If you have any questions or can help me fill out my sets, please feel free to e-mail  me at teepack@netzero.net and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. 

Todd McGee
102 Minden Lane
Raleigh, NC 27607

Todd's wantlists

My No. 1 priority is my 1971 Topps set. I'm also working on Topps sets from 1970, 1975, 1977 and 1979. I'm also working on my Reds team sets from the 1970s (the halcyon days of the Big Red Machine), and on Jan. 14, 2003, I finished a 1991 Topps set that I started 11 years ago. JSG the Younger enters the Trader Todd Hall of Fame by sending me the final two cards I need for that set. Thanks, JSG, and long live VCT!

I have a little less than 100 cards to go on my 1971 set, but it's mostly those pesky high numbers! Why did they wait so long to make cards of Nolan Ryan and Roberto Clemente that year? Argh!! I've gotten some from card shows, some from EBAY, a large amount from another dealer on the Internet and many, many cards from on-line traders I discovered, including several through the Old Card Traders club and Vintage Card Traders, of which I am a proud member.

My goal is to get what I consider to be excellent-to-near-mint for every card for my 1971 set. The other years, I'll settle for Excellent. My definition of NM/excellent is as follows: At least two strong corners, good color, absolutely no creases or gum stains, minor edge wear and decent centering (I'm not as big on centering as long as the card is not a complete miscut with part of another card showing).

1971 Topps

I need: 400, 525, 527, 530, 550, 580, 595, 600, 607, 615, 624-5, 630, 640, 644-5, 648-51, 653, 654, 655, 656, 658, 664, 673, 676, 686, 688, 691-93, 697-8, 700, 704, 706, 708-9, 713, 717, 719, 722, 724, 733, 735, 738-40, 743-5, 747-51.

Total cards to go: 73.

Last updated: 01/02/07

Update: Mike Balliet gets into the Christmas spirit and sends me about a dozen hits to this set, including a Nolan Ryan! Greg Campbell completes my first face-to-face trade! Well, actually he just makes it a gift because I didn't have anything to give him in return! Greg provides two well-conditioned high numbers to this set. Peter Mead provides the first hit to this set in a long time with a Jose Martinez hi number. On a day trip to visit the folks, I stopped by Season Ticket in Winston-Salem and picked up seven of the high-numbered cards. Noted author Chris Stufflestreet stuffed a high number Matty Alou in the package when he sent me an autographed copy of his booklet on the history of baseball cards. Great stuff, Chris! Tony Hoffman makes a smashing first trade by knocking four cards off this list. Mike Adams sends along three beauties that won't need upgrading. Shawn Adkins knocks off a semi-hi number. Mike Balliet sends several hits to my high numbers. I went to a card show Feb. 1 and picked up 15 cards, including some beauties from a dealer in Fredericksburg, Md. If I can ever get up to his shop, he may have everything I need to finish off this set. Steve Seiple completes our first trade with 14 semi-highs and high numbers. Walker Guthrie completes our first deal with nine high numbers. VCT member Larry Beil knocks off two hi numbers. I stopped by the world-famous Season Ticket sportscard shop in Winston-Salem, N.C., on the way to visit the parents for Easter, and picked up three cards that I need, including the last card of the set, No. 752 -- Dick Drago. I also just bought four Hi Numbers off EBAY. Dale Gann, a new member in VCT, sends along eight more hits. Fellow Durhamite Taylor Schock, who is an OCT member, completes a trade by sending 14 beauties that will not need upgrading. OCT member David Gregory knocks about 30 cards off the list after shipping me 54 cards in an earlier deal. Pat Sweeney chips in two more cards as well to my shrinking wantlist.

