According to Baseballcardpedia, this range of cards were shipped at the rate of one per box of Bazooka gum. That seems the exact opposite to Topps normal cards, which had a ratio of lots of cards to one stick of gum.
Card Number 704: Topps Bazooka, 1989; #13
Although this is billed as a starter set, no other Bazooka branded cards were released that year. It was just the 22 cards that were inserted into boxes of gum.
The cardback is fairly standard - stats box, factoid and some bio data.
This concludes the contents of the eBay package. Next up, a card that is brand, brand new.
Total: 704 cards
The Bazooka brand has always been one of those brands I enjoyed. When these were sold the gum was good old fashion Bazooka bubble gum instead of the horrible baseball card gum. This was a product that made your jaw tired.
ReplyDeleteI remember buying boxes of Bazooka gum (had maybe 10 individually wrapped pieces) to get these cards. Not sure I ever pulled a Gwynn, but regardless... I have one now.
ReplyDeleteI feel there was some appreciation for the gum from you both!
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