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Specs
Year: 1976
Title: Buckmans Discs
Size: 3- 3/8 inches in diameter.
Number in Set: 20
Overview
These regional promotional discs are unnumbered, and 20 make a complete basketball set, with a lot of the major stars of the NBA pictured on the front. The back of the disc features the address and phone number of the distributor, Buckmans Ice Cream and Bakery in Rochester, New York, and invites collectors to visit their Ice Cream Village.
The MSA on the back stands for Michael Schechter & Associates. MSA had partnerships with the various Players’ Unions to create food issue collectibles.
Buckman made baseball and football discs as well.
Example


Key Cards
The key discs are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, and Walt Frazier.
Checklist
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Nate Archibald
Rick Barry
Tom Boerwinkl
Bill Bradley
Dave Cowens
Bob Dandridge
Walt Frazier
Gail Goodrich
John Havlicek
Connie Hawkins
Lou Hudson
Sam Lacey
Bob Lanier
Bob Love
Bob McAdoo
Earl Monroe
Jerry Sloan
Norm Van Lier
Jo Jo White