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Post by ワジ kalas on Jan 3, 2013 5:17:40 GMT -5
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Post by Nolan JP on Jan 3, 2013 5:53:14 GMT -5
I believe they were sold in Canada at some point. Maybe someone can confirm or deny that(?)
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Post by Lespaul on Jan 3, 2013 7:43:30 GMT -5
I was talking with I guy from Craigslist last year and he had the small uk cards and he said he bought them here in the US when he was a kid in California. Don't know how true it is but that's what he said. Maybe card stores were able to obtain them to sell over here. Who knows.
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Post by TMA on Jan 3, 2013 7:58:29 GMT -5
I wanted to buy a box on ebay, just missed it. The seller said that the black stripe was probably because it didn't sell in the UK and got shipped to the US.
The price in Holland was also 25ct. but i think it's 25 $ cent.
Though not sure Kalas..
Als het NL is zou het 25ct zijn toch?
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Post by ワジ kalas on Jan 3, 2013 8:15:46 GMT -5
the black stripe means its a return, but if that was in the uk it should have been send back to ierland or some other location nearby?  |
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Post by Doug Food on Jan 3, 2013 8:40:09 GMT -5
They were sold here in the US. When I rediscovered my collection the only series 1 cards I had were UK's.
They were probably sent back to topps Ireland to begin with but since gpk's were still going strong here in the states they probably sent them over here to the US to sell.
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Post by Nolan JP on Jan 3, 2013 9:20:29 GMT -5
That would explain the surplus of UK series 1 boxes over there in the states. I rarely see any UK sellers selling them on ebay. They mostly come from stateside. I remember a few years ago there being cases of OS 1 boxes being sold on ebay so there are a fair few out there. I don't know if they really justify their price because of that. I'm guessing that Topps Ireland ran off a massive amount of them off the back of sales of US OS 1 and 2 which is why its the most common UK box.
This is one of the theories I have as to why the later UK series mixed OS 3,4 and 5 in the same release. Topps Ireland probably would've been under pressure to play catch up almost, with the states. As a result OS 1 in the UK was pulled from the shelves to release OS 2 which had a really good run. Then OS 3 came out, then 4, then 5 all within a few short months. There was clearly some pressure there to include GPK's from the later series in the early UK releases, not only for promotional purposes, but also guaranteeing further sales by only including the A's of one card in series 3 and the B's of the same card in series 4,5 and 6. Weird strategy - but I collected the later series to get the B's so it worked.
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Post by kblaze on Jan 3, 2013 13:25:03 GMT -5
Yeah I also remember when I was younger buying them. Also there was a seller back in early 2000 "gumby96", that had cases of them! A cases, b cases, & A /B cases, he sold them for quite some time.
I'm sure all the old schools gpk collectors remember him.
Oh well. Just my input.
Keith
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Post by nomoremoneyuk on Jan 3, 2013 16:58:08 GMT -5
Probably ended up selling them in the US as a kind of parallel import to shift some excess stock... or some other company bought a load of excess from Topps Ireland and sold them in the US... I remember some places were selling ANS US in the UK in small amounts privately in small comic book stores and the like.
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Post by ワジ kalas on Jan 4, 2013 1:56:17 GMT -5
Thanx for all the reply's! But its also something weird about this box i posted the black "return" mark is set over the 25c sticker ...
So that means these boxes where restocked from the UK and then shipped to the USA and later returned in the USA?
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Post by nomoremoneyuk on Jan 4, 2013 3:02:19 GMT -5
Thanx for all the reply's! But its also something weird about this box i posted the black "return" mark is set over the 25c sticker ... So that means these boxes where restocked from the UK and then and then later returned in the USA? If it says 'Topps Ireland' on it then that must be the case... whether Topps sold them off itself or via a clearance broker. Once they produce loads of quantity, storage is an issue after demand dips. |
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Post by Edmasta on Jan 5, 2013 16:11:12 GMT -5
i know this has probably been confirmed but I bought a whole box of uk OS1 uk cards from midtown comics in NYC while I was there in 2004 and the box has the 25c sticker and black band  hope this is of intrest |
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Post by kevsmif80 on Jan 7, 2013 9:00:43 GMT -5
I know for a fact the UK series ones were sold in the US. I have a box of unopened packs and many opened packs. I bought these when i was very young from Big Lots its like a discount clearance store here in the US. I was so excited they were .10 a pack and these were the only first series i ever owned.
