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Define the design: 72T

In keeping with the spirit of the card show that I am either presently attending or have just left this afternoon, I have selected 1972 Topps as the latest Define the Design entry. Last year at this show, I bought a handful of 1972 Topps . A couple of '57 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers sucked up just about all of my money and all I had left went to some '72 commons. But every '72 Topps card is a great one. I think you know where I stand on this set. And I've just come across a great name for the set. I was watching one of the rather entertaining videos that Billy of West Virginia Cards has been posting. In the most recent one , he featured some of his cards from the '70s, my favorite card decade. He referred to the 1972 Topps cards as "psychedelic tombstones." Fantastic. I had never heard of that before. That is a great name for the set. So, by all means, comment on what you call the set. But it's going to have to be awfully good to top "the psychede...