1980s Wax Packs and some CU fun

Spahnfan · September 20, 2006 1:55PM

My '81 pack had mostly off center cards and no stars. I have scanned the best centered ones. Here is the rest of the pack:

Gordy Pladson,
Tom Donohue,
Tom Veryzer,
Gary Matthews,
U. L. Washington,
Vic Correll,
Bruce Kimm,
Derrel Thomas,
John Tudor,
Dave Goltz,
and Jay Johnstone

ArnyVee · September 20, 2006 9:23PM

That Carlton Fisk card has always been one of my favorites growing up. Looks like a painting to me.

ArchStanton · September 20, 2006 11:11PM

1981 was great year. It was one of the few years that my big brother and I both collected cards. He grew out of it around that time. I collected Topps and Donruss. He collected Topps and Fleer. I remember we both liked the Fisk card and the Bucky Dent card.

I could not for the life of me figure out why my brother called him Bucky F. Dent. I checked his Donruss card, and his name was Russell Earl Dent or something like that. My brother would not tell me where the "F" came from. I guess it was because I was 7. I didn't find out until a coulpe of years later.

yankeeno7 · September 20, 2006 11:54PM

Ok, Im very late and still no scanner...but here is what I got...
1982 Topps
4 Pete Rose RB ---NICE
40 Dave Parker
90 Nolan Ryan -- OC and VERY Blurry
269 Jim Essian
453 Art Howe
467 Mickey Hatcher
494 Hubie Brooks
509 Harry Spilman
540 Andre Dawson -- OC
552 Ken Singleton AS
573 Rick Waits
576 Giants Team Card
653 Angels Rookies (Tom Brunansky)
660 Dave Concepcion
Sticker Britt Burns

1981 Topps
10 Mike Flanagan
43 Jose Morales
63 Steve Renko
99 Eric Wilkins
151 Claudell Washington
157 John Wathan
289 Mickey Hatcher
312 Rick Rhoden
325 Ray Knight
371 Charlie Hough
390 Cesar Geronimo
453 Rob Wilfong
464 Adrian Devine
650 Bucky Dent
675 Atlanta Braves Team

mcholke · September 23, 2006 2:59PM

The grand finale was not so grand

zef204 · September 23, 2006 3:18PM

My 81's were the best pack I had. Which doesn't say much because all the cards were OC and these 2 stars were actually the best centered. The Baines actually had wax on the front. I use a little different method than Hoof. I use a pair of my fiancees pantyhose and found it does a much better and quicker job than a sock or napkin.

Anyhoo, I am looking forward to both the '75 rip and the next 80's rip. Here are my 81's:

ArnyVee · September 23, 2006 10:45PM

<< <i>The grand finale was not so grand >>

I understand your pain brotha....I really do....

At least some of them had decent centering.

....I really love this set as it was the first set that I had many cards from. My parents bought me decent amounts of this product back when I was 8.

milbroco · September 24, 2006 11:14AM

Well my 1980 pack was the best for me. I got Rod Carew (diamond cut), Tom Seaver, Willie McCovey highlight and Mike Schmidt...........one done and 3 to go - the 75 pack bust, the new 80's pack bust and the hockey pack bust.

ArnyVee · September 24, 2006 11:14AM

Is someone hiding the Rickey Henderson rookie?

HoofHearted · September 24, 2006 2:54PM

<< <i> Is someone hiding the Rickey Henderson rookie? >>

Dang it, Arny! I was trying so hard to save this last pack unopened. I've never bought a 1980 pack before this, so it was going to be part of my unopened hoard. Not any more. I'm going to go in to the other room and pull out that Henderson rookie...

80sJunkie · September 24, 2006 3:13PM

sorry to hijack the thread again but we need just 4 more takers over on the complete 80's baseball wax bust!!

Promise I won't butt in here again

HoofHearted · September 24, 2006 3:25PM

I didn't get a Henderson rookie, but I was happy with the selection in the pack. Here's the results:

40 Carlton Fisk (Red Sox C)
440 Don Sutton (Dodgers P)
213 Mike Jorgensen (Rangers 1b)
34 Jeff Newman (A's C)
691 Ivan DeJesus (Cubs SS)
249 Jim Clancy (Blue Jays P)
724 Jerry White (Expos OF)
413 Allen Ripley (Red Sox P)
200 Jim Rice (Red Sox DH-OF)
633 Bob Apodaca (Mets P)
508 U.L Washington (Royals SS-2b)
66 Royals Team
480 Expos Team
133 Jerry Turner (Padres OF)
119 Sammy Stewart (Orioles P; wax stain on back)

Here's a couple front/back scans of some of the cards:

This was fun! Thanks to all who took the time to share the experience and for putting up scans to share...

ajw · September 24, 2006 9:49PM

Here's my last pack. Not a very good one, but I did get a Tommy Herr rookie. I always liked that guy. I think David Clyde was brought up straight out of high school when he was 18 years old.

