Thor's Day Thunder Boss

It seems fitting to celebrate Thor's Day with a card called Thunder Boss!

Card Number 983: Fleer Circa Thunder Boss, 1998; #8

There were 300 cards in the Circa Thunder set and 20 cards in this insert series of Thunder bosses. The multiple words in this set name should have given regular readers a good visual idea of what kind of ludicrous card this is going to be. It does not disappoint.

While this could be a contender for ugliest card ever produced by Fleer, it's also a really good illustration of how trying to be futuristic will date a design faster than almost anything else. 

The back has a write-up that is very restrained by the standards of Fleer / Skybox in the late 90s. The photo is far too posed to look natural. "Tony, stare into the middle distance as if you're watching a home run land in the bleachers, that's great Tony, just like that Tony, tilt your head back slightly, great, great...[click click click]."

Bright purple is an unusual colour on baseball cards generally, so I'm going to award a bonus point for that. I'm sure Thor would approve.

Total: 983 cards