1. The cards are certainly more expensive. Stories are out there that Kellogg's didn't distribute lots of factory sets at the end of the season. I haven't seen factory sets for sale at all.
2. With less factory sets there seems to be a shortage of cards in good condition. Most lots that I purchase have cracks.
3. The color seemed to fade on these cards more than other years. The faded cards don't look great either.
4. Player selection isn't great. 40 of the 57 cards have players that would be a lot closer to being commons that being stars. Two guys named Maddox?
5. I went from getting star Cubs every year (Banks, Williams, Jenkins, Santo) to getting only Jose Cardenal in 1975.
Add that up and this is my least favorite Kellogg's set. They should have stuck with the color scheme seen in the Pete Rose proof card shown below.
The 75 set is actually the hidden gem. It seems to be the one with the Most tendency to crack. AND...cards 2,3 and 4 are very difficult to find in nice condition if at all. Card 1 Roy White is SUPER tough to find at all and it is usually cracked. I consider it the 3rd most difficult Kelloggs card to find behind the 71 Simpson and 71 Barrington football. Great challenge. As far as the 2 Maddox cards..they were both good center fielders of that time. But yes...there are some stars missing but would have to look at stats and injuries from the previous year to see if there may be other reasons for the shortage....Clemente was dead and I think Killebrew was done or near so, same with Kaline and the Cubs were broken up.
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