1979 Topps Buck Rogers is basically the trading card equivalent of disco in space. Highlighting the television show starring Gil Gerard and plenty of glitz. The set follows the standard Topps format of the time with a base set and complimentary mix of stickers.
1979 Topps Buck Rogers Checklist Details
The 88-card base set weaves in and out through episodes. Some highlight key moments from a story perspective while others gravitate more to showcasing many of the weird costumes and creatures that inhabited it. Buck, Wilma, Twiki and plent of aliens are present. Although the series can likely owe its creation to Star Wars, Star Wars these creatures definitely are not.
The design is certainly a busy one on the front. Cards have red borders with a white electric jolt inner frame surrounding the image. Each corner has a head shot of a different character as well.
Backs are green with an illustration of Buck, Wilma and Twiki. The show’s logo and a brief write up are on the other side.
Stickers, which are one per pack, have a complimentary design use blue borders, red frames and yellow electricity compliments.
With the show largely forgotten today, 1979 Topps Buck Rogers has limited popularity today. Should the franchise eventually be rebooted in some fashion, that could change. Still, for those looking to see space through the lens of disco-era fashion and trends, these cards certainly offer that.
1979 Topps Buck Rogers Checklist
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Set size: 88 cards
Cards per pack: 11
Packs per box: 36
Boxes per case: 20
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Base Set Checklist
88 cards.
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1 Checklist
2 Suspended in Time
3 Capt. Buck Rogers
4 The Lost Space Shuttle
5 Frozen Alive
6 Draconian Fortress
7 The Interrogators
8 A Delirious Spaceman!
9 The Man Called Kane
10 Destination: Earth
11 Toward the Inner City
12 The Landing Bay
13 Wilma’s Chilly Reception
14 Remove This Barbarian!
15 The Brilliant Dr. Huer
16 (Gulp) The 25th Century?
17 Dr. Theopolis
18 Culture Shock for Buck
19 Twiki’s Tonic
20 The World of Tomorrow
21 A New Beginning
22 Remains of Yesteryear
23 The Mutant Peril
24 Fate of Buck’s Family
25 Surrounded!
26 Bizarre Rescuer
27 The Monsters Repelled
28 Run for Cover!
29 Wilma to the Rescue!
30 Thanks Alot, Colonel
31 Bitten By the Love Bug
32 City of the Future
33 Buck…A Traitor?
34 Observing the Trial
35 The Computer Council
36 Buck’s Plan
37 The Enemies Meet
38 Visions of Ardala
39 I Believe You Know Capt. Rogers
40 The Ace of Space
41 Look Out World — Lucky Buck Is Back!
42 The Combat Computer
43 Heavy Losses for Wilma!
44 Get Off the Air, Buck!
45 Outrunning the Enemy
46 Sorry About That, Guys!
47 Zapping the Space Pirates
48 Hey Wilma — How’m I Doing?
49 Party for a Princess
50 The Party Girl Herself!
51 Dressed in Style
52 Hey…You Guys Know Any Rock?
53 C’mon, Princess…Let’s Boogie!
54 The Princess Gets Down!
55 He Makes Me Soooo Mad!
56 Buck Makes a Late Date
57 Twiki Catches Disco Fever!
58 The Princess’ Ploy
59 We Shall Take Them by Surprise
60 Disguised as a Space Pirate!
61 Sabotage!
62 Landing Bay in Flames
63 Day of Destruction
64 Wilma Gets the Message!
65 Here Come the Earth Forces!
66 The Starfighter
67 Zeroing In!
68 The Draconian Armada
69 Wilma In Command!
70 Zap! Blam! Pa-Towww!
71 Death Throes of the Fortress
72 Battle with Tigerman
73 Dogfight in Space!
74 Hunter and the Hunted
75 Battle Skills of Col. Deering
76 Target on Computer
77 Caught in Laser Light!
78 Ardala’s Defeat
79 The Battle Rages
80 Futuristic Warships
81 Explosion in Space
82 Last-Minute Rescue!
83 Off to New Adventures!
84 Gil Gerard as Buck
85 Erin Gray as Wilma
86 Felix Silla as Twiki
87 Pamela Hensley as Princess
88 Henry Silva as Kane
Stickers Checklist
22 cards.
1 per pack.
1 Buck / Wilma / Twiki
2 Toward the Inner City
3 A New Beginning
4 Wilma Deering
5 The World of Tomorrow
6 Dr. Theopolis
7 Get Off the Air, Buck!
8 Tigerman
9 The Lost Space Shuttle
10 The Starfighter
11 Dr. Huer
12 Twiki Catches Disco Fever!
13 Dressed in Style
14 Princess Ardala
15 Buck Rogers
16 Death Throes of the Fortress
17 Pirate Spaceship
18 We Shall Take Them by Surprise
19 Henry Silva as Kane
20 Suspended in Time
21 Twiki
22 Disguised as a Space Pirate!
