Back to Base - Fleer Ultra

I found it hard to believe that I still had some Fleer Ultra base cards to blog. As it's Fabulous Fleer Fortnight, this feels like the right time to rectify that!

Card Number 949: Fleer Ultra, 1996; #284

Tony has a bit of an odd expresson on the front. He looks poised to spring.

The back is... well, a bit of a mess really, with multiple photos dropped on top of each other.

I'm not too critical of single line stats boxes, but yellow was a poor choice of colour for it.

Card Number 950: Fleer Ultra, 2000; #4

The thing I like most about this photo on the front is that Tony's foot has left the ground as he begins his dash to first base. He looks like he's hovering. 

The font that Fleer used on the card front is really nice. It gets used again on the back, although that's not what is most noticeable!

Bright orange? Give Tony a glowing halo? Completely 'shop a photo so it looks like he's emerging from an apocalyptic firestorm? Yeah, let's do it! 

But seriously, however garish this cardback, it's better than the one from 1996!

Total: 950 cards.

Modern Monday - colourful "DonRuss"

I've put DonRuss in scare quotes in the title, because this is Panini zombie brand DonRuss not actual DonRuss from back in the day. 

These cards were in the box from YoRicha that arrived at the end of last week.

Card Number 747: DonRuss 2020 Holo Orange Parallel; #218

Panini are unmatched in their commitment to parallels, and this is one of the colour variations available for the retro-looking insert series in last years DonRuss set that revived the classic design from 1986. (Blogged in June 2020!)

It's shiny. I like the design. You can barely tell it's unlicensed. 

The back is the same as the regular release and also looks quite retro. 

Card Number 748: DonRuss 2020 Holo Pink Parallel Name Variation; #218

And Panini unleashed a new level of parallel hell, by also making colour parallels of their name variation parallels. So, this is a parallel of a parallel. In shiny pink.

He is Anthony, not Tony on this one.

The back is marked as a parallel by the black baseball with the number in. Personally, I prefer that look for a card number. Also, it helps to distinguish it as a parallel. 

I realised halfway through this post that I should have used card number 747 for a "jumbo" card. But that wouldn't have fitted in with the Modern Monday theme. There's only so much co-ordination I can do with the numbering!

Total: 748 cards