From the "Why does that even exist?" department...

[DaClyde]

Just imagine if there was a Rickey in this set!

롯데 쵸코파이 -야구선수카드-

I'm gonna have fun trying to work out the checklist for these. Apparently they were included with Lotte Choco Pies (think moon pies) years and years ago.

 

[Sjrmn91]

Taiwan?

 

[DaClyde]

Taiwan?

Korea. I'm trying to compile a checklist for the 1991 Lotte Gum Baseball Kings set from Korea, and ran across this weird set. Who would pick these players for a Korean edition of a Topps set?

Ken Forsch
Dave Palmer
Joey McLaughlin
Tom Hausman
Bob Welch
Dave Tomlin
Vida Blue
Glenn Abbott
Gary Serum
Jim Slaton
Bruce Sutter
Ron Davis

 

[DeliciousBacon]

Korea. I'm trying to compile a checklist for the 1991 Lotte Gum Baseball Kings set from Korea, and ran across this weird set. Who would pick these players for a Korean edition of a Topps set?

Ken Forsch
Dave Palmer
Joey McLaughlin
Tom Hausman
Bob Welch
Dave Tomlin
Vida Blue
Glenn Abbott
Gary Serum
Jim Slaton
Bruce Sutter
Ron Davis

I want that Bruce Sutter. Does this set actually exist anywhere, or do you think everyone in 1980 Korea who got them threw them away?

 

[Austin]

Is that actually the complete set, or just selected cards from the set?
They're pretty cool. I like how the players' pictures are identical to their regular '80 Topps cards, but the backs are totally different.

 

[DaClyde]

Is that actually the complete set, or just selected cards from the set?

Not really sure. The post mentions something about cards 1-12, but I can't see any numbers on the backs, and the player selection is so bizarre, I have trouble believing that would be the whole set.

 

[pootshwan]

cool find, how did you even stumble over this set?

 

[henderson939]

Just imagine if there was a Rickey in this set!

롯데 쵸코파이 -야구선수카드-

I'm gonna have fun trying to work out the checklist for these. Apparently they were included with Lotte Choco Pies (think moon pies) years and years ago.

NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

[Todd44]

This has nothing to do with the baseball card set, but here's an article about how chocolate pies have essentially become currency in North Korea. Pretty fascinating stuff: Choco Pie Withdrawal: North Koreans Crave Favorite Treat From South | TIME.com