A different kind of mailday

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 24, 2024

Kidding

KG's

I'm really digging the Flair cards at the moment - trying to figure out the difference between row 0, 1, 2, 3 and a few years releases.

The Starquest are pretty low pop still. Not sure why PSA went for the Colours on the label instead of what they were called on the back - Black/Majestic, Blue/Super Rare etc

Avant Card is /201

I love the Donruss stuff from 2010/11. Emeralds, die cuts - the old school look.

Champions is another low pop card still - only 3 10's

And the biggest addition - the USA Gold Refractor jersey numbered 010/100 - randomly came across it and had to have it.

Maybe I am still collecting?

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 24, 2024

Only 3 2008-09 Upper Deck Starquest pack odds found:

First Edition (Green) 1:1
Common (Silver) 1:8
Uncommon (Orange)
Majestic (Black) 1:16
Rare (Purple)
Super Rare (Blue)
Ultra Rare (Gold)

jimbo2193 · Aug 24, 2024

I love how they have 3 different variations of rare. Maybe they should of had a 4th “na seriously this one’s rare”

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 24, 2024

jimbo2193 said:
I love how they have 3 different variations of rare. Maybe they should of had a 4th “na seriously this one’s rare”

For sure! I would have put Majestic as the most hard to get - just seems weird to me that it's in the middle

Dodgydave · Aug 24, 2024

Love the Avant card. It has reminded me I still have a package pulled Iverson Avant unredeemed redemption card from 2001-02 Showcase. Hard to believe I pulled that over 20 years ago!

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 25, 2024

Dodgydave said:
Love the Avant card. It has reminded me I still have a package pulled Iverson Avant unredeemed redemption card from 2001-02 Showcase. Hard to believe I pulled that over 20 years ago!

That was a redemption ? I wonder why they did that?

Were you too nervous to send overseas to redeem or it just wasn’t possible at the time?

skip20 · Aug 25, 2024

Avant cards were really artistic back in the day - reminds me of an early version of Panini Studio in many ways.

Not sure I agree wth the starquest odds - Majestic seems much harder to track donw than 1 in 16, maybe it's just much harder trying to track them down retrospectively.

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 25, 2024

skip20 said:
Avant cards were really artistic back in the day - reminds me of an early version of Panini Studio in many ways.

Not sure I agree wth the starquest odds - Majestic seems much harder to track donw than 1 in 16, maybe it's just much harder trying to track them down retrospectively.

I thought so too with the Majestic that's why when I seen it so cheap I snapped it up - it was like $18usd - cheaper than grading cost alone for us in AUS

OutlawNinja · Aug 25, 2024

GarnettFan4Life said:
Kidding

KG's

I'm really digging the Flair cards at the moment - trying to figure out the difference between row 0, 1, 2, 3 and a few years releases.

The Starquest are pretty low pop still. Not sure why PSA went for the Colours on the label instead of what they were called on the back - Black/Majestic, Blue/Super Rare etc

Avant Card is /201

I love the Donruss stuff from 2010/11. Emeralds, die cuts - the old school look.

Champions is another low pop card still - only 3 10's

And the biggest addition - the USA Gold Refractor jersey numbered 010/100 - randomly came across it and had to have it.

Maybe I am still collecting?

Love the Refractor !!!

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 25, 2024

OutlawNinja said:
Love the Refractor !!!

Pretty sexy hey!?!? I’d never even thought to get a USA jersey numbered card. Now I just have to find a high school numbered one and I’m good! The Brooklyn Nets one can go in the bin! Haha

Dodgydave · Aug 25, 2024

GarnettFan4Life said:
That was a redemption ? I wonder why they did that?

Were you too nervous to send overseas to redeem or it just wasn’t possible at the time?

No idea why it was redemption.

I think I never sent because it expired in January 2003 and I pulled it later that year.

Also, the concept of mailing a card to America and getting another one back was likely so foreign to my 21-year old student brain I never even considered it.

See below for pics of front and back. From a quick search I don't think the cards are worth much.

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 25, 2024

That looks like the next year - still cool though. Still the same question though, I wonder why it was a redemption and not serial numbered or anything cool once you redeemed it.

Dodgydave · Aug 25, 2024

GarnettFan4Life said:
That looks like the next year - still cool though. Still the same question though, I wonder why it was a redemption and not serial numbered or anything cool once you redeemed it.

That's it, definitely 2001-02.

No idea why it just redeems for a normal card. I hadn't actually looked up what you got for redeeming it until today. I think I have always been worried I missed out on something cool.

By the looks of it, I think I prefer that I kept the redemption!

GarnettFan4Life · Aug 25, 2024

Dodgydave said:
it, definitely 2001-02.

No idea why it just redeems for a normal card. I hadn't actually looked up what you got for redeeming it until today. I think I have always been worried I missed out on something cool.

By the looks of it, I think I prefer that I kept the redemption!

It definitely is cool to have the unredeemed card sometimes too - I picked up the KG Topps RC redeemed card then thought it would be good to go find the redemption card too

drobfan8 · Sep 1, 2024

Flair is an incredible product.

Grab a Row 0 from 96/97 and 97/98

GarnettFan4Life · Sep 1, 2024

drobfan8 said:
Flair is an incredible product.

Grab a Row 0 from 96/97 and 97/98

One in the bag

This Row 1 is awesome too - same effect as the Legacy /100 but just doesn’t have the blue foil.

Everyone seems to love these Row 0’s - I’m not sure yet - may have to hold one on hand

Essellohbeebeewhy · Sep 11, 2024

great pick ups....looking forward to seeing all the legacies and masterpieces to match the flair!!!!

Avant was such a sweet product. they just got better and better 03/04 has the black and white version which looks even better than the base!

GarnettFan4Life · Sep 11, 2024

Essellohbeebeewhy said:
great pick ups....looking forward to seeing all the legacies and masterpieces to match the flair!!!!

Avant was such a sweet product. they just got better and better 03/04 has the black and white version which looks even better than the base!

wishful thinking! out of reach now I think!

I did see that Avant B&W though. Num /199 I didn't pick one up yet cause they show the edge wear really bad. I will when i find a nice copy though!

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