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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
The Star Company cards were distributed very poorly. They were considered a novelty back then because there were not sold in Wax Packs. They were essentially sold like Minor League team sets at the time. There were like 10 hobby dealers in the entire country that controlled the entire press run.
The Fleer cards were considered the first nationally and traditionally distributed basketball set since the early 80's Topps sets.
That's not even going into the serious questions about Star Co. repros and possible multiple uses of the printing plates, or if anybody really has a great handle on telling the 1st printing stuff from the later printing stuff.
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Still were a licensed card made two years prior to Fleer. If it isn't a card, then what is it? Doesn't matter if sold in sets already or packs. They are still licensed cards.
I was buying them within the year they came out so they were definitely printed in that year listed.
As for printing more of them at a later year, that is a different story of which I don't know fact from fiction on that.