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Post by bezoot on Jan 7, 2013 10:03:39 GMT -5
I live in South Africa, during the 80's we only had U.K cards, sadly the USA ones never made it here!
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Post by TMA on Jan 7, 2013 17:22:01 GMT -5
@ Bezoot how about the Dutch set did you get those in South Africa?
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Post by mmario10 on Jan 8, 2013 8:56:59 GMT -5
woo go bezoot finally a fellow U.G-O.S-R.S.A/ U.K-G.P.K collector!
sorry couldnt help myself...
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Post by nomoremoneyuk on Mar 7, 2013 8:20:23 GMT -5
I know for a fact the UK series ones were sold in the US. I have a box of unopened packs and many opened packs. I bought these when i was very young from Big Lots its like a discount clearance store here in the US. I was so excited they were .10 a pack and these were the only first series i ever owned. Interesting thread. It doesnt surprise me that they sold UK packs in the US. Far bigger market, English speaking, saves on waste. But it doesn't reflect in the value of OS1, which should thus be lower than 2 and 3 at least... The OS1 values are as strong as ever. The probable reason for no longer producing UK variants domestically is that anyone who really wants them can just get them on Ebay from the US, thus there is no need for a UK production facility any more. This all surprises me, as I thought that the usual method of recycling things in the 80s was to dump them at sea. |
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Post by gambit420 on Apr 15, 2013 7:09:33 GMT -5
They definitely sold UK OS1 here in the US. I remember buying them from at least 2 stores in my small town 1987-1989 era.... I still have them along with my old cards. I remember they weren't very popular with the other kids because they were so small and only came 3 cards per pack.
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Post by Edmasta on Jul 25, 2013 9:38:34 GMT -5
They definitely sold UK OS1 here in the US. I remember buying them from at least 2 stores in my small town 1987-1989 era.... I still have them along with my old cards. I remember they weren't very popular with the other kids because they were so small and only came 3 cards per pack. Just imagine how we felt when you had to spend time with your tight auntie in the summer and shed buy you one pack grrrr bad times. My dad used to buy me like 7 packs at a time |
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Post by golden on Jan 10, 2014 23:20:00 GMT -5
I purchased handfuls of these packs at a card show in baltimore back in 1997. They seemed to be plentiful in the US. They were 5 for $1. |
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Post by ワジ kalas on Jan 11, 2014 0:45:41 GMT -5
I purchased handfuls of these packs at a card show in baltimore back in 1997. They seemed to be plentiful in the US. They were 5 for $1. Back in. 97 but now?? You dont see them that often anymore... |
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Post by bezoot on Mar 8, 2017 12:24:43 GMT -5
@ Bezoot how about the Dutch set did you get those in South Africa? yes, got them in South africa  |
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Post by LuCypher on Mar 8, 2017 13:44:52 GMT -5
I know for a fact the UK series ones were sold in the US. I have a box of unopened packs and many opened packs. I bought these when i was very young from Big Lots its like a discount clearance store here in the US. I was so excited they were .10 a pack and these were the only first series i ever owned. I just noticed you are from NC also kevsmif80. Are you same guy I met in Greensboro 3-4 years ago that sold me a U.K. set? We talked about buying GPK for dirt cheap at Big Lots back in the day. I bought OS4/OS5 packs for 5 cents each and you mentioned buying UK packs at Big Lots also for super cheap. 10 cents a UK1 pack is a steal! Small world if it's you! 😀 |
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hope this is of intrest
Really cool box. I wish they had the Nasty Nick box too though