All The Cubs Inserts from the '70s and '80's

A few days ago I showed all the inserts from the Sixties.  Today I'll cover the next two decades.

I can knock off two decades at once because the '70s and '80s didn't see much insert action.  After eleven straight years of inserts, the 1972 set had none.  I'm guessing that they were eliminated as a way of saving money.  We had booklets, posters, scratch-offs, and coins in 1970 and 1971.  And then nada, nothing.

Inserts kinda returned in 1973 and 1974 as team checklists.  But the checklists were like any other regular cardboard card.

After the 1974 team checklists, inserts disappeared completely until 1982.  That year Topps put two sticker in packs.  The main motivation for the stickers was to build interest in the sold-separately sticker packs.  So they weren't really inserts as much as they were an advertising gimmick.

Actual inserts returned with the arrival of the glossy All-Star cards in 1984. But even these weren't all-out inserts.  The glossy All-Star cards were only available in rack packs.  Topps didn't put them in the smaller wax packs.  Glossy Rookie cards were added in 1987, but these too were limited, found only in 100-card jumbo packs.

Below is the checklist I used as I chased the Cubs:

1970	Booklet: 14 Ernie Banks
	Poster: 5 Ron Santo
	Scratch Off: Glenn Beckert
1971	Coins: 143 Glenn Beckert, 27 Jim Hickman, 51 Randy Hundley, 7 Fergie Jenkins, 119 Don Kessinger, 95 Ron Santo, 75 Billy Williams
	Scratch Off: Glenn Beckert
1972	NO INSERTS
1973	Team Checklist: Chicago Cubs
1974	Team Checklist: Chicago Cubs
1975 thru	NO INSERTS
1981
1982	Sticker: Bill Buckner, Leon Durham
1983	NO INSERTS
1984	Glossy All-Stars: NO CUBS
1985	Glossy All-Stars: 3 Ryne Sandberg
1986	Glossy All-Stars: NO CUBS
1987	Glossy All-Stars: 3 Ryne Sandberg
	Glossy Rookies: 12 Rafael Palmeiro
1988	Glossy All-Stars: 18 Andre Dawson, 14 Ryne Sandberg, 22 Billy Williams
	Glossy Rookies: NO CUBS
1989	Glossy All-Stars: 18 Andre Dawson, 14 Ryne Sandberg
	Glossy Rookies: 4 Damon Berryhill, 11 Mark Grace, 12 Darrin Jackson

And...the inserts!