Topps produced 11 regional team sets of 11 cards for Coke in 1981. They were virtually identical to the regular issue Topps set with the exception of the Coca-Cola logo. The 11 teams were the Cardinals, Astros, Mets, Red Sox, Phillies, Royals, Tigers, Reds, White Sox, Cubs and Pirates. A checklist is available.

Coke cards of Yankees Rick Cerone, Rich Gossage and Reggie Jackson (see right) have been circulating in the hobby and their origins are unknown. They may have been proofs for a proposed set that was never distributed. They are quite rare.

Each of the 22 panels had two cards, with the first 11 players appearing twice in the collection. They were distributed occasionally with bottles of Squirt as a two-card panel with a hole at the top to fit over the bottle top. Usually the cards were distributed directly to card dealers and collectors were not happy about it. The set had a Joe Charboneau rookie card and was hot for a while. You will still find folks trying to get $30 for this $5 set.

Topps released these odd sized cards as the "Baseball Scratch Off Bubble Gum Cards." They were similar in concept to some state lottery games in that you attempt to scratch off "good" positions and avoid "bad" ones. As in baseball, you had three outs per inning but with these cards, you scratched off the black dots to reveal whether you made an out or got a hit with each at bat. A scoreboard was printed on the back of the middle card.

Each wax pack contained three red (American League) and three green (National League) panels of three tear-away cards plus the ubiquitous piece of gum. There were 18 green and 18 red cards of three players each for a total of 108 player cards. A similar insert set was issued with some wax packs in 1970 and 1971.

As a bored 12-year-old, I played this game for a while before heading outside to watch the neighbor's car rust. It was another in a long line of Topps "test" issues, and they they quickly gave up on the idea.