Question for those who collected 1990's baseball cards....

Kdog08 · September 29, 2009 5:07AM

What year was your favorite design? Although it's not worth much and there were not any great cards that came out of the set...I always kinda liked the 93 Donruss. Basic look, nothing special....but I liked it!

Not my card...just showing as example:

richtree · September 29, 2009 5:07AM

good question ., lol

cwazzy · September 29, 2009 5:09AM

Has to be '91 Fleer.

Kdog08 · September 29, 2009 5:12AM

<< Has to be '91 Fleer.

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You must have a passion for the color yellow!?

cwazzy · September 29, 2009 5:13AM

I'm just kidding. I can't stand the '91 Fleer set. Which is ironic because I spent a lot of money on that set in '91.

slantycouch · September 29, 2009 5:14AM

I'd have to go '93 Upper Deck.

bziddy · September 29, 2009 5:17AM

95 emotion

billwaltonsbeard · September 29, 2009 5:56AM

The original first year Stadium Club sets. Nothing but a huge picture and player name banner.

Who would have thought back then that those sets, with the exception of the Favre RC, would be so incredibly worthless now?

saucywombat · September 29, 2009 6:11AM

1991 Stadium Club, 1990 Leaf - I liked the best.

'91 Fleer looks like it was produced using Windows Paint. If you pressed on the side of the packs you could see a black line if an insert was included, neighborhood kids were amazed when my sister and I came back from Revco with 20+ packs all with those painted whimsical satr cards. I thought I had won the lottery at the time.

What a waste the backs were actually cool with the circular color head shot of the player and complete stats for baseball careers.

slantycouch · September 29, 2009 6:14AM

oooh 1991 Stadium Club is a good call too. Those seemed pretty revolutionary at the time.

TheHun · September 29, 2009 6:14AM

none - I realize that is not very constructive, but there were few and far between samples of cards that I like from the 1990's.

There is a distinct lack of color in the cards from the 90's.

but if i had to choose:

slantycouch · September 29, 2009 6:22AM

<< none - I realize that is not very constructive, but there were few and far between samples of cards that I like from the 1990's.

There is a distict lack of color in the cards from the 90's. >>

Interesting coming from someone who has 3 b/w cards in their signature

saucywombat · September 29, 2009 6:23AM

<< What year was your favorite design? Although it's not worth much and there were not any great cards that came out of the set...I always kinda liked the 93 Donruss. Basic look, nothing special....but I liked it!

Not my card...just showing as example:

1994 Fleer might be a good candidate for you as well.

justmichael · September 29, 2009 6:33AM

I also liked the first few Stadium Club sets.I liked how they featured the players rookie card on the reverse.
Mike

MeteoriteGuy · September 29, 2009 6:35AM

Surprised we didn't have a 1994 Finest response yet.

I would have to go 1991 Stadium Club as well. For oddball sets I guess I will go with the 1991? Denny's Holograms.

Barfvader · September 29, 2009 6:37AM

<< There is a distict lack of color in the cards from the 90's. >>

These are pretty colorful.

1993 Upper Deck Fun Packs

tunahead08 · September 29, 2009 6:43AM

I don't get the lack of color comment... as there are a ton of colorful sets from the 90's. The Fun Packs that Barfvader posted was one that came to mind right away... along with the 95 Fleer, 90 Topps, 90 Score, 92 Triple Play, 93 Select, etc... I'm sure there's a lot more, but those were just the ones off the top of my head.

DavidPuddy · September 29, 2009 6:46AM

1992 Fleer Ultra was always one of my favorites.

MeteoriteGuy · September 29, 2009 6:46AM

<< I don't get the lack of color comment... as there are a ton of colorful sets from the 90's. The Fun Packs that Barfvader posted was one that came to mind right away... along with the 95 Fleer, 90 Topps, 90 Score, 92 Triple Play, 93 Select, etc... I'm sure there's a lot more, but those were just the ones off the top of my head. >>

I didn't get that either but I imagine he more means style..as there was trend in the 90s to do away with borders and the like.

I think most cards went from a four-color press to four-color press plus a second press to add foil and the like.