1970 Topps Set:

Jimi Thayer sends along five hits,including a couple of team cards and a nice checklist! John Dahms knocks five off this set with some beauties. Brad Nelson sends a dozen hits to the set, including Hall of Famers Tony Perez, Joe Morgan and Boog Powell. Dave Keller sends along 18 hits, including a couple of guys named Steve Carlton and Ted Williams. Another VCT newcomer, Mike Mackie, sends along three beauties for this set. Mike Osborne sends me three hits to this set. Hooray for Hollywood! Or more specifically, hooray for Lewis Oberlander, who sends along two swell hits to this set. The honourable Robert J. Bard believes in paying it forward. He sends along eight excellent hits to this set even after I sent him an e-mail and told him I didn't have anything in trade to offer him. I'll pay you back someday, buddy. Steve Manson makes a nice first trade by sending me three hits to this suddenly dwindling list. Bob Bannon sends a double play my way. Shawn Adkins completes a trade by sending along four hits, including Carl Yastrzemski. Newcomer Russell McBride makes a big impact by sending along two beauties - Tony Conigliaro and Chuck Dobson. JSG The Younger sends a trio of cards my way, including a League Leaders card that features Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton and Bob Gibson. Randy Wilberg drops a five-spot on this set. Bob Bard turns a triple play on this set and then ships me another out of the kindness of his heart. Mike Adams delivers 20 beauties. Shawn Adkins sends me seven nice-looking cards. Ken Goetsch completes our first deal with eight hits, including several in the nosebleed section. Bryan Dwyer finishes off our first deal with 16 hits. Jim Thayer completes our first trade by sending along 20 hits! Randy Wilberg knocks another eight cards off the list, including some valuable high-numbered cards. My first trade with new VCT member Bryan Long nets me 25 hits to this list. VCT member Joe Gelgot is the latest to take a bite out of this set. He sends me 11 beauties. Bob D'Angelo of OCT does some serious damage, knocking 20 cards off the list. New VCT member Randy Wilberg sends in three excellent cards. Thanks to VCT member Pat Sweeney for four more hits. Chuck Bosshardt sends along 10 excellent additions.

I need (1-500): 1, 65, 140, 145, 160, 167, 172, 185, 189, 196-201, 230, 240, 244, 280, 300, 306-7, 321, 323, 333, 350, 440, 443, 448-51, 453, 455, 458-70, 472, 475-7, 480, 483-4, 493, 498-9.

I have (501-752): 504-8, 511-2, 515, 517-20, 522-3, 525-6, 528-9, 531-4, 536-8, 541-3, 546, 552, 555, 559-60, 570-71, 576-7, 583, 586, 606-7, 610, 617, 627, 632, 652, 671 and 698.

Date began: 12/20/01

Last updated: 10/18/08

Total cards to go: 265.

1975 Topps Set:

Brian Walker pitches a complete game with nine solid innings, er hits, to this set. Ready, Fire, Aim! Newcomer Mike Osborne makes a splashing debut by sending me 50-plus hits to this set! Brian Betza knocks two more off this list. Jimi Thayer earns a spot in Todd's Trader Hall of Fame by shipping me 12 well-preserved hits to this sent, including a Robin Yount rookie card! Bob Bard makes a major dent to this list with a whopping 64 hits, including cards of Bill Lee and Dave Kingman, team cards, league leader cards and an AL Playoffs card. Wow! Lewis Oberlander knocks three more from this list, includng Ken Griffey and Ron Blomberg, who as I recall, has the dubious distinction of being the first designated hitter in baseball history. Bob Bard deals a five-pack my way. Steve Manson starts the first of what I hope will be many trades by sending along 16 hits, including a Benny Ayala rookie card!!! Bob Bannon knocks 14 off this list. My life is now complete. VCT founder Dan "The 6-million card Man" Austin has sent some cards for my set. He chipped in 12 well-conditioned cards. Kirby Shofner chips away at this set with five hits, including a 1967 MVP card. Fellow Tar Heel stater Philip Moore hooks me up with a coveted Johnny Bench - my childhood hero. Bob Bard hooks me up with a Rangers team card managed by that scoundrel Billy Martin. VCT newcomer Scott Bacon completes our first trade with 25 hits to this set. Tony Hoffman knocks two more off this list. Mark Zimmerman hooks me up with 18 hits. Bob Bard adds another eight to ever-growing set. Larry Beil gives me 14 more hits from this vintage set, including a pair of Johnny Bench cards. Shawn Adkins whittles this list down by 18. Mike Fry wipes out 24 numbers. Bob Lent knocks off 41 hits. Kerry McGinley turns a double play on this set. Nick Covello got this set jumpstarted with a starter lot of about 156 cards or so. I also had about 30 from earlier swaps and some from cards that I bought as a kid.

