What's your favorite junk wax?

[JasonL]

My box of 1986 Fleer Star Stickers arrived on Friday, just in time to have some fun ripping open some packs! Of course, my sons (ages 4 and 8)caught me in the act and immediately demanded (in a nice way) in on the fun....so I had to hop on the Bay and order 2 more boxes because I was ticked that my 8 year old pulled all of my favorites from that year (pictured here), while I was stuck pulling doubles on folks that you wouldn't even think would make it into a "Star Stickers" set...players like Scott Garrelts and Damaso Garcia!! ugh.
Here are some of my faves...along with a Pre-war tie-in (the team stickers have pre-war era trivia on the reverse)...

Happy Memorial Day!

[slidekellyslide]

Good stuff! But don't rip on Damaso...he played a heckuva second base for about a 5 or 6 year stretch in the 80s.

My son and I ripped open a 1993 Ted Williams box yesterday...we put together two near sets...only missing Rocky Colavito (#33) in one set and missing 6 out of a second set. Today we ripped open a box of 1994 Topps Series 2 and got 45 Gold cards...one Black Gold winner redemption, and a Todd Van Poppel Topps Finest insert. My kid pulled both of the "biggies."

[GoldenAge50s]

I've go a #33 for you if you want it. What are the other 6 #'s--maybe I have them also.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I've go a #33 for you if you want it. What are the other 6 #'s--maybe I have them also.

Hey Fred, thanks for the offer. We only "need" the one Rocky Colavito card. We don't need two sets. I already told my son he could disperse the doubles as he sees fit amongst his friends. There are a lot of "vintage" superstars in that set.

[JasonL]

and a very nice guy as well. One of my good friends was family friends with the Reuschels and I got to tag along to Wrigley with them on a day when Rick was going to start for the Giants...Rick led us into the park at 8:30am through the front office entrance, where he stopped to say hi to the staff (having been a longtime Cub, he knew everyone), and we got to sit in the visitors dugout and watch warmups, etc. After the game, we hung out well past all the fans were allowed to stay, and while walking out, we passed Ryne Sandberg in street clothes on his way out...All I could muster was a simple "Hi"...and it was funny, because I think he appreciated the normalcy and lack of drooling admiration. I got a practice ball signed by Brett Butler and Candy Maldonado. Rick was easily the most down-to-earth MLB player I could possibly imagine...still to this day. Another reason I guess it seems funny tro me that he would be in an All Star card set!

[JasonL]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Good stuff! But don't rip on Damaso...he played a heckuva second base for about a 5 or 6 year stretch in the 80s.

Yeah, I suppose you're right...after all, Rick Reuschel is in the set too!

[D. Bergin]

Nice. Makes me want to pick up a box or two of those now. When I was a kid I used to stockpile 81' Topps Damaso Garcia rookies. Always the oddball, I never went after the obvious guys. It was always the guys I thought I could pick up cheap and was flying under everybody else's radar. It rarely ever worked out for me, LOL!!!

[jb217676]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Nice. Makes me want to pick up a box or two of those now. When I was a kid I used to stockpile 81' Topps Damaso Garcia rookies. Always the oddball, I never went after the obvious guys. It was always the guys I thought I could pick up cheap and was flying under everybody else's radar. It rarely ever worked out for me, LOL!!!

Hey, at least you didn't invest in his successor's RC cards (legendary Blue Jays 2nd baseman Nelson Liriano)

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by JasonL

Yeah, I suppose you're right...after all, Rick Reuschel is in the set too!

Rick Reuschel was a great hitter.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Good stuff! But don't rip on Damaso...he played a heckuva second base for about a 5 or 6 year stretch in the 80s.

My son and I ripped open a 1993 Ted Williams box yesterday...we put together two near sets...only missing Rocky Colavito (#33) in one set and missing 6 out of a second set. Today we ripped open a box of 1994 Topps Series 2 and got 45 Gold cards...one Black Gold winner redemption, and a Todd Van Poppel Topps Finest insert. My kid pulled both of the "biggies."

HaHa! Todd Van Strasburg?

[FUBAR]

Mine would be the Conlon Collection. Ive only ever seen series 1, but it still remains one of my fav sets today and the main reason i got into vintage collecting

[nationalchicle]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

Mine would be the Conlon Collection. Ive only ever seen series 1, but it still remains one of my fav sets today and the main reason i got into vintage collecting

I agree, the Conlon Collection is my favorite also and it was probably the first time I realized there WERE vintage cards. I still bang my head against the wall for spending all that money on Pro Set and Score cards (all I could afford back in the day) when I could have been buying vintage for cheap.

[Doug]

I'd have to say 1985 Topps since those were the first baseball cards I ever had as a kid. I'm not sure if they would qualify as "junk wax" since wax boxes apparently still bring around $50, but after the McGwire/Clemens steroid stuff that's a far cry from the $300 or so they were bringing back in 1998 when I got back into baseball cards.

[FUBAR]

no doubt i wish i had avoided the early 90's stuff and bought vintage instead. I think i bought every box of proset football and UD baseball costco carried( not literally)... crazy (they were half price of my local card store)

I remember going way overboard on proset hockey thinking how cool they looked.