Kdog08 · September 29, 2009 6:49AM

<< 1994 Fleer might be a good candidate for you as well. >>

I liked those too. Don't get me wrong...I loved some of the non-bordered cards also. The Stadium Club as mentioned and also these!!!! Though there was not too big of a difference between 1992 and 1993!
1992:

1993:

TheHun · September 29, 2009 6:53AM

I was referring to the OP question.

If any one of the detractors like the 1990's that much - I've got a ton of your "colorful" card to sell you. (I doubt there are any takers)

I think there is a difference between finding a few card with color in the 1990's and actually wanting them.

But it was a question of opinion - so everyone is entitled.

cheers

clayshooter22 · September 29, 2009 7:00AM

+1 for 91 Stadium.

This is my one all-time fav card:

Nathaniel1960 · September 29, 2009 7:02AM

1990-91 UD Hockey

vladguerrero · September 29, 2009 7:10AM

<< I'm just kidding. I can't stand the '91 Fleer set. Which is ironic because I spent a lot of money on that set in '91.

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I bought boxes of that crap, not sure why.

I think hands down 1995 Bowman's Best (I only have a Refractor pic but the base has silver/aluminum backgound), great layout, modern look almost 15 years later, crisp photography, great player selection.

eagles33 · September 29, 2009 7:29AM

i always liked 1990 fleer football.. its worthless except to for the emmitt rookie in the update set.. the worst by far was 1991 fleer. zero good rookies.. and super ugly cards

VitoCo1972 · September 29, 2009 7:31AM

I liked 1993 Donruss BB. Simple and clean and some nice photography. Also liked 91 Stadium Club BB. For some strange reason I always like 1997 Fleer BB but the Ortiz RC is the only meaningful card in that set. As for football, 1996 Bowman's Best was excellent.

saucywombat · September 29, 2009 7:31AM

<< Surprised we didn't have a 1994 Finest response yet.

I would have to go 1991 Stadium Club as well. For oddball sets I guess I will go with the 1991? Denny's Holograms. >>

I'd vote 1994 Finest if all the cards had been done in the style of the all-stars and rookies. 1993 Finest All-Stars are up there as well.

The '93 Greg Maddux Finest is very cool especially in the jumbo in its psa slab. (Its the only clue in my living room that a complete nut case lives in the house with his horde of sports cards.)

Brian48 · September 29, 2009 7:34AM

I "quit" collecting in '91 so I never warmed up to later issues. Looking at what's out there, I do have a fondness for the '91 Topps 40th Anniversary design. Great collection of action pics. It's also the last year Topps went with the traditional grey cardboard and included the old style gum.

alnavman · September 29, 2009 8:28AM

I liked the first two Studio issues, one year had the red background and the other had the beige background. Thought they were nice clean looking cards and they would be great for getting autographs on I would think. al.

WalterSobchak · September 29, 2009 8:46AM

There is no baseball set from 1990-1994 (after that I stopped collecting for about 10 years so I am not very familiar with late '90s sets) that stands out for me. I guess if I were forced to pick one I liked I would go with '93 SP.
Non-baseball, for some weird reason I like the '90-91 Skybox basketball set design. Can't really explain why, I just like it.

The main reason I am posting to this thread is to voice my opinion that 1990 Topps baseball is, hands down, the ugliest, most eye-gougingly painful set of cards ever produced by humans. Twenty years later, I STILL can't believe anyone in a position of power at Topps ever green-lighted that design.

justmichael · September 29, 2009 8:48AM

<< 
The main reason I am posting to this thread is to voice my opinion that 1990 Topps baseball is, hands down, the ugliest, most eye-gougingly painful set of cards ever produced by humans. Twenty years later, I STILL can't believe anyone in a position of power at Topps ever green-lighted that design. >>

True story

digicat · September 29, 2009 9:18AM

I've always kinda liked the 1994 Upper Deck baseball set. After 1992, I started spending all of my money on comic books. The 1994 UD set made me come back for a bit.

1992 Ultra is a very pretty set as well.

Barfvader · September 29, 2009 11:09AM

Some inserts.

