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At the same price per pack, which would you buy, 81 Topps FB or 84 Topps FB?

mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭
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Which one would you get and why?

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  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭
    81 - Montana
  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    84- Your odds of pulling a key card are slightly greater in the 1984s
  • clydecoolidgeclydecoolidge Posts: 863 ✭


    << <i>84- Your odds of pulling a key card are slightly greater in the 1984s >>



    Agreed, but that Montana would be hard not to try for. I'd go with the '84 though. Although what are your intentions for the pack? Are you opening it or grading it? In the opening case, I would go for '84, but if you're grading it or keeping it sealed, I may go for the '81. Just my opinion though.
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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    '84. Besides Montana, the rest of the '81 set if pretty boring.
  • mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>84- Your odds of pulling a key card are slightly greater in the 1984s >>



    Agreed, but that Montana would be hard not to try for. I'd go with the '84 though. Although what are your intentions for the pack? Are you opening it or grading it? In the opening case, I would go for '84, but if you're grading it or keeping it sealed, I may go for the '81. Just my opinion though. >>




    My intentions are to buy the packs that would make me the most money even if I didn't end up getting lucky and pull one of the top key cards.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Then you are better off doing something else. All in, you generally make a Fraction back of what you put in when you bust vintage unopened.
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  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭
    A friend of mine found a shoebox full of '81T FB in his garage a few years back. Must have been from a former resident of the house, as in the box was an elementary school ID for a sixth grader.

    Anyway--about PSA5-ish with no Montanas. Must have been picked clean long ago. image
  • jrinckjrinck Posts: 1,321 ✭✭


    << <i>A friend of mine found a shoebox full of '81T FB in his garage a few years back. Must have been from a former resident of the house, as in the box was an elementary school ID for a sixth grader in the '83-'84 school year.

    Anyway--about PSA5-ish with no Montanas. Must have been picked clean long ago. image >>



    EDIT: Stupid! I can't even edit a post correctly!
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    You can bust my Ted Williams Fleer pack if you want.
  • TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    I bought a few 84 football racks from the BBCE last year, I think 5 of them.

    2 Montanas
    2 Dickersons
    O/C Marino
    And a bunch of other ones, I think 3 Marino IA's, Payton, etc. It's a loaded year. 54 cards in a rack for $30 vs $15 for a pack, with only 15 cards. Not sure what cellos sell for now.
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭
    84's


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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just buy some new stuff. JK

    Can't go wrong with either year. Kind of like being asked if you would rather start a football team with Manning or Brady. Two awesome choices.
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  • bigreddogbigreddog Posts: 1,156
    Neither! Packs are "fools Gold" Spend the money on the cards you want instead of playing a "lottery" which your
    odds of winning are pretty much ZERO.

    just my 2 cents
  • ballfanballfan Posts: 47
    84 hands down.....Marino & Elway over Montana

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