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Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 1978 Topps Three's Company wax pack (Hour 11)

Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 1978 Topps Three's Company wax pack (Hour 11)

This entry was posted on February 21, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour on the hour all day long today ... and this is Hour 11.

The pack: 1978 Topps Three's Company wax pack
The cost now: $2
The cost then: 20 cents

What's inside this pack? Keep reading ...

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Cards per pack: 6 (five stickers, one puzzle card -- all in gallery below)
Base set completion: 5 of 44 (11 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Inserts: 1
Puzzle (1) -- Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers)

Autographs/Memorabilia: Of course not

What's Buzz-worthy: This pack is pushing 40 but the tales of Jack Tripper, Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow remain ageless and this simple product is one that totally follows a super-simple template -- albeit one where the stickers are the cards and vice versa -- that works. Open the pack and you're greeted with a blank-backed sticker then a puzzle card that's dual-sided that says nothing. The gum here -- nope, it wasn't tasted -- didn't damage any cards but did have a ridiculous amount of powder all over everything (including Buzz's keyboard). That didn't cramp the style of the crew. Four of the stickers in this pack were campy studio shots -- no studio audience, though -- and one showed a scene with Mr. Roper talking to Jack in the kitchen. This could be a fun set to build out of packs since it's so small and they're so cheap but you can also pick up the set for not much more than a couple of packs at this price. High-grade singles (10s) of these cards can command some pretty decent money, too. It'd be fun to build one of these sets in graded form.

Product Grade: A
Pack Grade: A
Fun Grade: A

What's next? Be back at the top of the next hour ...

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: What a view

: Gum on puzzle card …

: … no damage just dust everywhere.

: Front of puzzle card

This entry was posted in Non-sports, Buzz 8 in 8, TV and tagged Topps, 1978 Topps Three's Company, ABC, Chrissy Snow, Don't eat the gum!, Jack Tripper, Janet Wood, John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Larry Dallas, Norman Fell, Richard Kline, Suzanne Somers, Three's Company on February 21, 2017 by BlowoutBuzz. ← Previous Post Next Post →

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