Which of these junk wax sets do you like and why?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Tennis13

For me, it has to be 1986 Donruss. Pure nostalgia. For some reason, I am really drawn to this issue.

'86 Donruss for this reason. Although I bought packs from previous years, this was the first year that I really started collecting. I remember ('88?) when Canseco broke the 40/40 club and his rookie was selling for $100+. Good times.

'87 Donruss a close second. Remember all the rookie prospects from that year? Maddux, Bo, Larkin, Bonds, Bonilla, Will Clark, Mike Greenwell, Kevin Mitchell, Benito Santiago, Palmeiro. And there's still probably at least half a dozen that I'm not remembering.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

'86 Donruss for this reason. Although I bought packs from previous years, this was the first year that I really started collecting. I remember ('88?) when Canseco broke the 40/40 club and his rookie was selling for $100+. Good times.

'87 Donruss a close second. Remember all the rookie prospects from that year? Maddux, Bo, Larkin, Bonds, Bonilla, Will Clark, Mike Greenwell, Kevin Mitchell, Benito Santiago, Palmeiro. And there's still probably at least half a dozen that I'm not remembering.

Good ol' days. $100 raw.

I remember going to a baseball card show and one of those card brokers that was popping up in SCD at the time was set up there.

They were buying Cansecos for $90 bucks and selling them for $100 bucks, and there were more people buying the Cansecos then selling them.

That being said, of the ones listed, I probably also had the greatest affinity for 87 Donruss, because it was accessible to me at the time and had that great selection of Rookies. 86 Donruss was never easy to find and when the Canseco and McGriff took off, the wax was not very affordable for a teenager like myself.

Not listed but I preferred Fleer of all the releases in 1987. Just had a very clean look to them, and for some reason there seemed to be a lot less of them out there then Donruss, and obviously those ugly Topps wood borders.

[Classic Wax Cards]

great anwsers and explanations! I appreciate the feedback. And I'm glad the 1990 score still gets a little love.

thinking about how I feel about each set...

1986 Donruss: its got the Canseco obviously. And a couple others like the McGriff.
1987 Donruss: I had a lot of these when they were current. I didn't really respect them though at the time. I think now, my opinion is they have the better group of cards overall to have of the sets listed.
1988 Donruss: Doesn't really do much for me.
1989 Fleer: I didn't really like the design. That being said, I guess I'd consider this one the most collectible. Has the most branch offs to other rabbit holes with all the errors and variations.
1990 Score: Probably the junk of the choices, but I had this factory set when it was new, and I about wore it out from going through it. Brings back the most memories for me of the bunch.

seems like the 86 Donruss gets the most love!

[PineTar5]

In this order

1986 Donruss
1987 Donruss
1989 Fleer
1990 Score
1988 Donruss


I like 84-97 Donruss but '88 was the beginning of my perception of massively overproduction plus it seemed a bit cheap (although I now have some interest in perfect copies as they tend to flake easy)

90 Score - similar to the first 88 set with nice back pics and good info on the players.

89 Fleer was the last Fleer set I liked


I like picking a player and having the main base card from each manufacturer in order by brand. Page 1=Barry Bonds Donruss by year, Page 2=Barry Bonds Fleer by year, etc.

[Harliduck]

It's funny the years you mentioned...the local card shop had 87 Donruss, 89 Fleer, and 90 Score wax boxes (well, wrapper boxes for the Score) and I bought 5 boxes of each. I opened them with my 10 year old son at the time (last year) and he got the thrill of looking for all those rookies. Recaptured some teen card years for me big time...what a great time we had. I'll go with 87 Donruss...just too many cool cards. I think I pulled 8 super clean Maddux cards and only 4 Bo's...

I wonder just how many unopened boxes from those years are left out there...seems to always be around.

[Rich Klein]

Of that group, 1990 Score.

Not because it is the most valuable but the photos front AND back are good as well as the write ups

Also, there are some neat things to look for -- variations and rookie cards and the factory set inserts

Rich

[jp1216]

'89 Fleer by a landslide.
I still open (on average) one box a year. Wax, cello or rack. The look, the feel, remembering the sequences etc. I can hear Guns N Roses in my head. It's 1989 all over again....

[RayBShotz]

86 Donruss.