But you know me, I can't pass up cheap junk wax. The guy was asking $15 for the lot. I countered with $10 and he accepted. Not bad, right? 180 packs for $10.
It ended up providing me two solid hours of entertainment as I busted packs and built sets, while flipping back and forth between Monday Night Football and the A's/Rangers game.
Here's a look at the five sets I built:
These cards might not be your cup of tea. But I wanted to kill two birds with one stone and show off the Tony Gwynn cards from each of these sets, while giving you a sample of what these cards look like:
1986 Topps Mini Leaders #65 Tony Gwynn
1987 Topps Mini Leaders #35 Tony Gwynn
1988 Topps Mini Leaders #74 Tony Gwynn
1989 Topps Mini Leaders #39 Tony Gwynn
1990 Topps Mini Leaders #80 Tony Gwynn
Okay... it's your turn.
What do you think about these Topps Mini Leaders? Love 'em? Hate 'em?
I'll be honest, I wasn't a big fan of these back in the 80's. But I had a blast busting these packs and building these sets. And honestly... for the price, I'd do it all over again if the opportunity arises again.
Happy Hump Day!
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I don't remember even seeing the baseball ones, but I did collect some of the O-Pee-Chee hockey ones back in the day. I think the packs were about a quarter back then, and the corner store seemed to have boxes of them, so grabbing a dollars worth along with my chips seemed interesting.
One of the cards in the set is still rather infamous, though - the Glen Hanlon.
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2010/12/07/worst-hockey-cards-glen-hanlon-makes-adjustments/
I only collected the 1986 minis. I vaguely remember the other years. I don't ever recall seeing the 1990 minis. I no things were over produced back them but I wonder if the 1990 minis could be classified as somewhat rare.
I think you did swell. 18 cents a pack is way cheap entertainment. You're hoot fuji
They're pretty far down on my mini scale ('75 minis and A&G tobacco sized minis at the very top, micro minis at the very bottom). But, like you say, they're good for a fun evening.
I liked the 86 set. I don't remeber ever seeing any of the 88 to 90 sets
I have an unopened box of the 87's. This sounds strange but think I like the look and feels of the shiny little packs more than I'd like the individual cards, so they've stayed unopened.
Thanks for sharing... great photo of Hanlon. Actually... I didn't realize there was a hockey version. I'll have to see if I can hunt down any cheap boxes of this stuff.
I'm with you... never saw the 1990 set before. I think I only collected the 1986 and 1987 sets... maybe the 1988.
Thanks... there's not many $2 boxes I won't bust.
I agree 100%. The 1975 minis might be the greatest miniature set ever made. I like those even more than tobacco cards.
Lol... join the club. I know for sure, this was the first time I've seen the 1989 and 1990 sets.
While busting those cellophane wrappers, I wondered why companies didn't utilize them more. Actually, the wrappers I loved the most were those foil wrappers that Upper Deck used in their early years.
I could actually use dodger dupes from these sets if you're up for a trade.
No problem... I'll go through the stacks sometime this weekend and let you know what I have.
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