1992 Flopps (Pro Set) Promos
 

Anybody have any idea of production #'s of these cards ? I think there were 5 issued and then production stopped before a set could be produced.

As a Lance Parrish collector I have a handful of these in my collection. They certainly are not hard to find, but I have never heard any production numbers nor do I remember the distribution method.

I wish I could add one to a master set because I like it. Never going to happen as my understanding is zero licensing or permissions were sought by the company.

Ben needs the Boggs ;)

Yes he does.:)

Here's the Parrish. Always been a bit of an entertaining fave for a GPK collector. -

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/88YAA...JB/s-l1600.jpg

Those are gross and stupid.


Where can I get some? :D

I have seen the Boggs elsewhere, but not the Parrish. Any idea how many different subjects were made? A kind of preview of the Cardtoons set from a few years later.

There are 5 different ones on COMC. I got a Boggs for a buck.

And Al calls me weird.... But, if they had one of Frank Howard...... :cool:

Edit: Ken Groovy Jr. is quite funny.

snicker.

Ben's got it, 5 subjects -

Wade Bugs
Stickey Henderson
Ken Groovy Jr.
Barry Bones
Lance Perishable

I'm surprised these are so cheap. Must have been a high production of promos of these 5 players.

As for the collectability, promo production numbers might be one facet, but I'd also suggest a couple of other issues:

• Limited awareness of the set
• Limited appeal of the design/humor

Pro Set cancelled the project because the Players Association wasn't happy about it:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...410-story.html

Flopps has an interesting story.

Like mentioned above, it's the predecessor of the 1993 Cardtoons, which chose to defy the Players Association. The MLBPA then sued to stop production, but ultimately lost.

By 1992, a generation had grown up with Garbage Pail Kids, and many knew MAD Magazine. That year also had Baseball Enquirer cards, nameless caricatures with mock interviews on the backs, and the Spoof Bogus Baseball Cards with Tony Goon and Swollen Cryin. Still, I'd have to imagine that Flopps would have stood above those, being produced by a mainstream sports card company.

In the lineage of these spoof cards, you could connect to something like Wacky Packages, but what previous cards satirized actual players/teams?

Laughlin cards were more tame but might qualify. I have a couple 1975 Laughlin Batty Baseball cards, a set featuring the likes of the Milwaukee Boozers, Houston Disastros, and LA Smoggers.

I forget the name, but there was a basketball set that was similar, but a bit less funny.

I actually really found the 1992 Wild card info in that article very interesting! I discussion for another day, but Wild Card is one of my favorite footnotes in collecting. Good stuff.