1992 Fleer Ultra

Lothar52

HAHAHA!!! I am cleaning out my basement and ran across a SLEW of old beckett's from the early 90's (90-95). One was taking a look at the 1992 cards by grade and a beckett writer said he thought 92 ultra was PERFECT and would be the 84 donruss of the 90s. BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA........


Mr. Beckett writer.....YOU WERE WRONG.....BUUUUWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA


loth

Stone193

Ryan
Back in 92, the Ultra set was all the rage! There were tons of inserts to include a "reverse negative" Ripken and a Gwynn mail-in offer set. Boxes were going as high as 2x retail! When the smoke cleared and people realized how over-produced the set was....well, the bottom fell out!

But, I will say - it was a good looking set with some great photos - that's when the UV coating was all the rage - but damn those cards smelled weird to me? They still do!



This Thomas card was one of the key cards in the set - it probably booked for like 5 bucks!! Now? I don't know? 25 cents?

mike

CDsNuts

Yep, I went off the deep end with this one too. Did I really need 50 '92 Ultra Mike Mussina's?....... No, probably not.

Lee

Stone193

<< <i>Yep, I went off the deep end with this one too. Did I really need 50 '92 Ultra Mike Mussina's?....... No, probably not.

Lee >>


Lee
How about 50 Cal Eldreds!!

CDsNuts

Ah yes, the talented young core of Brewers featuring Eldred, Pat Listach, Dave Nilsson, and Greg Vaughn. Where did it all go so wrong?

Lee

Stone193

<< <i>Ah yes, the talented young core of Brewers featuring Eldred, Pat Listach, Dave Nilsson, and Greg Vaughn. Where did it all go so wrong?

Lee >>


When guys starting selling cards by the brick! Those days are pretty much gone now, I believe?

mike

Knuckles

Yeah the smell made me car sick while opening packs in the back of my parents car.. (the hockey although the same design)

Axtell

<< <i>a beckett writer said he thought 92 ultra was PERFECT and would be the 84 donruss of the 90s. >>



Well, what's happened to the 84 donruss set when all the hype and overrated rookies disappeared?

Actually he was dead on...except for not the reasons he thought.

pandrews

i can still get high by inhaling the aroma from my 92 Ultra cards..

CDsNuts

That was in the early days of glossy coating when they used formaldehyde.

Lee

Stone193

<< <i>That was in the early days of glossy coating when they used formaldehyde.

Lee >>


Lee
Wasn't that what they called UV Coating? Have no idea what that means? And as Perry said - sniff that sh!t and you'll get high as a kite!

mike

SoFLPhillyFan

UV coating is a varnish (glossy or matte) that is spread onto the paper stock, which is then run under a UV light to dry and cure it.

All of this is done during the printing process, resulting in a dry printed and varnished sheet being produced.

I can't complain too much about '92 Ultra today. As mentioned in another thread, last week I pulled a '92 Gwynn Commemorative buyback auto, # 5/6 from a box of this year's Fleer National Pastime.

Keith

yankeeno7

storing the cards is no picnic either. If too warm, they will stick together just as the Pinnicle and Donruss and Stadium Club from that same era.

Lothar52

its a freaking mess....unopened 91 stadiumclub baseball packs...many of the cards are all stuck together....FREAKIN MESS

Loth

Lothar52

last year i box 3 boxes each of series 1 and 2 baseball at 10 bucks a piecejust cause i couldnt afford the 10-25 dollar per pack price at the time....EAT THAT YOU GREEDY DEALERS...oh wait..they are all gone and just us true collectors remain ... BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA~~!~~`~~!!!!!

the mad Lothar