Bill Walton 1978 Dell Flip Book

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Here's a neat little item I picked up several months ago for around $6.00. It's a 1978 Dell action flip book of basketball legend Bill Walton. Notice that the original price for this collectible was only $.50. Even for back in the late 70's I think that was a good deal.


This really is a fun little gem in my collection. I love the look and colors on the front of the book. It's not terribly big. It's made to fit comfortably in ones hand so as to be able to flip the pages quickly to reveal "The Big Red head" throwing one of his renown outlet passes. It's really like a mini 10 sec motion image. Remember folks, this is before video games became big and the internet ruled the world. This pretty good stuff for '78.


The back of the book shows some of the other flip books of NBA greats like Dr. J and Kareem. I wouldn't mind adding the "Pistol" Pete flip book to my collection, but I haven't come across a reasonably priced one yet. There is one for sale on eBay (click here), but that is definitely outside of my price range for that item. Here's a current Buy It Now eBay auction for a 1978 Dell flip book of Bill Walton (click here). Out of the six players shown on the back of the flip book below, which would you most like to add to your collection?

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[key2win]

Oddball items like those are very cool. A lot of the more valuable collectible items are stuff not produced by the main card companies.

[Brads55]

Definitely a cool collectible to have in the PC!

[hendricksis1]

Great player, but a horrible beard on him in the day.