The 1976 Kellogg's set has always been one of my favorites since those came out when I was pulling them from cereal boxes before doing my paper route. I finally made a dent in my unopened set with a purchase of the 16 cards shown below.
It also was my first significant purchase in a long time. I found a few other things recently, so maybe things are looking up.
With that purchase, I now only need six cards for the set. Here is the list.
When I started this set I was going with the assumption that cards 1-3 (Hargan, Washington, Gullett) could not be found in packs. I even posted about it (Fake 1976 Unopened Packs). Since that time I've probably seen Gullett's available in the package about five times, Hargan maybe three times and Washington once.
I remember the Washington auction because it was a lot of maybe 15-20 unopened packs from 1976 and there were two Washingtons. I bid aggressively, but didn't win. If you did win and want to trade the extra one, I now have extras of both Hargan and Gullett.
Does anyone remember ever getting one of these cards in a cereal box in 1976? I have no memory of that and I don't remember anyone trying to complete a set that year.
I certainly ate a lot of cereal in 76, I was 12, but I don't recall pulling any of these. My brothers probably got to them first.
ReplyDeleteI had a friend group of about 10 who collected. We all wanted Fred Lynn and Jim Rice. I opened every pack that came out of a cereal box.
DeleteI was too young back then to think about collecting, but this is an impressive endeavor to complete an unopened set from that time.
ReplyDeleteSmall sets make it manageable. I end up paying the same price for these packs as I do for 1961 Topps baseball cards that I need. And there are over 500 less cards in the Kellogg's set. I need to keep working on that 1961 set.
DeleteIf I pulled one of these out of a cereal box in 1976, it was probably greeted with a grunt and tossed aside. At that age, I was looking for toys in my cereal boxes, not card. That being said... I'm stoked about this set build. That is so cool that you're only six cards away from a complete set of unopened packs. #jealous
ReplyDeleteThe trick was to accompany mom to the grocery store, but my parents really never allowed that. I think I did that once. I probably screwed that up by going down the entire snack aisle and turning over every box of Twinkies, CupCakes, Ho-Hos, Crumb Cakes and Ding Dongs to see which players were on the bottom. Did I miss any brands? If you never knew why the Hostess panels look to be scuffed, kids like me didn't treat them well when searching for our favorite players.
ReplyDeleteIt might take a while to get the Rose card.