Tag Archives: bobby orr

More tinkering with the 70-71 customs

Posted on March 10, 2015 by 1967ers

Fixing the 1970-71 Topps/OPC hockey set is becoming a minor obsession.  All the way back here (images on the link are dead, so it’s of limited use until I fix them) I noted that the set was basically an inverted 1971 … Continue reading →

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More mucking about with Orr customs

Posted on January 22, 2015 by 1967ers

Just a thought – what if the knee had given us a couple more seasons?  This might have been part of 1980-81 OPC… Orr, all things being equal, should have played until at least 1983.  I should do the rest … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up the ’70-71 hockey design

Posted on April 3, 2014 by 1967ers

I’ve never found the 1970-71 Topps/OPC design to be particularly effective.  It might even be the ugliest design they ever came up with.  I think it’s certainly top five, anyway. This is unfortunate, since as I showed a long time back, … Continue reading →

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A couple of old-school box hits

Posted on February 11, 2014 by 1967ers

A few weeks back, Luke of the Cardboard Review pondered just what one would have to do to make base sets relevant again.  His solution was basically what card companies have been doing – make the sets really big, offer … Continue reading →

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Finally – an Orr auto

Posted on September 27, 2013 by 1967ers

And it isn’t even Colton. I’ve never been a huge collector of autograph cards. I don’t actively dislike them, but I’m usually chasing vintage sets and most modern auto cards don’t really fit that profile.  I have a few things … Continue reading →

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A new final card for Bobby Orr

Posted on June 26, 2013 by 1967ers

Bobby Orr retired November 8, 1978.  This was before the OPC print run was complete (cards usually hit the stores somewhere around January, if I recall correctly), so there was time to make a special retirement card for him.  He … Continue reading →

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Happy belated to Bobby Orr

Posted on March 25, 2013 by 1967ers

I don’t think there is a player anywhere that has captured and held my imagination the way Bobby Orr has.  I knew his name before I ever watched a game and the announcement of his retirement is one of those … Continue reading →

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This is why I try not to get too hung up on prospects

Posted on July 31, 2012 by 1967ers

Travis Snider is now a Pirate.  Coming this way from Pittsburgh is a pitcher who was supposed to be awesome but has never really found it at this level (which, in fairness, could also be said of Snider).  On its … Continue reading →

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The best $25 I ever spent (on cards, anyway)

Posted on March 20, 2012 by 1967ers

In the summer of 1984, I visited a little card/antique shop in London, Ontario.  I was there with a buddy of mine from out West and we were staying at his grandmother’s place for a couple of days.  Somehow we … Continue reading →

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One of the tougher Orr inserts

Posted on March 16, 2012 by 1967ers

There are a number of sets that I’ve basically avoided dealing with because I know there’s a really nasty (read “both expensive and popular”) card in it that I really don’t want to try and get.  The insert set from … Continue reading →

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