It’s Sunday night and rather than hear nagging from the old woman I figured I might as well bust open a couple of the 1990 Fleer Jumbo packs I have left, which is about 15. Below are the honest to God pulls from my bust.
If the year was 1990 I would have been the happiest 10-year old on the planet. First off, I got my Players of the Decade Jose Canseco I was looking for and a Ryne Sandberg from the set to boot. I also got veteran base cards of Hall of Famers George Brett and Ozzie Smith. I pulled a very White Sox Cards-friendly Carlton Fisk and a Kirk Gibson I could have used last night.
I also got two ‘Soaring Stars’ inserts which I love. That Larry Walker card was probably hot Sh%$ when he was hitting 45 home runs with a .370 avg. in the mid-90’s. Today, it probably sells for less than .50 cents. As far as the Scott Coolbaugh and his Mickey Tettleton stance, he is the definition of a Major League bust. Although his M.L.B career ended in 1994 at just 28 years of age, he actually played in the Minors up until 1999 when he finally called it a career at 33 years of age.
Now, does anyone have any clue at the odds of pulling the ‘Soaring Stars’ inserts? 1:8 maybe?
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Fisk is one of my favorites from that set. Steve Lyons also stands out. I’m not sure about the odds of pulling the Soaring Stars, but I bought a ton of those jumbo packs in 1990 and only found one of those cards, Scott Coolbaugh.
I can’t remember how many packs I went through trying to complete that set back in the day, but I only remember seeing a few Soarining Stars cards. Literally two or three at most. Nice Sandberg pull! His Topps RC was the first big trade I ever made. Can’t for the life of me remember what I gave up though.
I’m not even sure if companies used insert ratios back then. Keep looking for those cards though, There’s a Griffey Jr. in the set that probably hasn’t dropped off the face of the earth value wise.
It was Scott Coolbaugh’s brother Mike who was struck with a fatal baseball last year while coaching first base in the minor leagues.
I am always going to be a Topps guy, but Fleer would be a close second, Donruss third. I like simple cards, and Fleer always had a no nonsense approach to card designs. Not bad wax at all
This shit is funny. I remember those 10th anniversary joints.
Scott is the only scrub up there.
By the way the marlins wont make the playoffs.
And the Red Sox are winning it all.
I got the D60 camera.. Holla
Mario glad your enjoying the packs.Look for the Cal Ripken Jr ERROR card (Players of the Decade) Fleer misspelled his name Cal Ripkin Jr. on the front of the card.
How’s the view from SECOND place, datruhater?
yes! You pulled the Canseco Players of the Decade card.
I think that’s really cool, since you were just talking about that card a few days ago.
Beautiful cards. Man, I need to get some old wax.
i have the 1990 fleer PLAYERS OF THE DECADE 10th Anniversary Cal Ripken, Jr. card but it seems to be spelled correctly. i also have a Saoring Stars Mike Stanton.. but alot of TOPPS 1989 and FLEER 1990and tons of Donruss.. WHats the most efficiant way of getting rid of these?