Monday, March 24, 2008

Always Be Collecting: 1995 Fleer

1995 Fleer

Base Set: 600 cards (one series)
Inserts:
  • All Fleer-9: 9 cards (complete set available via a wrapper redemption offer)
  • All Rookies: 9 cards (complete set available via a 1:150/pack redemption card)
  • All-Stars: 25 cards (1:3)
  • Award Winners: 6 cards (1:24)
  • League Leaders: 10 cards (1:12)
  • Lumber Company: 10 cards (1:24, retail wax exclusive)
  • Major League Prospects: 10 cards (1:6)
  • Pro-Visions: 6 cards (1:9)
  • Rookie Sensations: 20 cards (1:4, jumbo exclusive)
  • Team Leaders: 28 cards (1:24, Hobby wax exclusive)
Packaging: 36 pack, 12-card waxboxes (Hobby and retail); 24 pack, 18-card jumbo boxes.
Notable Cards: The whole base set is notable for its six different base set designs, all equally ugly.
  • In an effort to spur strike-induced flagging card sales, the marketing slogan for 1995 Fleer was "Different by Design."
  • Base set featured six different (and distinct) designs, one for each of baseball's six divisions.
  • Fronts ranged from mildly nauseating (AL West) to LSD flashback (AL Central) to epileptic seizure inducing (NL West).
  • Still an insert in every pack, with the debut of "Hot Packs" containing nothing but inserts.
Full Set: $50 (NmMT)


1995 Fleer Update

Base Set: 200 cards (one series)
Inserts:
  • Diamond Tribute: 10 cards (1:5)
  • Headliners: 20 cards (1:3)
  • Rookie Update: 10 cards (1:4)
  • Smooth Leather: 10 cards (1:5, jumbo exclusive)
  • Soaring Stars: 9 cards (1:36)
Packaging: 36 pack, 12-card waxboxes; 24 pack, 18-card jumbo boxes.
Notable cards: Hideo Nomo RC
Other Notes:
  • First Fleer Update set released in pack form.
  • Last Fleer jumbo pack product.
  • One of a bazillion late-1995 sets to feature a Hideo Nomo RC.
Full Set: $15 (NmMT)

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