LARGE SET PARELLELS
This set was licensed from Topps and produced by Yamakatsu corporation in Japan 1977
This set is postcard sized, and there are 36 different in the base set.
There were two different methods of distribution for this set, gamble books and cello packs
in a hanging display. The gamble books would have one card per page, and kids would open one page
and pull out a card. In the gamble books, some of the cards were "winner cards" and could be
exchanged for a prize. The "winner cards" had red printing on the back that indicated the prize.
The gamble books themselves each had a different card glued to the front, so even the empty books
can be collected as a set. The hanging displays contained packs of 4 cards, with a cello wrapper.

This is the Yamakatsu standard size set, from 1977 Japan. This is a set of 36,
that were similar to the oversized set except that the cards were smaller and that
there were a few art (versus photo) cards added to the set.
31 of the cards match photos from the oversized set, 5 cards are completely different "art" cards.
This set came in a large flat box, the cards each in their own blue envelope so that
you couldn't see which card it was.
There were winner cards randomly inserted (red writing on back indicating it was a winner),
and the box also contained two giant "prize" cards (both different) in a special bag and
2 embossed card holders.