1995 Topps Legends of the '60s Billy Williams

Most of the oddballs I've been featuring over the past two months were issued by non-sports companies.  Today, though, I've got an oddball from Topps.

In 1995 Topps released a set called "Legends of the '60s."  There were just twelve players included.  The product was not cardboard....

...it was bronze metal.  And these things are serious metal.  It is 1/8" thick and weighs a little more than 6 ounces.  A stack of 90 baseball cards weight the same.

Topps selected one of the players '60s cards for the design.  For Billy, it was his 1967 card.

The backs were modified to include the players entire career.  

That meant adding 1967 - 1976.  To get it to fit they changed the orientation and removed the cartoons.

The cards were ordered by subscription and you got one per month, at $39.95 per month. That was a pretty steep cost for 1995.  For me, it would be steep today.  Today you can get them for half the original price.  Apparently bronze has not held it's value.