Best and Worst sets ever made

[ooneil]

Thought this might make an interesting discussion. Here are my picks.

Worst

1. 1997 Dynamic "Fatty's Turn it up". Horrible, just horrible.......nothing more i can say. Is it any wonder they went broke soon after.

2. 2010 Champions. A dud for Select and collectors. Full or boring old recycled idea's. Whoever thought Diamond Phenomenon cards where a good choice as the top insert for the set needs their head examined.

Best

1. 2003 XL - without a doubt in my mind the best made. Signature cards galore. Jersey cards, legend cards. Nothing has ever come close IMO.

=2. 2008 Centenary - to me Select really did this milestone justice. A very collectable and well executed set.

=2. 1996 Signature Gold - 36 signature cards. Awesome set that came at an unfortunate time. Would have been a best seller had it come out in 2006 vs. 1996 when the card industry in Australia had literally sh*t itself.

 

[hybridtheory13]

i agree with the 1997 fattys set...awful!!!

my favs would be the 1995 series 1 and 2 ( just because that was the set i started with) and i was pretty impressed with series 1 and 2 this year...

i liked the emphasis on the rookies etc from series 1 but the signature cards looked pretty poor.....over all i rated strike pretty high except for opening up to 10 packs in a row full of base cards

 

[Darrenemu]

Worst 1988 and 1989 when some cards had imaginery quotes the player might be saying. It killed me!!

I love 2003. Also like the head shot in dressing room style of 1981.

Darren

 

[GiRDS-]

Favourite = Centenary
Worst = 2005 Tradition.

the introduction of the cheap set was the beginning of the end :/

 

[shane_sharks]

Best 2009 Classic

Worst 2010 Chmpions lol@that set worst sh.it ever produced

 

[#1 Eels fan]

Worst:
2008 Champions
2009 Champions
2010 Champions

Best:
2003 Xl
2009 Classic

 

[1967Sharks]

2005 Tradition is a great set and thats how a 1st series should be.

My favourite set is probably 1986 or 1987
Worst would be any of the Champions sets.

 

[ooneil]

My favourite set is probably 1986 or 1987
Worst would be any of the Champions sets.

Are they the ones your mum made you give away?

 

[1967Sharks]

Yeah but i really like those sets. I do like 88 and 89 aswell but i dont like the rounded corners.
Select Releases i like 2003, 2005 Power and 2006 Invincibles.

 

[ooneil]

Yeah i love that 1988 set myself. Probably only down to it being the first i ever collected.

 

[thenamesgould]

Worst 1988 and 1989 when some cards had imaginery quotes the player might be saying. It killed me!!

How dare you insult the quote cards from Stimoral!?!?

They were "hilarious".

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the introduction of the cheap set was the beginning of the end :/

Pretty much agree with this, and I know plenty who also think the same thing.

 

[Victor The Viking]

Ones I like the best are 03, 08 Centenary and 09 Classic. I also like 95 series 1 & 2 - good lot of Raiders subsets in there.

Worst is easily the 97 Fatty cards.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Fave is probably 2000 or 2004.

I won't say worst but the Centenary set left out so many top players from the 5 cards per team sets it was laughable. How Nathan Hindmarsh was left out of a pivotal set says as much about the NRL as it does about Select.

2006 Series 2 that left out El Masri, Ryan, Hindmarsh and Menzies, amongst others was a crap set.

 

[1967Sharks]

My problem with Centenary was that there were way too many boxes released. They shouldve made it 5000 and had the Immortal sigs #/60.

 

[shane_sharks]

How many boxes of centenary were released?

 

[1967Sharks]

10,000.......

 

[shane_sharks]

And it sold out?

 

[1967Sharks]

Far from it

 

[shane_sharks]

looks like select sold the rest of it off to steve wang at card zone too bad he wants a arm and a leg for a box

 

[1967Sharks]

The whole Select/CardZone system is dodgy.