Basic Set vs. Basic & Collector Issues Set
joelsabi
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Can someone explain the difference between the cards in the "basic set" and the cards in the "basic and collector issues set." I am considering collecting the "basic and collector issue" sets for certain players but want clarity as to where regional, food issues, minor league, to mail in fit into these sets. thanks in advance.
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<< <i>Can someone explain the difference between the cards in the "basic set" and the cards in the "basic and collector issues set." I am considering collecting the "basic and collector issue" sets for certain players but want clarity as to where regional, food issues, minor league, to mail in fit into these sets. thanks in advance. >>
Pretty much everything that is not an insert fits into the Basic & Collector Sets, while the Basic is suppose to be just the major sets.
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Basic & Collector Issues Player Sets:
These sets, for modern players (post-1971), include all cards defined as a "Main Set" cards (promos, prototypes and test sets excluded), but do not include cards from Parallel Sets, Insert Sets, or Parallel/Inserts Sets. Special cards and league leader cards are not included. For a list of possible inclusions into the Basic & Collector Issues set, please email setregistry@collectors.com.
So does that mean pretty anything goes except parallel cards, inserts, and special cards inside basic sets? why are food issue , regional issue or minor league cards considered a "Main Set" ? Anyone know?
I don't care about 80's OPC cards and if collectors want them in their sets fine but the up until around 1977 OPC cards were much tougher to find then their Topps counterparts and making them a "BASIC" card would be wrong.
As for the 1985-88 Leaf cards. They should absolutely not be in the basic sets! They are completely different from the 1990-present Leaf cards. Just because the have the same name does not mean they are the same!
the problem is that the people that run the set registry really dont know much about cards. that said they kinda got hoodwinked by people requesting strange cards to be added to the old basic sets for modern players. in their mind the easiest why to deal with this was a poll for modern players. i can see why. if someone wants to work on a truely basic and collectors set of a modern player...do you want cards that are only available in a $100 pack of two or four cards/pack being included?? Unfortunately other widely available cards may have been left out. That said...collect what you like not what the registry says. Its still your hobby. You can always put the other cards in either a master set or collectors showcase set.
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
Exclusions:
1) Cards that have ratio explained on the pack (example 1:2 ; 1:8 packs and so forth)
If one type of its card cannot be pulled in a pack then its excluded. this eliminates parallels, inserts, one of one, autograph, game used cards
2) Dealer Promo Samples and National Convention Promos , Regional Show Promo Cards
3) Subset within a Set (example, All-Star, League Leaders, Milestone , Highlisghts) So only one card from any given player can be listed for the Registry Set. You cant have a basic set and an all-star card of Pujols from the same Topps set on the Registry Set.
4) Minor League and High School Cards (any card from a player wearing a minor league uniform or high school uniform or plain clothes (ex. bowman 92) cannot be included.
5) Food issues from regional brands.
Inclusions
1) Regular card from a nationally distributed card in packs.
2) Regular card from update sets as long as cards are sequentially numbered with the Regular set from that year. However only one card per player is allowed. So if Pujol is in the 1993 Topps set and in the 1993 Topps Update set you can only count the earliest distributed card from that set. In this case the 1993 regular Topps card.
3) Food issues that are distributed from national brands. If you can recognize the brand at the super market. (Pepsi, Nestles, Mother's Cookies, Cereal Cards like Post Cereals)
3) Only one card for any given box. I notice some boxes has multiple cards of superstars in the regular sets. Correct me if I wrong. Bowman Best comes to mind.