Before randomly-seeded "chase cards" became the norm, this was the "insert card" of my youth. This card was seeded inside a wax pack of 1983 Topps cards. As you can see, it was a simple "scratch-off" game. Some cards revealed prizes, and others could be saved for a send-away glossy set. The details are written on the back inside a little box:
Yes, that's a gum stain in the middle. I'd prefer it there instead of a regular card.
I scartched off several of those cards in 1983, but never got anything besides points. However, in 1984, I opened one of the packs sitting inside my Christmas stocking and won a batting glove. Unlike the card above, there was an expiration date of 12/15 on the '84 cards. My mother wrote a short note to Topps asking if they could overlook the little ten-day issue...and Topps sent me a batting glove. I should have kept it, but I wore it out pretty quickly in Little League the following spring.
That's awesome about the batting glove! In 1985 I won something call "The Homerun Book" that had bios of the all-time HR hitters. The cover is long since gone, but it's in my room at my parents' house.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if anyone won the world series tickets. Interesting in that they offered ticket to either the 83 or 84 series, I don't think you'd see this today. I don't remember these cause I was well past my card collecting prime, but the remind me of the baseball game scratch off from the 1970 set. I don't think that game was for prizes.
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