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| 479.1 |  | ROYALT::ASHE | I shot da sheriff, didn't get da boycott... | Tue Sep 08 1992 13:07 | 2 | 
|  |     Shaq is until the end of the year, which means now that he's signed
    a contract that the other sets can include him, right?
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| 479.2 | not sure | DDIF::MCEVOY |  | Wed Sep 09 1992 08:58 | 29 | 
|  |     Nobody seems to know for sure what the deal is with Shaq. I think
    you're right, somehow, Classic has him "exclusively", I believe til
    the end of the calendar year. Someone else said that nobody can 
    produce him til a series II.
    
    does that mean that if a company waits til January to put out their
    series I, then its ok to put Shaq in it?
    
    does that mean that a company could slam out a series one this week,
    then a series two next week just so they can be the first pro card
    with Shaq on it?
    
    I don't know for sure. I guess the only way to tell would be
    to see his Classic contract and/or his Magic contract. I had always 
    thought that once you signed an NBA contract, then you're in the players
    association, and you're fair game to anyone with an NBA card license.
    
    Maybe that's still true, but maybe not. I think a player could
    probably challenge the players association if he had enough clout
    and/or lawyers. Maybe ONeal delayed his entry into the players
    association?  
    
    If anyone knows for sure, please post that info here.
    
    Also, I forgot to mention that the factory Classic set contains an
    extra card of Laettner that I believe is only available in the factory
    set. Different than his LP card.
    
    -dennis 
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| 479.3 | How many sets per box | CARTUN::PAVLOCK |  | Thu Sep 10 1992 21:01 | 9 | 
|  |     Has anyone bought a box of the Classic Basketball draft pics?  I assume
    it's 36 packs with 10 cards per pack, right?
    
    If you bought a box, what's the collation like?  How many sets were you
    able to make?
    
    Regards,
    Denny
    
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| 479.4 | not what it could be? | DDIF::TANCILL | long may you run | Thu Sep 10 1992 23:45 | 9 | 
|  |     
    I heard 2nd hand the collation ain't great, one set plus about
    10 short of a second (you would expect at least two complete
    sets with 360 cards, your mileage may vary).  Though if one of your
    quadruples/pentuples/sextuples is the shaq, I suppose your collation
    was pretty darn good.
    
    jeff
    
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| 479.5 | Breakin Up is hard to do | SONATA::KELLY |  | Tue Sep 22 1992 09:19 | 9 | 
|  |     I broke a couple of cases (20 boxes) and got pretty good colation. 
    Cards #5 and 34-39 and 76 seem to be the shortest.  Lot's of Shaque.
    
    The gadget cards average 3 per box Card 1 (Shaque) in the gadgets
    is hard to find.  The baseball inserts are also real hard to find.
    
    Mike
    276-8156
    Mike kelly @ OGO
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| 479.6 | Distr on my box | MARLIN::MATOS |  | Tue Sep 22 1992 10:43 | 10 | 
|  |     	I opened a box of the Classic Basketball last night and was 
    short 7 cards from completeing a set and 9 short from completeing 
    the second set.
    On the the star distribution I got (2)Shaquille, (4)Mourning,
    (3)Laettner and (5)Jimmy Jackson
    On the special inserts I got LP3(Laettner), LP4(Jackson) and a 
    Baseball Preview card of B.J Wallace 3 of 5 and 1 of 11,200 made.
    
    Miguel
    
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| 479.7 | 1 Of 56,000 | EBBCLU::MONDALTO |  | Tue Sep 29 1992 08:01 | 10 | 
|  |     
    I bought 3 packs last night and really lucked out,at lease I hope I
    did. I got the #1 card Shaq,and I got one Silver card,the player is    
    a Top Ten Pick card and the player is,Tom Gugliotta,and get 
    ready for this the card is      >>>>>  1 of 56,000   <<<<<<
      
    The number of the card is LP6.
    
    John M.
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| 479.8 |  | SOFBAS::BELISLE | Mike Belisle MRO4-3/H9 297.3324 | Tue Sep 29 1992 14:20 | 10 | 
|  | 
	Hey John,
	I got 1 of 56,000 too.... Some guy!
	utt oooh...;^)
	Might as well just sell me yours, let's say $5?
	Is that enought?  ;^)
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| 479.9 |  | EBBV03::MONDALTO |  | Wed Sep 30 1992 12:54 | 7 | 
|  |     Mike,
    I heard that they will all say, 1 of 56,000,and I thought that I
    got lucky,I should of known better........
    
    John M.
    
    
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| 479.10 | 1992-93 Front Row | RAB::MCEVOY |  | Fri Oct 30 1992 13:09 | 18 | 
|  |     1992-93 Front Row Draft Picks are out. I picked up a pack out of
    curiosity. The cards are pretty nice, I think they're better than last
    years. Last year's were glossy, and a lot of the photos were kind
    of blurry. This year's cards are not glossy and the photos are better.
    The fronts have a purple border, the backs vary. I don't think
    Front Row cares too much about consistancy in their cards. Some of
    the backs have additional photos, some have "career highlights",
    some have stats. There are several cards of each player, the fronts
    all look the same, just different photos; some of pictures have the
    players in their "Front Row" jerseys.  The set features players
    from both this year's draft and last years draft (whom they already
    issued cards for twice last year.)
    
    They're calling this set the "Dream Picks" set, it also features
    inserts with autographs. All in all, better than last year, some
    real nice pictures.
    
    -dennis
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