if anyone on these boards has a pic of themselves on one of these, that'd be something!

[steve B]

Yes, I know who- about 90% sure.
It seemed cool at the time.

Every personalized print thing has had this "problem", usually when they start.
some of the personalized postage stamp systems had to get put on pause when people uploaded copyrighted images. Or more interestingly ones the USPS objected to once they were pointed out like a picture of Ted Kackzynski.


The backs are the same as mine. I showed the fronts.
It's a generic back filled in with submitter supplied information.

I forget exactly which players they managed to get, I have to think Yaz and maybe Rice and Lynn and Fisk. They may have had those held up.
I'd have to really search old ads and auction lists to see if there were more.

[deweyinthehall]

The "Hit to Win" gamecards offered packs of 10 supersized glossy cards for 10 game cards and 70 cents.

The checklist on the back of the game card matches the checklist of the 1980 Topps super set.

Looking for confirmation of what I suspect - that the cards are one in the same, meaning the cards you'd buy in packs at a store were the identical cards you'd receive in response to a game card submission - Yes?

Anyone know whether you'd get the gray or white backs when you submitted the game cards?

[deweyinthehall]

Here is my finished page on the 1980 set:

https://mrpekrul.wixsite.com/narcissism/1980

[saucywombat]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Here is my finished page on the 1980 set:

https://mrpekrul.wixsite.com/narcissism/1980

Fantastic

[deweyinthehall]

Thank you!