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Saturday Afternoon Rippage - 1986 Baseball Fleer Wax Box (Results/Pictures Added)

Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
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Always wanted to open these up so today, I will do so. Im just going to be searching the packs really quick to see if I see any with Canseco Rookie showing through the pack. Ill post here in a bit with all the key cards pulled.

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  • rabbitpunchrabbitpunch Posts: 169
    Almost crapped on myself when I saw the title thinking it was basketball.
  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Lol - Let me fix that right quick...
  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    U are bound to find one .Fleer had very good allocation then.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • mcadamsmcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Almost crapped on myself when I saw the title thinking it was basketball. >>



    Me too. I was getting the popcorn ready.
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  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Well, I just pulled a Canseco and of course, it had a dinged corner (2nd card from top) when every other card in that same pack looked great so ill just accept is as my luck as usual.

    Im about 1 3rd of the way into this. Ive pulled out many stars so far so now just looking out for any possible 10's. Pictures coming soon...
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is really mind blowing that in 1986 this box sat next to a basketball box and the packs were close to the same price then and now the basketball is over 700 times more expensive.

  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Ok, here are the results. I pulled out most of the star cards from the set. Doubles were extremely scarce - I'm not exaggerating ether. Just look at the stars I pulled - no doubles! While opening the packs I noticed I got a Ron Darling double towards the end but I cannot recall anymore and I have a pretty good memory seeing how I was opening pack after pack. I actually thought that was a very good thing. The Canseco that I had pulled had a dinged corner and didnt have perfect centering so a 9 would of been the best I could have gotten with that one so the corner doesn't really bother me. Now if it was centered, then yes. I didn't get a Cecil rookie but I'm happy I pulled my Canseco instead.

    Centering wasn't too kind with this box but sharp cards overall with very nice corners. I did pull out 2 possible 10's worth sending in. A Nolan Ryan (which was in my last pack along with a Gooden All-Star card. There has to be Gooden fans out there that may want this in a 10 *Cough Eric *Cough lol

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  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I forgot about that Mickey Hatcher 'big glove' card.

    Marc - Looks like you definitely got your money's worth out of that box. Very nice.
    Daniel
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    HELL YEA i can use that Gooden if it comes back a 10!

    GREAT RIP!
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  • Goodsport40Goodsport40 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭
    One of my favorite 80s issues.

    I remember wanting to buy the set when I was in college but my local shop wanted $85!image

    Thanks for sharing.

    Robert
  • JustinsShoeboxJustinsShoebox Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭
    Love this set. Great fun!

    Justin
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  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Looks like you had a great time. That is one of my favorite sets from the 80s.
  • RudedawgRudedawg Posts: 345 ✭✭


    << <i>It is really mind blowing that in 1986 this box sat next to a basketball box and the packs were close to the same price then and now the basketball is over 700 times more expensive. >>



    +1


    Nice rip Foo, it always makes a box more enjoyable when you don't get dozen of dupes. I always liked this set, it's a simple design but catches the eye. I think it gets overlooked (the base set anyway) because most of the great RC's are in the Update set. I think 86 Donruss, Fleer and Topps base sets would be much more collected if Bonds, Bo, Will Clark, etc. were in them. Alas, they arent!

    Keep postin' these mid-80s rips image

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  • RookieWaxRookieWax Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing. I have always liked the 1986 Fleer card design. I remember really wanting a 1986 Fleer Update of Will Clark, but they were out of my price range at the time at about $40.
  • metrothememetrotheme Posts: 548
    PM sent.
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭
    Always liked those Fleer All Star Team inserts. Very attractive with the red and blue design. The Mattingly and Brett cards were good for $5-7 apiece in the day. (I think Ripken was in there too.)
  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    This was actually a pretty fun box and cheap to rip. Never got to do this as a kid. Stuff like this was expensive in the early 90's. Especially when you were 12, 13 yrs old with no job.
  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It is really mind blowing that in 1986 this box sat next to a basketball box and the packs were close to the same price then and now the basketball is over 700 times more expensive. >>



    Agreed, do you have a hot tub? On top of that the basketballs didn't do much price wise for a couple years.
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