84 Topps Nestle Sheets

joestalin

A few questions here:

1) Anyone here own any of these either in sheet form or cut?
2) If you had it cut how and where?
3) There were 6 sheets right? I seem to have the one sheet will all the good ones on it.

Thanks
Kevin

jrinck

Threads on this topic made me sad.

I remember ordering the sheets back in 1984. It was some sort of mail-away offer as I recall. I was thirteen, and, I suppose, pretty stupid. The sheets came rolled up in a cardboard cannister, and if I was smart I would have left them that way. Instead, I took them all out and tacked them on my wall. I tried to be somewhat protective by attempting to put plastic wrap around them, but that only made the whole display look that much more sad.

I have no idea whatever became of the sheets. My last memories are of them when I took them off the wall when my Dad moved us to a new place. There were creases all over them--what a great final memory!

But hey, at least I had the foresight to order them in the first place. Had I only just kept them rolled up in the cannister, though!

wlf3

I remember eating dozens of Crunch bars in 1984 to get these things... i got 4 of the 6 sheets and still have them... i recently bought a "cut" set as well (~$60) for my collection. I've considered a few times to use my uncut sheets as wallpaper.

boggs301012

I even own a graded copy PSA 9 ( a favor from aboard member) PSA graded a handul and stopped......oooppps they were handcut. 1984 is my favorite year by topps so far. Simple but nice card



James

joestalin

I was 11 when this came out and I can also remember putting it on my wall. I still have it today and the
original tube it was sent in. I wonder if this was so popular because of the set or what you had to eat to
get it?? LOL What if it was Birdseye broccoli 84 set? Might be less out there!

Anyone have population numbers on the PSA graded ones?

Kevin

pandrews

Kevin, I dont think this cut & paste will work too well.. the last # is the total graded..

1984 TOPPS NESTLE
CARD NO NAME VARIETY 5 6 7 8 8Q 9 9Q 10 TOTAL
Total: 5 4 1 47 1 189 6 6 259
4 CAL RIPKEN JR. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 DON MATTINGLY 1 1 0 21 0 66 1 2 92
10 ROBIN YOUNT 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
30 WADE BOGGS 0 1 0 3 0 11 0 0 15
60 PAUL MOLITOR 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
130 OZZIE SMITH 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
182 DARRYL STRAWBERRY 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 11
251 TONY GWYNN 0 0 0 5 0 31 4 0 40
300 PETE ROSE 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
399 GEORGE BRETT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 CAL RIPKEN JR. ALL-STAR 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 9
426 ORIOLES LEADERS C.RIPKEN/M.BODDICKER 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
470 NOLAN RYAN 2 2 1 4 0 10 0 0 19
490 CAL RIPKEN JR. 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 2 19
500 GEORGE BRETT 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 11
596 RYNE SANDBERG 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 15
700 MIKE SCHMIDT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
703 NL ACTIVE HOME RUN LEADERS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
706 NL ACTIVE CAREER VICTORY LEADERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
708 NL ACTIVE CAREER ERA LEADERS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
740 TOM SEAVER 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

joestalin

thanks perry!

wow 92 Mattingly sheets out of circulation, that is the sheet I have. I bet PSA would love to locate those
2 PSA 10 Mattingly's! LOL

Thanks
Kevin

jrinck

Funny, I remember getting all the sheets in one cannister. All this time I thought that's how everybody got them. Do you mean that I WASN'T supposed to get all the sheets at once? I only sent away one envelope for them, but what I DON'T remember is eating a whole bunch of Nestle stuff to get them. Maybe there was a checkbox on the form where you could buy ALL sheets for some nominal amount of money iiregardless of the number of wrappers/UPCs you sent. If so, that's most likely what I did. I was only thirteen at the time, so my memory is foggy.

joestalin

I think my mom sent away for it so Im not sure how much chocolate I ate, probably not 6 sheets worth! LOL
I always wondered where topps got 792 from....6 sheets make that clearer.

Kevin

wlf3

princk- if you redeemed for all of them you got all of them, it was one of those - "we'll send one of our choice unless you get the whole set" offerings.

Tabe

<< <i>Threads on this topic made me sad.

I remember ordering the sheets back in 1984. It was some sort of mail-away offer as I recall. I was thirteen, and, I suppose, pretty stupid. The sheets came rolled up in a cardboard cannister, and if I was smart I would have left them that way. Instead, I took them all out and tacked them on my wall. I tried to be somewhat protective by attempting to put plastic wrap around them, but that only made the whole display look that much more sad. >>


My story is similar:

I got one sheet of the cards. I don't remember who was on it - nobody good, I do remember that much. I took it out one time to look at it and then went to roll it back up to put it back in the tube and wasn't gentle enough and ended up creasing an entire row, maybe 2. Makes me sick just thinking about it.

Yes, I do still have it though!

Tabe

ChrisStufflestreet

<< <i>I always wondered where topps got 792 from....6 sheets make that clearer. >>



Kevin,

Not sure when they began filling out 132-card printing sheets, but Topps' Sy Berger mentioned that number in a 1973 interview. Three sheets make up 396 cards (Topps' FB sets from 1982-'89). Four sheets held 528 cards (like '73 Topps FB). Five printing sheets make up a 660 card set (like Topps had from '73-'77 and Fleer/Donruss used throughout the 1980s). Six sheets of 132 make up a 792-card set (like Topps' '82-'92 sets). Six sheets with 11 double-printed cards (usually stars) made a 726-card set ('78-'81). 132 cards also filled out Topps and Fleer Traded/Update sets.

Wait! There's more...One sheet could also hold two 66 card sets (each Satr Wars series had 66 cards), three 44-card sets (think '74 and '76 Traded) or four 33-card sets (think of all those blasted box sets of the 1980s). It also made up a bunch of 11- and 22-card sets (which is the number of stickers usually found among Topps' non-sports issues).

Now you should understand how the companies came up with a lot of numbering schemes.