1984-85 Kellogg's Accordion Discs Multi-Sport Forum

I have a bunch of these accordion discs from when I was a kid. Most of the discs I've got have 2 versions, one with stats from 1983-84 on the back and one with 84-85 stats. The fronts are the same. It looks like the only discs that don't have both years are the ones that are currently listed with "A" or "B" versions in the database. Maybe Kelloggs lost the rights to those players and replaced them with others for the second run. I don't remember if they were issued in different years (in which case the 2nd year would be an 85-86 set?), or if it is just one set with different versions. Any thoughts on how to list these?

I would suggest from the information I can see, there are two sets. A 1984-85 with 1983-84 stats and a 1985-86 with the 1984-85 stats. Its likely since the the same photos were used both years for some disks, the presence of two sets were overlooked by the original check lister (Beckett). I suggest creating a 1985-86 set and removing the A and B from the 1984-85 set. Then we can sort out which photos should be with which set and you could upload the missing photos you have. A set note could be added to each noting the difference (i.e. stats) between the sets.

Thanks Rob, that makes sense to me. Once the currently listed disc images are assigned to the correct years, I'll fill in the missing backs for each set.

Do you know if there are any differences among the non-hockey discs between the years? Or the Stanley Cup?

I've created the 1985-86 set. Upload all the images you can. Then I'll work on removing the incorrect 1984-85 images so you can upload them as well.

I have the Stanley Cup in accordions for both years, they are identical. I have 3 olympics accordions that all came in pucks with an instant prize message inside of them. I don't know if that means anything, but the hockey pucks had these messages one year, and the other year they didn't (although I don't remember which year had the contest). So i'm not sure whether the olympics discs were only released in one year or if they were in both years but I only have them from one.

I've also only seen the non-hockey discs issued in yellow pucks from the first year as well. The contest was only the first year. I'll get those removed from the 1985-86 set checklist.