8 cards for 10 cents was the pricetag for a wax pack of Topps baseball cards back in 1971. Although the pack price remained the same from the previous year, the number of cards included actually decreased by 2. I wonder how kids felt back then about getting shorted by two cards in every pack.
At 752 cards, the 1971 Topps set was the largest produced by Topps to date--and only their second ever set to include over 700 cards. The black-bordered design was the first of it's kind for Topps, complementing the previous year's grey-bordered design very well in my opinion.
The card backs contained only partial career statistics of each player for the first time since 1962. It was also the last time that Topps included only partial career statistics of each player on the card back. Insert sets found in 1971 Topps wax packs included Topps Scratch-offs and Topps Coins.
What thoughts or memories do you have on the 1971 Topps set?