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Title:Sports Memorabilia
Notice:Wanted: 3.*; For_sale: 4.*; Traded: 5.*
Moderator:SCHOOL::KOPACKO
Created:Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:730
Total number of notes:8547

559.0. "1993 Donruss Triple Play" by FUTURE::JST_ONGE (John St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715) Thu May 13 1993 00:39

    This note is for the 1993 Donruss Triple Play set. This set is priced
    and geared towards kids.  It's  264  cards, black borders with player
    names in big  silver  letters  (kind of Impact Football) and the team
    logo on front.  It has a 10 card  Nickname  insert  set and I've seen
    these at pretty cheap prices, 1-2$ for "lower" stars like Ozzie Smith
    and 5$ for "bigger" stars like "Big Hurt" Thomas.
    
    Boxes are pretty affordable - 13$ at the clubs (BJ's etc.).  I opened
    two boxes.  Each box had 4 Nickname cards.  I couldn't make a set out
    of two boxes though  -  about the  only  drawback with the set. Yeah,
    some of the cards are kind  of  hokey  (Mascots, Equipment etc.), but
    the set is geared towards kids.  I liked the Joe Robbie and Mile High
    Stadium cards. By the way, Joe Robbie exists as card #129 (error) and
    also as #259 (the real number).
    
    I found myself reading the card backs while sorting them. Some inter-
    esting stuff on some of the cards.  There's also one scratch game per
    pack  and these are a collectible in themselves with lots of stars on
    the fronts.  You don't win anything, but it's  like  the  old days of
    Topps when you scratched the cards  and  didn't worry about taking it
    from a mint card down to a VG.
    
    Overall, a fairly nice set, nice design.  I give it 4 out of 5 Sticks
    on the Gum-O-Meter  and  it's  definitely  worth buying for a kid who
    isn't into reading Beckett's yet.  It's more  fun  opening  a  box of
    these than worrying about  whether  you got a Shaq in that basketball
    box you paid 100$ for.
    
    John
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559.1NeatoDDIF::TANCILLWell, hello Mr. SoulThu May 13 1993 16:1618
    
    Definitely agree with you John, I bought box awhile back for ~$14
    when they first came out and let "my 3 sons" all open them.  Well
    they really enjoyed it as we got 6 insert nickname cards and each
    of them hit 2 a piece.  Just bought another box at BJs for $12.50
    and the kids ripped thru that one, finding 5 more nickname inserts
    (including Nolan "Express" Ryan which made Dad happy too!, gimme
    that insert kid...)
    
    We haven't sorted the 2nd box yet, but did notice on the first one
    that the collation was pretty lousy (trade time).  I give Leaf real
    credit for making a nice low end product and even spicing it up with
    some nice inserts, kids can relate to nicknames and they are good
    looking cards.
    
    jeff
    
    
559.2FUTURE::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Sat May 15 1993 23:326
    I went to a card store today  and asked if they had any Triple Play
    singles. The guy told me they had some, but they can't put them out
    yet because they're not in any price guides. These guys can't think
    for themselves.
    
    John
559.3Probably why so many of them fail...NAC::G_WAUGAMANMon May 17 1993 18:0119
                                                                         
    > I went to a card store today  and asked if they had any Triple Play
    > singles. The guy told me they had some, but they can't put them out
    > yet because they're not in any price guides. These guys can't think
    > for themselves.
    
    That's sad, very sad.  Someone refusing to do business because they
    don't have a price guide.  There's something very strange and unique to
    these card businesses in that for many (okay, not all, but an alarmingly
    high percentage in my experience) of them customer satisfaction is 
    of the absolute lowest priority.  I don't know how many times I've gone
    into a place and had the proprietor tell me that he has no idea if
    he'll get a particular card, no idea what he'll charge if and when he 
    does (he'll have to look it up at that time), and is even unsure if 
    he'll be open next weekend because he might be at a card show.  There's
    apparently no thought whatsoever given to establishing a clientele...
    
    glenn
     
559.4FUTURE::JST_ONGEJohn St.Onge USDSL DTN 275-2715Mon May 17 1993 22:056
    I know what you mean.  Triple Play which is probably the lowest priced
    product  and  they  couldn't  make  a decision. I'll stick to my usual
    dealer (Hall of Fame) from now on and look for singles he doesn't have
    at shows.
    
    John