Topps 1968 Football issue
Scanlens 1969 Aussie Rules Football top and Scanlens 1969 Australian Rugby League on the bottom.
1968 Topps Baseball
Scanlens 1970 Aussie Rules Football and 1970 Aussie Rugby. Scanlens would use the same design for 1972 and 1973 Aussie Rules.
1973 Topps Football
Scanlens 1974 Aussie Rules Football and 1974 Aussie Rugby. Scanlens ever so original and with slight modification, would use the design for the Aussie Rules and Rugby issues for 1975.
1978 Topps Football
Scanlens 1979 Aussie Rules Football and 1979 Aussie Rugby.
That's all for now-I will keep posting these as I find them-I am sure if I did a little "research" I would find a connection between Topps and Scanlens and if we ever find ourselves at an Australian flea market and come across any of these they will be all mine.
Wow, they didn't hide the fact at all.
ReplyDeleteYeah right!
DeleteScanlens had the same sort of agreement with Topps as OPC did...we just rarely see them in the US because they aren't baseball or hockey and much farther away. They straight up repacked the Star Wars cards of Topps. I've seen the box on the internet but didn't think to save the photo and can't remember where or even when I saw it. It basically looked the same as ours but had the Scanlens logo instead of Topps.
ReplyDeleteFantastic-thank you for the run down-I find the Rugby cards interesting a very much like watching the sport-but my wife not so much-which makes picking them up hard
DeleteVery cool post. I've seen this with soccer (or futbol), but never with rugby. Shame they didn't go way back and do this with my favorite set design... 1956 Topps baseball.
ReplyDeleteThat would be fantastic-I would pick it up for sure
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