Topps was showing the effects of lack of competition in 1973.  Once again, the year's rak paks featured the standard yellow header card ...

On to that grooviest of years in our Rak Pak odyssey: 1972:  While the baseball cards forty (!) years ago looked like a black light would be...

1968 brought posters from Topps.  Not just the flimsy little ones that were folded inside packs of cards but substantial, well executed broa...

When the nice folks at Mickey's Sportscards sent me some details on the 1949 X-Ray Roundup vending boxes a little while back, they also...

I have a few minutes before Mrs. Archives gets home and we can kick this year's Valentine's Day activities off so why not post on Ra...

Continuing on through the hazy, crazy 70's in our Topps Rak Pak journey, 1971 turned out to be a whole lot like 1970.  The 71 baseball r...

In 1970, after injuring myself in a playground accident, I had to stay home a few weeks from school and was left with some time on my hands....