ElToroLoco · September 29, 2009 11:33AM

As a 90's junkie, I like the 1992 Fleer Ultra set the best. I also have over 10K 1991 Fleer cards in numerical order. I'm gonna make a killing on them.

heritage · September 29, 2009 2:46PM

I like the 1991 Bowman set. The cards are clean and simple cards.

Estil · September 30, 2009 3:02AM

I personally LOVE the Fleer/Ultra insert sets from 1992-95. Especially 1994 Fleer/Ultra.

Yankees001 · September 30, 2009 4:10AM

The one I liked the best was the 1991 Fleer Ultra. Too bad it's a junk set, but it looked nice.

Estil · September 30, 2009 4:18AM

It's better than the Plain Jane 1991 Fleer set!

burke23 · September 30, 2009 4:19AM

<< The main reason I am posting to this thread is to voice my opinion that 1990 Topps baseball is, hands down, the ugliest, most eye-gougingly painful set of cards ever produced by humans. Twenty years later, I STILL can't believe anyone in a position of power at Topps ever green-lighted that design. >>

Really? Over '90 or '91 Donruss? I think not.
Like others I think Fleer made some great inserts in the early 90's - especially the Team Leaders and All-Stars in '92 basketball, and '92 All-Pro in Football.

Barfvader · September 30, 2009 4:44AM

vladguerrero · September 30, 2009 9:32AM

<< I personally LOVE the Fleer/Ultra insert sets from 1992-95. Especially 1994 Fleer/Ultra. >>

The base gold medallions were epic!

EAsports · September 30, 2009 10:07AM

1991 Topps was a great set.

I was a big fan of 1997 Ultra, and 1996 and 1997 Fleer, also.

csmtampa · September 30, 2009 10:11AM

1999 Topps Finest, the gold refractors are beautiful!

CNote · September 30, 2009 10:22AM

<< 1999 Topps Finest, the gold refractors are beautiful! >>

yes they are:

sdkcp · September 30, 2009 12:04PM

I am partial to these sets, some of which are not deemed very good at all (but I like them!):

1. 1990 Donruss baseball: I love the all red borders, seriously! The Rated Rookies look especially nice with the classic blue coloring against the red borders.

2. 1990 Fleer Football: A very simple design with white borders, a classy look, I just don't like many cards without borders (like Stadium Club, etc.)

3. 1990 Fleer Football All-Pro inserts: The silver backgrounds look great, and a gem mint card is very pretty!

On the flip side, 1990 Topps Baseball and 1991 Fleer Baseball are pretty awful, and some of the mid-90's Donruss were not so pretty either (ie 1995 or 1996 if I recall without looking it up)...

BPorter26 · September 30, 2009 12:10PM

I would say 1992 Fleer baseball and 1995 Bowman baseball has always been my favorite.

hammered · September 30, 2009 12:16PM

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I agree, has to be 91 Topps bb

jacksoncoupage · September 30, 2009 1:39PM

My favorites (and by favorite, I mean I still open wax whenever I find it):

1990 Upper Deck Baseball (All-time favorite Upper Deck design --see the Dave Justice RC or Dale Murphy card for examples -- Hobby history/controversy, $100 Ben McDonald ERROR at release during the peak of the error craze. My only complaint is that there isn't a Frank Thomas RC in it. What a beautiful card that would've been!)

1990-91 Upper Deck French Hockey (Great design. Great photography and the history/controversy behind it is fascinating)

1990 Pro Set Football (Great set overall, loaded with variations, weird promos and it's ERR/COR distribution/collation is still a mystery)

1990 Topps Baseball (I looovve this set! The Ryan tributes are still some of my favorite cards. Many great memories with this product!)

1991 Topps (Great design. Great photography and it's a variation collector's dream set)

1991 Stadium Club (The set that taught me where the hobby-poverty line was and just how far below it I was)

Honorables:

1993 Upper Deck Star Rookies subset

1997 Upper Deck Griffey's Hot List

1993 S.P. Platinum Power

pdub1819 · September 30, 2009 1:50PM

<< +1 for 91 Stadium.

This is my one all-time fav card:

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I agree

Question for those who collected 1990's baseball cards....

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