Hello friends!
It seems with the ebb and flow the blogging community has, a proper Blog Bat Aound hasn't been done in a while. From what I saw on San Jose Fuji's page, this was started by Night Owl 20 months ago.
It's taking a look at your favourite sets of the Junk Wax Era, defined by Night Owl as 1987-1993.
I have seven choices. Some of my favourites aren't here because they might be less favoured than the ones listed..
#7 1988 Score.
The first set put out by Score was a fine effort. I think after the 1990 set they went downhill fast.
#6 1991 Stadium Club
Stadium Club was famous for the full bleed photos and the quirky photos in general. I loved the sets but always found them hard to collect, even now.. They also suffer from Same-ness.. Years blend together.
#5 1992 Donruss
The first set I started collecting I think I finally have a way of describing it.. It's a sterile, almost industrial looking set.. A big departure from the previous efforts by Donruss, but just as frustrating to collect if doing the master set because of those variations..
#4 1987 O Pee Chee
The same design as Topps, but Canadian.. The OPC set was 396 cards instead of 792.
#3 1989 O Pee Chee
I wasn't a fan of 1988 Topps/OPC design, but I did like 1989. And doesn't Kelly look a little like Dave Coulier here?
#2 1990 O Pee Chee
The 1990 and 1991 OPC were tougher to tell from the Topps counterpart because they had the Topps logo rather than the OPC. Once you flipped the card over, you saw the difference.
#1 1993 O Pee Chee
This was the first time OPC made their own set rather than licensing Topps' design. I think it was very well done.
A few honourable mentions:
1989 Score.
1988 Donruss
1987 Leaf
1993 Upper Deck.
What say you, dear reader?