Total cards I have: unknown.

I NEED: 1, 3-5, 7, 20, 50, 55, 61-2, 80, 92, 124, 126, 132, 140, 150, 152, 172, 180, 184-5, 189-92, 194-96, 198-202, 204, 207, 209, 212, 218, 227-8, 243, 252, 263, 276, 280-1, 285, 288, 300, 304, 307, 312, 320, 335, 338, 358, 370, 379, 390, 399, 400, 411, 417, 419-21, 434, 450, 460, 476-7, 482, 485, 500, 515, 517, 527, 531, 536, 550, 554-55, 580-1, 590, 600-1, 611, 615-17, 620, 623-4, 640, 646, 648, 652, 655, 660.

Date began: 01/24/03

Last updated: 03/21/08

1977 Topps Set

Peter Mead sends along a card of HOFer Joe Morgan. Mike Osborne turns a two-fer on this set with team cards of the Reds and Cubs. Brian Betza sends me a Thurman Munson card. Steve Manson sends along an unexpected hit, a Ron Leflore card. Chris Lozipone makes a smashing first trade with six cards that look like they just came out of the pack, including a George Foster All-Star! Bob Bard throws me further into his debt with an Omar Moreno card. Joel Friedman knocks three of this list, and Tom Housley - like me a Reds fanatic - knocks three more off. Philip Moore sends me six beauties for this set. Bob Bard sends two cards my way. Mark Zimmerman sends me a Carl Yastrzemski. Jon Wilson knocks three more off this list. Mike Adams tosses an eight-hitter on this set. Movie mogul Lewis Oberlander knocks 10 more off this list. Mike Haines chips in with a Gaylord Perry and Nolan Ryan. Mark Cunningham sends a beautiful Tony Perez! Bob Brady knocks a few more off this list. Mike Fry turns two on this set. New Yorker Bob Bard chops this list down to size by throwing 39 hits my way. Jedi Bill Gurtler knocks 46 numbers off this list. Kerry McGinley turns a double play on this set. Nick Covello wipes 15 more numbers from this set. Ken Goetsch tosses an 11-hitter on this set. Bob Roth completes our first deal with 49 hits! John Leroux does some serious damage with more than 30 hits. Bryan Dwyer hurls a complete game with nine cards. New VCT member David Mayo knocks six more off this list. New VCT member Joe Isaac sends in 34 excellent cards. VCT member Randy Wilberg helped out with 24 beauties. Randy Griffin of VCT completes our first trade by sending along 18 cards, including a coveted Butch Hobson card! If you click on his name, you'll see a photo of me in an earlier life interviewing Hobson in spring training in 1994, when he was the Red Sox's manager. No, I am not asking him where is the best place to score some cocaine! (Hobson was fired a few years ago as manager of the Phillies' Triple-A team after he received a package of coke via Fed Ex. Of course, he had no intention of using the drug and was going to flush it down the toilet, but when the cops came knocking at his door a few minutes after he received the package, he decided to stick it in his shaving kit for safekeeping). Chuck Bosshardt sends along three nice team cards. Dan Cipra of OBC sent me a handful of cards, including a couple of coveted Reds' postseason cards. I also got a few extras in a lot of 1979 cards I bought off EBAY. That was a nice surprise. New VCT member Richard Labs hooked me up with about 60 cards to help jumpstart this set. Dale Gann sent a nice load of cards in a deal for some 1992 Topps Gold winners cards. Peter Mead of VCT also gave me a nice starter set.

