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    Anyone heard anything more about the '54 Topps reprint set?
    
    I was talking to my local dealer, who deals directly with Topps, last
    night and he still has no offer from Topps for these cards.
    
    Any ads/prices for boxes in SCD?
    
    Regards,
    Denny
    

    
    Has anyone heard anything about the 54 Reprint set yet?
    
    I thought they were supposed to be out by now...
    
    Mike
    

    
    Reply .-1
    
    I think dealers either have the order forms, or just ordered it.
    
    I pretty sure it's due out in May or June.  I'll check with my local
    dealer and let you know.
    
    Regards,
    Denny
     

    Ads in SCD say mid-April for this product. Most have call for prices
    although one dealer was selling them for 59$ a box.
    
    John

    I read an article that Upper Deck won't let Topps reprint the Ted
    Williams card in this set since Ted Williams is under contract to
    UD Authenticated.
    
    John

    
>    I read an article that Upper Deck won't let Topps reprint the Ted
>    Williams card in this set since Ted Williams is under contract to
>    UD Authenticated.
    
    Sounds correct. 
    
    I got an ad for boxes or sets over the weekend that I forgot to bring
    in today.  Boxes were going for mumblemumble while sets were $43.  The
    ad specifically said #1 & #250 were *not* reprinted.  I believe #1 is
    the Williams card.  Anyone have a checklist to tellus what #1 & #250
    are?
    
    I'll try to remember the ad tonight. 
    
    Greg
    
                                   

    Wasn't Williams also card #250 ?
    
    John

    
    Williams is both #1 and #250
    
    And Kalines' rookie is also part of the set!!!!!!!
        
    Regards,
    Denny
    

    Also Aaron's too. I wonder if they'll be doing any extra cards like
    they did in '53 Archives where they included an Aaron card. I don't
    know about you, but if they leave out cards 1 and 250 it's a pretty
    big hole in the set. You'll have a set that starts out with card 2.
    I hope they work out something with UD  and  like they mentioned in
    the article have a send-away offer with money going to BAT.
    
    John

    
    Here's the ad I received ... I called and asked about group prices ...
    I was told we could get a case (24 boxes) for $765 delivered .. that's
    about $32/case.  I'm going to go for a set eventually but if you guys
    want to organize a case order go for it.
    
    Greg

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Dear Collector,

1954 Topps Reprints set will be available in late April.  Yesterdays memories in
todays technology.  The complete set will be printed minus cards 1 and 250. 
Added from archival shots are rookie cards of Clemente, Killebrew, Elston
Howard, Bob Grim, and Don Zimmer.  256 cards in all.

NO FACTORY sets will be made.

For those of you who like to trade and make sets yourself there will be unopened
boxes.  Special prices available if your lucky,  In one out of every 2210 packs
there will be an Authentic Aaron Signature card, a redemption card for an
actual 1954 card, and a redemption card for a full set of 1954 Gold Archive
Cards.  Each pack will contain 12 cards one of which will be a Gold Archives
cards.  24 packs to a box.  Box price $38.

We are selling complete sets of 256 cards for $43.  S&H $3.95. 

... I'm stopping here ... you also get a choice of an additional item from their
regular stock.
    

    
    I just called the Card Collecting Company (see .9) again.  Topps is now
    saying late May for the 54 Reprints (instead of late April).
                                                       
    Greg

    Anyone have any information on the 54 Archives yet?
    Who has them for sale and how much are they per pack/box?
    How many cards in the set and how many in the gold set?
    Is it a nice set? How does it compare to the 53 Archives set?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mike
    

    Here's my experience with a box of the '54 Archives:
    
	- '54 Topps Archives very similiar to '53
	- UV coated reprint of '54 set
	- Set does not include #1 & #250 both Ted Williams cards, so I'm
    	  told, but I didn't get any checklist yet
	- 24 packs/box with 12 cards/pack
	- each pack has one "goal" card so you end up w/11 '54 reprints +
	  in my box, each pack had 2 of the same card, therefore I ended up
	  with 10 cards from the '54 set per pack.
	- They added at least 6 cards that we not part of the original '54
	  set as #'s 251-256
	- I ended up 107 cards short of a 256 card set
	- I paid 43.95 (tax was included) for my box but Rotman's has them 
	  for $30 if they still have any
	
	Regards,
	Denny

    I was scanning through ads in teh latest SCD and one company had an
    ad for the Upper Deck 1994 Heroes of Baseball. What made the ad in-
    teresting was they mentioned  that you can get cards #1 and 250 for
    the 1954 Topps Archive  somehow  by  buying this product. As we all
    know, Ted Williams  was  featured  on  both  cards 1 and 250 in the
    original set.  The ad mentioned that cards 1 and 250 will be Mantle
    and Williams so they must've made  up a Mantle card for the set and
    replaced one of the Williams cards.
    
    The ad didn't give any details  on  how  you  get the cards, but I'm
    glad Upper Deck (with permission and help from Topps no doubt , plus
    a cut probably) are doing this.
    
    By the way,  those of you who didn't purchase last year's Upper Deck
    Heroes set missed out on a pretty nice set done in the Hassan Triple
    Folder format.  Granted there's  no  rookies etc., but it was nicely
    done. I'm still missing one %$^%*^ card though (164 - hint, hint).
    
    John