tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post1809688617129772102..comments2024-03-29T07:44:22.008-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Best set of the year: 1992night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-59894957118995538172021-10-10T10:14:53.214-04:002021-10-10T10:14:53.214-04:00II have found some old baseball cards from 1990 to...II have found some old baseball cards from 1990 to 99 all in excellent conditionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-44038351647454566052021-09-17T08:47:35.889-04:002021-09-17T08:47:35.889-04:00So, to me, 1992 was the first great year for colle...So, to me, 1992 was the first great year for collecting in a long time, certainly the best (and getting toward the end of) the junk era. <br /><br />This was the year everyone stepped up. Topps and those white cards with the 3D? Fantastic. Fleer and Donruss were miles ahead of their 90 and 91 sets. Upper Deck had their best set yet. Ultra was great and better than Stadium Club. Even Bowman, historically as boring as it gets, had a great (and hard to find) set. And Pinnacle was and still is phenomenal, with a fully black, glossy 620-card set. (Note to Score: You don't need 900 cards in a set, and don't make it purple).<br /><br />My ranking: 1) Pinnacle, 2) Topps, 3) Upper Deck, 4) Ultra, 5) Donruss, 6) Fleer, 7) Bowman, 8) Stadium Club, 9) Leaf. Then way down the list we have Score (ick), Triple Play (if Chuck E Cheese was a card set) and Leaf (meh).Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691904619201606396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-66226668308690287742019-08-06T22:29:15.258-04:002019-08-06T22:29:15.258-04:00I'd like to watch that movie but Netflix in Ja...I'd like to watch that movie but Netflix in Japan doesn't have it for some reason. Guess they had trouble buying the rights to it from....Netflix? <br /><br />1992 was a peak year for me in terms of buying new cards and I collected all the sets in this post except Bowman and Triple Play, which is insane. Why did I try to collect 10 sets of baseball cards in one year? Weird times, though I did work in a card shop back then. I agree with Stadium Club as the winner, some of the photos weren't great its true but the ones that were (like that Larry Walker) were among the best ever. I'm a fan of the full bleed photo design in general. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-50329440833893416462019-08-06T20:04:23.296-04:002019-08-06T20:04:23.296-04:00I think I'd have made Pinnacle number one but ...I think I'd have made Pinnacle number one but otherwise I can get behind this ranking. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249945368779434870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-62647153529817512052019-08-06T15:37:25.530-04:002019-08-06T15:37:25.530-04:00I'm not a fan of sets in which every base card...I'm not a fan of sets in which every base card looks the same. There should be some slight variation from card to card, whether it's a change in color or something else. As much as I criticize modern day Topps Flagship, at least all the cards don't look the same. That's part of why, like you, I can't stand '92 Donruss.Henry Blanchettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702088556673492509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-23242137472839214582019-08-06T14:56:14.247-04:002019-08-06T14:56:14.247-04:00My birth year! There were some really good sets in...My birth year! There were some really good sets in '92 -- Topps is my favorite, but Stadium Club, Pinnacle, and even Triple Play are up there for me. But man were there some clunkers. I still don't know what Donruss and Fleer were thinking with those designs.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-65309956708687259052019-08-06T13:27:49.067-04:002019-08-06T13:27:49.067-04:00Great write-up! And yeesh, there were so many choi...Great write-up! And yeesh, there were so many choices in '92. I remember thinking the Topps design was okay, but then they released their hockey set . . . and used the same design. Booo! And then I discovered that they also used the same design for their basketball and football sets that year. Booo again! But who knows, maybe that laziness allowed them to focus more on Stadium Club, which wouldn't make it all bad.gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17740439412693373442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-59225836008879378592019-08-06T13:12:28.878-04:002019-08-06T13:12:28.878-04:00A. I really enjoyed "Jack of All Trades"...A. I really enjoyed "Jack of All Trades". In fact, I'll probably watch it again one day.<br /><br />B. 1992 Fleer Ultra is my personal favorite. Back in the day, I actually built a master set (minus the Gwynn autographs). At the time I worked at a card shop, so I had the help of several customers with the inserts. It's still one of my favorite sets from the decade.