My Kenner Starting Lineup interview with NFL Films (now on YouTube)

Ironmanfan · January 7, 2016 8:24PM

Originally posted by: curch

According to Collinsworth, they all wanted one. I heard rumors that all players got a prototype, but I was never able to confirm that.

if all players had been given a prototype, more than one would have sprung loose at this juncture....I watched the piece last night, very cool!

IMF

curch · January 8, 2016 12:13AM

Thanks for watching IMF! glad you enjoyed!

RookieHOFers · January 8, 2016 12:27AM

Very nice piece! Thanks for sharing and good luck finding that head.

curch · January 8, 2016 4:10AM

Hahaha! Thanks! I don't think it will ever be found though!

eagles33 · January 8, 2016 8:46PM

Very cool. Why is fralic the holy grail? Was it a short print. What are some other rarities?

curch · January 8, 2016 8:56PM

All the 89 Falcons are pretty rare. But the fralic, being a lineman, was produced in ever smaller quantities. The 88 falcons were not the best team in the NFL at the time. So with small popularity and only being released regionally, this made this team pretty rare. Not to mention the great color on those figures and the offensive lineman pose being very popular among collectors today. All these factors make the 89 fralic very desirable.

Lots of other hard to find figures. From 88 to 91 Starting Lineup had a regional release with many teams/players! Makes building a set very interesting sometimes.

If you have any other starting lineup questions, please let me know.

Thanks for watching!

Ironmanfan · January 8, 2016 11:09PM

the 1989 Kenner SLU baseball set had some tough figures to find too....For the life of me, I couldn't find the Ripken figure anywhere in 1989, after it being somewhat plentiful the year before.

to demonstrate how different the hobby was back then, I wrote a letter to Kenner directly asking if they could sell me one and they responded by sending me the Ripken for free!

IMF

curch · January 8, 2016 11:25PM

That's a great story! Kenner was an awesome company! They did that same kind of thing with other toy lines. The 89 Ripken was also a regionally released figure. The 89 baseball set is a monster set. The biggest ever produced! Tons of regional figures. The hardest probably being the Angels. The Devon White is the holy grail of that set. And to make matters worse, it's next to impossible to find one that the bubble hasn't turned yellow.

SumoMenkoMan · January 9, 2016 12:09AM

Great video. Never collected them, but am impressed by the folks who do.

curch · January 9, 2016 3:32AM

Thanks for checking it out sumo! Time to start collecting

BruceinGa · January 13, 2016 2:11AM

I just watched the 5 minute clip on youtube, awesome! I have some from 87-90, NFL and basketball.

curch · January 13, 2016 10:04AM

Cool thanks for watching! I just saw it got 4,000 hits! Maybe you were the one that hit that number

. Please feel free to share your collection sometime. I love to see what everyone has!

curch · January 18, 2016 7:00PM

I will be more than happy to share some. Here are some of my prototypes. This is what you see in the background of the video.

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