Good day all!
Happy to announce the latest WTHBALLS
custom set, this a first for the brand, a REPRINT set, the 1980
"PEPSI-COLA BASEBALL ALL-STARS" 22-card set that was NEVER
produced/released to the public, faithfully reproduced here along with a
bonus:
For those not familiar: Pepsi-Cola and Topps were in agreement to create a 22-card baseball card set in 1980.
The
negotiations went as far as Topps fully designing the 22-card set,
front and back, and producing a few uncut sheets to show Pepsi.
For
one reason or another Pepsi backed out of the idea, and in the ensuing
years some folks took the produced sheets and hand-cut the cards, which
eventually would show up at auction for high-dollar amounts.
I've been fascinated by this sweet-looking set for decades, and am proud to issue it now!
I
was lucky to find high-resolution images of each card and added
"REPRINT" clearly on the back of each card to avoid any unscrupulous
mishaps later on.
All 22 cards of the original test set are
here, along with a fun BONUS card: the 1980 Rickey Henderson rookie
added as a 23rd card!
But that's not all! Since I actually
made a mistake with the first printing of the Henderson card, with his
position listed as "REL", I had it reprinted with correct "OF" position,
and decided to also give you all the error card as well, thus 24 cards
total!
As with my 1954 Wilson's Franks and 1980's "Career-Cappers", I am releasing this set in acetate box with full-color wrap.
They
are $16 each with postage at $5.50 1st Class w/tracking. As usual, the
postage stays the same no matter how many sets you buy.
Same paypal email: slogun23@gmail.com
Really
psyched to have this first REPRINT set produced, and I hope you all are
as well! I added a set in my 1980 Topps set binder as a cool coda, and
it fits right in!
Take care and thank you for the continued interest and support!
Gio/wthballs
