1970s Checklists
Complete. My final acquisition was the corrected version of a 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee checklist (the much more common variation is an error, where the front shows a Topps label), along with two OPC WHA checklists.
Decade : 1970s
I haven't quite made it to most of the mainstream releases from the 1970s yet, starting first with the food and oddball sets. Documenting the Topps and O-Pee-Chee sets separately is likely going to be a bit of a bear.
1979-80 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. This set is famous for the Wayne Gretzky rookie, not any Bruins players, but sadly marks the first post-1966 release without a Bobby Orr card.
1978-79 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. Not an exciting set by any means, though it does feature the Bobby Orr tribute card marking his early retirement.
1977-79 Sportscaster
Complete. Large format, multi-sport series featuring three Bruins players in total.
1977-78 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. Including Bobby Orr in a Black Hawks uniform.
1976-77 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. Yawn. I have the Orr cards (his first with Chicago), but the O-Pee-Chee version has some major crimping on one side.
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. Finally finished this team set when I located vastly overpriced traded variations of Phil Esposito and Jean Ratelle. This set features Orr's last mainstream card as a Bruin.
1974-75 Lipton Soup
Complete. Food issue from the mid-1970s.
1974-75 Loblaws
Complete. Well, technically, I'm missing the Dave Forbes stamp that was only available in the album, but I don't really count that.
1974-75 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. I mean, the Don Juan Cherry rookie card, come on. Surprisingly, no inserts in this release.
1973-74 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. What a funky color scheme.
1972-73 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. I even have the three high-number series cards depicting Bruins who went to the WHA (Cheevers, Carleton, and McKenzie).
1971-72 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. No variations affected the Bruins here, but plenty of errors, and Topps and O-Pee-Chee once again deviate on card numbers.
1971-72 Bazooka Box Panels
Incomplete. I wish. I simply don't ever see any of these rare items for sale, from any team, never mind the three Bruins. And even if I did, I couldn't afford them anyway.
1970-71 O-Pee-Chee & Topps
Complete. Finally they get the first series consistent on both sides of the border.
1970-71 Esso Power Players
Complete. These stamps were given away by Esso with a $3 purchase of gasoline, and featured 18 different Boston Bruins players.
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