Here's a junk wax staple that won't leave you with actual wax stains or filthy old gum. In 1991, Topps debuted their Stadium Club line and took a bit of step back the following year by overproducing the hell out of it. Like anything made in 1992, you had better just try and enjoy it for what it is instead of an investment opportunity. This Series 3 pack came in the big box o' giveaway junk wax.
826 - Steve Foster
633 - Jeff McKnight
898 - Checklist 601-700 (This is a really unsightly checklist.)
855 - Bill Swift (Swift is doing his best to look perpendicular here.)
704 - Rene Gonzales (Hey, an action shot! Is this Rene like "Renee" or Rene like "Reen"?)
848 - Mike Witt
834 - Jeff Parrett (And back to the posed photos.)
785 - Frank Viola
745 - Dave Winfield (Dave is thinking... oh man, what have I reduced myself to? Bubble gum cards?)
795 - Eddie Murray (Nice shot, but where's the ball?)- Stadium Club BARS ad
858 - Hector Villanueva
805 - Randy Myers
621 - Turner Ward
792 - Scott Fletcher
710 - Wally Joyner (Wally World rounds out the bunch.)
I don't know if you could lump 1992 Stadium Club into the junk wax era. Its production run was probably about the same as 1992 Bowman which was one of the most popular releases of the 1990's (and isn't considered junk wax either).
ReplyDeleteThe main reason why 92 Stadium Club isn't that popular is because Topps chose to focus on photgraphy and omitted all the key rookie cards (Manny Ramirez, Mike Piazza, Nomar Garciaparra, Mariano Rivera, Carlos Delgado) that were available in other 1992 Topps products.