I need: 2, 10, 25, 110, 113, 120, 231, 234, 240, 257, 285, 299, 355, 411, 434, 437, 450, 488, 490, 492, 580, 640.

Total cards to go: 22.

Last updated: 01/25/06

1979 Topps Set

Chaz Yeiter knocks this list down to two with the Thurman Munson card. Bob Bard nearly makes this wantlist extinct by sending me 11 of the remaining 14 cards I need in two separate shipments. Mike Fry sends along only one hit to this set, but it's a beaut -- an Eddie Murray second-year card! It didn't take VCT newcomber Mike Haines long to make an impact. He sends along 63 solid hits to whittle this list down to the low double digits. Chuck Smalley of OCT starts our first trade with a nifty Robin Yount. Nick Covello hits 22 off this list, including a boatload of current and potential Hall of Famers, including Reggie Jackson, Don Sutton, Carl Yastrzemski, Tony Perez (it pains me to see him in that Expos uniform) and some others. JSG the Younger sends a Willie Stargell and Phil Niekro my way. Bob Roth sends along a Rusty Staub and a Rudy May. Randy Griffin chops seven more off this list. Bryan Dwyer chips away with 10 more, including a Nolan Ryan all-time leaders card. Joe Gelgot contributes nine more hits to this set. New VCT member David Mayo takes aim and whittles 11 more off this list. Bob Lent hooks me up with three more cards, including a Fred Lynn and a J.R. Richard. Frank Irizarry hooks me up with 17 more solid additions, including a Mark Fidrych! Chuck Bosshardt sends along five more hits to this dwindling set, including a pair of checklists and three White Sox players. VCT member Barry Chase gives me a couple of key hits -- two Nolan Ryan cards, including a strikeout leaders card. Local product Chris Adams of Garner sent me 28 hits to this list, after I sent him a Kirby Puckett rookie and a few other 1979 cards. VCT member Chuck Andres adds another 22 hits after I sent him a few 1964 cards. VCT member Richard Labs sent a nice lot of 61 cards. Bob Lent sent me 68 cards from this year, and I got 13 more from Bill Reed, so this set is starting to take shape. It began with a big lot of cards from EBAY.

I need: 116 (Ozzie Smith rookie) and 650 (Pete Rose).

Total cards to go: 2

Last updated: 11/10/03

1991 Topps Set

JSG the Younger finishes off this set by sending me the final two cards I need -- Jason Grimsley and Dwight Evans! This is the first set I've completed through VCT! New VCT member Mike Fry chops this list down to two more cards!! Randy Griffin hooks me up with almost every card I needed. Chris Adams knocks two more off the list.

I need: None!

Total cards I have: 792.

Last updated: 01/14/03

1992 Topps Gold Winners set:

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I got back into collecting the contemporary cards for a bit. But after a few years, I became disillusioned when people started buying packs just to try to get the insert cards. That wasn't why I was collecting, so I stopped wasting my money on the cards. However, I did like the 1992 Topps Gold parallel sets, so I'm going to try to finish my 1992 Topps Gold Winners set. I've got a couple hundred of the regular issue 1992 Topps Gold cards to trade as well as several hundred of the Winners variety as dupes as well, so if you are collecting either of those sets, let me know.

I need: 40, 283, 380, 520, 551, 555, 629, 734.

Total cards I need: 8

New VCT member Mike Fry knocks gets this list into single digits with nine hits. Bob D'Angelo of OCT knocks 10 more off this set. Thanks to VCT members Kevin Martens and OCT members Kerry McGinley and Bob Schaub for some hits on this list. Bob also gave me several Reds cards from the 1960s, so that will help me get started on those teams sets! I also got a handful of cards from Dale Gann, another collector I found on the Net.)

Last updated: 11/21/02