1966 Topps Baseball Forum

     The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the 1966 Topps set is 5-cent wax packs.  Even though 5-cent wax packs were available way before 1966, it was the cheapest pack you could buy that year, since 1-cent wax packs were discontinued after 1965.   

     The second thing that comes to mind when I think of the 1966 Topps set is really expensive high-number cards from the 7th series (#523-598).  Being about only 50 cards short from completing this set, it just seems impossible sometimes to find cards from the final series reasonably priced according to book values.  The only other Topps baseball card set that seems to come close in premium pricing for high-number cards is the 1967 Topps set, which is actually really close.  The 1968-1969 Topps high number cards are relatively simple to find, while 1970-1972 Topps (although very difficult to find) don't even come close to the rarity of 1966-1967 Topps.    

     The third thing that comes to mind when I think about the 1966 Topps set is, well, the 1988 Topps set.  The 1988 Topps set always reminded me of a cross between the 1966 and 1967 Topps sets.  Actually, it wasn't until I made this connection that I really started to appreciate the 1988 Topps set. 

     What things come to mind when you remember the 1966 Topps baseball card set?

I will say that my first awareness of these, and most Topps sets of the 1960s and early 70s, came by way of the 1982 Kmart MVPs set, which had reprinted each league MVP's Topps card from 1962-1981.  From memory, I think Clemente and Frank Robinson were the 1966s.  Even though the Kmart sets are pretty much worthless (I got a ton of them clearanced at my local Kmart for 10 cents a set when they couldn't sell them all), they gave me an appreciation of some of the older sets that I would eventually start to collect.  And 1966 is one of the better-looking sets of the 60s.

The 1966 set was the next to last set I collected when I was young.     Was starting high school and wanted to collect girls instead.    Just by the total number of cards in my '66 and '67 sets, you could tell my interest was waning.

I never thought of the 66 connected to 88 design, but I do see some semblance.

nice thread, thanks for posting.

mark z

I hope you didn't eat a high numbered '66 to impress a girl, like the one guy mentioned the other day he did with one of his cards.

Quite the contrary.   A really pretty girl who I just started hanging around with,   called my house.   My mother told me who was calling,  I took the phone and said "I can't talk, Mantle's up".   It was the '67 AS Game.   Never heard from her again.

What comes to mind when I think 1966 Topps set? Well it was among one of the first years I recall having cards from. I've been collecting cards since as long as I can remember, so I was "collecting" cards as a toddler before even knowing "what" to do with them or what they really were. Having older brothers helped, even then the oldest cards I recall having or seeing when I was say 5 was Topps 1964- current year (circa 1970). Of the late '60s cards, 1965 which for many reasons is my fave, 1966 was probably my next favorite with 68 and 69 often switching between each other and '67 coming after.

I like the corner banner, and having each team assigned to a specific color, although I love the color combos of 1975 Topps.

Oh and cartoons on the back. Love cartoons on the back. Would love to have those back again.