ArchStanton · September 25, 2006 3:04AM

My final pack was not too shabby. I pulled two Red Sox HOFers. I also got a Fred Kendall. I must have pulled ten of those in 1980. That was my first year of buying cards. I could get five packs for a dollar at Auman's grocery store. I think I got a Fred Kendall for every buck I spent.

fsjeter · September 26, 2006 1:07AM

Sorry for the delay. I've been on vacation.

1981 Topps Pack (pretty happy with this one finally!)
20 Jeff Burroughs
68 Matt Alexander
111 Greg Minton
131 Keith Moreland
143 Dan Meyer
168 Don Robinson
261 Rickey Henderson 8 with an outside shot at a 9 (sorry no scanner)
262 Sammy Stewart
294 Mike Tyson
302 Dodgers Future Stars (Perconte, Scioscia, Valenzuela)
432 Len Barker
437 Mike Heath
512 Gary Rhomason
551 Pirates Future Stars (Law, Pena, Perez)
605 Don Sutton

1980 Topps Pack
72 Fred Howard
110 Fred Lynn
157 Willie Wilson
178 Tim McCarver
211 Dave Skaggs
253 John Montague
312 Mike Barlow
400 George Foster
414 George Scott
468 Aurelio Rodriguez
502 Rich Wortham
533 Checklist
663 Angels Future Stars (Botting, Clark, Thon)
690 Tommy John
697 David Clyde

rana · September 26, 2006 9:07AM

As far as quality players goes, you can't do much better than this:

The Ryan is a borderline 9, IMO.

rvc · September 26, 2006 11:09AM

sorry for the lack of scans but nothing and i mean nothing worth scanning. mostly oc too. thanks ajw . we were way off on the totals.

ArnyVee · September 26, 2006 2:04PM

rana, that's a nicely centered Ryan there!

bbne1 · September 26, 2006 2:19PM

ArnyVee - are those your Drysdales in your signature? One of my favorite players of all time.

ArnyVee · September 26, 2006 3:32PM

Yup, that's my Drysdale basic set (although a couple were upgraded, just haven't redone the pic yet)

I've got scans up here... Don Drysdale Basic Set ...love to show 'em off

Spahnfan · September 27, 2006 1:28PM

Here are the results from my 80 pack. Most cards are slightly off center. About 4 or 5 were decently centered and I scanned three of those and a checklist that is on the other end of the centered scale with just a slight diamond cut.

Ken Landreaux
Steve Nicosia
Rusty Torres
Randy Jones
Red Sox Team
Jim Rooker
Joey McLaughlin
Steve Stone
Joe Cannon
Craig Swan
Terry Puhl
plus the four cards that are scanned.

HoofHearted · September 27, 2006 2:38PM

<< <i>

...and a checklist that is on the other end of the centered scale with just a slight diamond cut. >>

fsjeter · October 1, 2006 11:57PM

<< <i>Here are the results from my 80 pack. Most cards are slightly off center. About 4 or 5 were decently centered and I scanned three of those and a checklist that is on the other end of the centered scale with just a slight diamond cut.

Ken Landreaux
Steve Nicosia
Rusty Torres
Randy Jones
Red Sox Team
Jim Rooker
Joey McLaughlin
Steve Stone
Joe Cannon
Craig Swan
Terry Puhl
plus the four cards that are scanned.

>>

My checklist #533 (485-605) looked the same way.

ajw · October 2, 2006 12:21AM

How did that thing even fit in the pack? It's not even close to rectangular...

ArnyVee · October 2, 2006 12:39AM

So, no Rickey Henderson rookie for anyone?

Onlypsahockey · October 7, 2006 4:29AM

So...what did I win for guessing closest to the total # of posts????

Did I win Spahn's 1980 checklist?

Bob C.

mcholke · December 2, 2006 12:22AM

I just got this card back graded that I pulled in this rip. Here is the before and after

ldferg · December 2, 2006 5:39AM

mc,
very nice boggsy. i didn't think it would've pulled a 9 with that top corner...but it does look sweet. no henderson rookies?

ajw · May 11, 2009 11:17AM

I thought I'd bump this thread, for those of you that may have missed the fun back in the day...

1980s Wax Packs and some CU fun

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