Thursday, 18 December 2008

1983 Topps

I bought these packs from e-bay UK. If packs ever come up in the UK, I will bid. The seller had 1987 Topps and 1988 Fleer as well. I won this lot of 3 packs of 1983 Topps. I like the design of the 1980's cards, in particular 1980 to 1984 (although I could take or leave the 1982 'hockey stick' design). I have bought from this seller 'derbymark' before and I can safely say he hasn't searched these packs.

Each pack contains 15 cards and 1 stick of gum. There are 792 cards in the set which includes sub-sets; All-stars, League Leaders, Record Breakers, Super Veteran and Team Leader cards.

Pack 1:
#44 Don Robinson Pirates
#64 Bill Stein Rangers
#143 Joe Pettini Giants
#181 Terry Felton Twins
#287 Bobby Brown Mariners
#289 Jerry Dybzinski Indians
#343 Bob Bailor Mets
#461 Steve Trout White Sox
#488 Alfredo Griffin Blue Jays
#489 Tom Herr Cardinals
#532 Dave Stewart Dodgers
#612 Steve Swisher Padres
#696 Chuck Tanner Pirates
#731 Al Williams Twins
#766 Barry Bonnell Blue Jays

Pack 2:
#52 Onix Concepcion Royals
#174 Jerry Ujdur Tigers
#198 Kiko Garcia Astros
#246 George Bamberger Mets
#278 Kevin Hickey White Sox
#301 Mike Schmidt Super Veteran
#327 Bobby Castillo Twins
#358 Jerry Garvin Blue Jays
#385 Mike Easler Pirates
#525 Frank White Royals
#598 Dwayne Murphy A's
#629 Charlie Lea Expos
#651 Angels Checklist
#761 Gary Lucas Padres
#792 Chris Chambliss Braves

Pack 3:
#15 Ron Cey Dodgers
#88 Jim Gantner Brewers
#91 Larry Milbourne Indians
#132 Todd Cruz Mariners
#227 Chris Bando Indians
#297 Ned Yost Brewers
#241 Rich Gossage Super Veteran
#381 Red Sox Checklist
#390 Reggie Jackson All Star
#393 Carlton Fisk All Star
#528 Jamie Easterly Brewers
#545 Floyd Bannister Mariners
#573 Andy Hassler Angels
#663 Tom O'Malley Giants
#739 Rick Ownbey Mets

Disappointingly one Red Sox in 45 cards. It also says on the wrapper that there should have been a 'Winning Line-up' game card inside. There wasn't one in any of these packs, they are needed to purchase the 5 card collectors sets and its too late to obtain a free game card as that finished on the 15th December 1983. Oh well.
These cards are in excellent condition, cannot say the same for the sticks of gum!

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