Fleer cards got a bit weird around the turn of the Millennium.
Card Number 597: Fleer Triple Crown Glamour Boys, 2001; #11
It might just be me, but 'Glamour Boys' sounds slightly suspect.
This holofoil insert card scanned green on my flatbed scanner.
Card Number 598: Fleer Tradition Lumber Company, 2001; #5
'Lumber' is used in several card set names as an alternative word for wood.
The opening factoid on this cardback feels about 15 years too late. Watching video replays was a big deal when Tony started doing it in the mid-1980s. (Before he was nicknamed Mr Padre, he was called Captain Video for his pioneering study of taped performances.) By 2001, it was surely quite common for batsmen to incorporate video into their training.
However, I like the rhyming line "A tough man to fan". The little photo on the cardback looks like it was taken at a press conference.
Total: 598 cards
These kind of remind me of current Topps inserts. They're a little stale and boring. Feels like they were produced for the sake of producing an insert set and were a little rushed. But I think every card company has their share of stale and boring inserts.
ReplyDeleteFleer definitely ran out of ideas and overstretched themselves around about the year 2000.
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