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4 responses to “Kansas City Royals placemats…The complete set”

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1. I can’t really offer any information about the placemats, except I remember when they were released. I was in high school and got a couple of the 1978 ones, from a buddy that worked at Pizza Hut. I’m sure they’re still at my mom’s house…. somewhere. I think one had Herzog and Porter on it. I was a huge Darrell Porter fan. For some reason I was thinking they were put out for 3 years, but I only remember the eight shown. I think the “third year” were the set of 6 Royals drinking glasses that Pizza Hut/Pepsi also put out. (1979?)
   2 years ago I picked up 3 of the ’78 placemats at a card show in St. Louis from 2 different dealers. I think I paid $5 for the one with Brett on it and 3 or 4 dollars each for the other 2. I have been haunting eBay since then trying to find the remaining one. Ones which feature George Brett would appear from time to time but not the one I needed. I found a couple of “friends” that actually had the Al Cowens/Paul Splitorff one I was missing. Neither would sell, trade or barter, claiming they wanted to keep it in case they found the other ones to complete the set. During my search a set of the 1979 ones appeared on eBay. Much to my wife’s aggravation I purchased the set ($20 including S/H). I finally found the elusive placemat yesterday on eBay and won the auction. I overpaid ($20 including S/H) but was tired of the hunt and ready to start searching for other things. (Maybe the 3 glasses I’m missing.) I’m hoping the item arrives safe and sound in the next few days. I do have one recommendation for anyone that has the placemats, buy a thick plastic sleeve to put them in. The mats are approximately 11″ x 17″ and fit snugly in a sleeve that size. This will keep them cleaner and prevent any curling. (I paid $2.50 a piece for the sleeves at a card show last year.)
   Happy hunting!
   Go Royals!

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   MLJohnston

   October 8, 2012 at 9:11 pm

2. Thanks for the hunting story, I feel your pain. I spent about two years to get my first set (looking very actively) and gave them to my brother because he had them as a kid. I have since collected my own set thanks to a very fortunate auction find. I have the glasses set too. They are no where near as cool and the player choices were very suspect. I should do a post on them as well.
   Thanks again for the story.
   Go Royals!

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   AHairOffSquare

   October 8, 2012 at 9:38 pm

3. I have 2 78 splittorffs & 1 78 brett my friends neighbor was moving and I just happened to ask was there any sports stuff in that stuff your leaving behind …..the old lady said well I think there are some pizza hut place mats of the chiefs LOL they where the royals mats , there was 3 splitts 2 bretts my friend was like WOW can I have one each , I said sure but I might go buy them back of which he would sell to me if I really wanted them

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   Randy stockstill

   March 2, 2014 at 11:54 am

   • That is awesome! They are pretty cool, one of the best old Royals items I’ve seen. They aren’t worth a ton (maybe $10 each or so) but they are very cool to have.

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     VocalsOnTop

     March 2, 2014 at 12:00 pm