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-77206442493085022902019-08-06T11:53:21.613-04:002019-08-06T11:53:21.613-04:00I hated that movie - If someone was a collector ba...I hated that movie - If someone was a collector back then AND cared enough to want to make a movie about baseball cards they would have had to know that 80's-90's cards aren't worth anything already. Wouldn't anyone look online before hiring a camera crew to film the day and hauling a bunch of cards to a show hoping to get rich? <br /><br />The whole thing felt very staged and phony sedated apehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291188062716861651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-76024104996422193652019-08-06T10:31:10.391-04:002019-08-06T10:31:10.391-04:001992 marked the beginning of the end for the secon...1992 marked the beginning of the end for the second phase of my card collecting career, though I might not have realized it until reading this post. The trend towards upscale everything started by Upper Deck started permeating the hobby. What? Donruss is suddenly upscale? Or trying to be? A pack of cards costs what? Plus there was just too much product out there. Obviosuly, that was the beginning of both of those trends and I found them offputting. Then came the strike and I pretty much shut it down. <br /><br />Good analysis ... my vote for best set does agree with yours.Jamie Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184760000629386642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-81297791703546606372019-08-06T10:08:36.743-04:002019-08-06T10:08:36.743-04:00I recently opened almost 200 loose packs of 92UD, ...I recently opened almost 200 loose packs of 92UD, but was not lucky. <br /><br />Leaf deserves a few bonus points for the black front/gold back parallel set -- which chip a lot more easily than Pinnacle. Still not enough to push it into contention. Though the color doesn't upset me, I agree that there's absolutely nothing redeeming about the Donruss fronts.<br /><br />Your analysis revealed a lot more "design sameness" than I realized existed. Score and Fleer both have the 'narrow front photo' problem.<br />Michael Otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686386203568984793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-1260865401947331612019-08-06T07:16:25.049-04:002019-08-06T07:16:25.049-04:001992 was the first year I started buying cards wit...1992 was the first year I started buying cards with my own money, and for me, 1992 Topps will never be beat. <br />And BARS means Baseball Analysis and Reporting System (they had it listed on randomly inserted info cards that year).Jeremya1umhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631055539594841302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-30861788171777838542019-08-06T05:14:51.145-04:002019-08-06T05:14:51.145-04:00Great choice! Great choice! The Snorting Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376669412007613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-44794639631809181682019-08-05T23:05:58.686-04:002019-08-05T23:05:58.686-04:001992 was the first year in awhile that I didn'...1992 was the first year in awhile that I didn't buy any cards. I was tired of them and I was out of the elementary school scene so I wasn't having kids bring cards in to show me. Some of those sets I am only dimly aware of even now. But looking thru them I'd agree...Stadium Club is easily the best of the bunch.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-2539319716056139522019-08-05T21:24:38.499-04:002019-08-05T21:24:38.499-04:00Holy cow that was a lot of card sets! Anyway, my f...Holy cow that was a lot of card sets! Anyway, my favorites from 1992 (in no particular order) ... Upper Deck, Topps, Leaf (always enjoyed 1992 Leaf, very clean design) and Pinnacle. Score and Fleer aren't bad, I sometimes have trouble telling them apart because they have a similar look. Stadium Club is nice but it's not really my thing. I'll keep a 92 Stadium Club card if it's got a cool picture but the posed shot ones usually go straight into the donation bin. I don't hate 1992 Donruss as much as you but it's not my favorite either. The others (Studio, Ultra, Triple Play, etc.) I could give or take.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300769076865200758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-34464558499347431202019-08-05T20:46:48.925-04:002019-08-05T20:46:48.925-04:00I can hear the cartoon screeching of brakes when I...I can hear the cartoon screeching of brakes when I look at the Walker card.. <br />I found 1991 and 1992 Stadium Club to be too similar in design. But that era it seemed every company made their cards too similar to the previous year's.. Mike Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423029196949506523noreply@blogger.com