Conference school::sports_memorabilia

    
    Mike,
    	
    	Up here in Maine, we have the 6 pocket sheets, semi-rigids and
    	only missing the boxes, which I've been told, are ordered.  The 
    	semi-rigids are alittle steep though!
    
    	I have a set of the Fleer "Tall Boys" Hockey and was truly amazed that
    	I even liked them...they kind of grow on you...The only price I
    	saw thus far was in Tuff Stuff, and they seem to hold decent 
    	value as of now...who knows in a month of so....but the cards are
    	nice, and weren't any more expensive to buy!
    
    
    							* Chris *

    I am of the opinion that the product value (cost) will fall at least on
    the Powerplay product for this year.  I think the inserts tend to drive
    price of the product, however it is my understanding that Powerplay has
    an insert in each pack.  That to me will make it a whole lot easier to
    complete thus reducing its reputation as "scarce" insert set.  I'm sure
    one could argue that thier popularity would increase since you can get
    all the inserts pretty easily, but the ther probably won't be any $10
    lindros or whoever cards.  So the kids will choose to gamble elsewhere. 
    I have not seen then in SC, also I have not seen the peripherals to go
    with any of the big cards.  I thought that the Gameday was pretty
    popular here.  I think that stuff will be rather limited because of the
    low number of products using the big format.
    
    Jon

    Mike,
    
    I opened and completed the 1993 Gameday. I put them into the 6 pocket
    pages. I really like the bigger cards. The inserts were nice and I
    like the insert per pack. May never have them go up in price and they
    may fall but this set was for my collection. Didn't even try to sell
    any dups.
    
    I have thought about doing the 1992 Gameday. The set just fell from 
    $50 to $45. Not any rookies of note so the set will probably sink
    fast. Last night I went into a Cumberland Farms in Billerica. They had
    quite a card section. They had boxes like 91 Fleer Ultra FB for
    $12 (they are $5 at some shows). In the midst of the boxes was a
    1992 box of Gameday for $29.95. Guess this means that they can be
    had cheaply at a show. I'll pass for now but will keep an eye out for
    a couple cheap boxes.
    
    In summary I like the concept (although I thought the colors of the
    basketball inserts were too far out (must be too conservative)). 
    Yet I don't see Gameday, Powerplay or Slamdunk being  
    "investment material".
    
    Steve

    
    People do whine and tend to avoid the tall cards, 'cause there
    isn't anyway to store them.'  Well the pages and rigids are becoming
    fairly widespread, I just lay them sideways in a box.  I would like
    to see "soft" plastics too as I like to put any cards worth a
    semi-rigid first in an inner soft plastic.
    
    As far as speculating, I wouldn't speculate in any Fleer product
    if you paid me, Fleer will pump out alot of these and the interest
    /demand just isn't that great.  Football is football and seems
    to have a limit as to how much interest, especially now that the
    season is winding down.  The Power Play hockey seems pretty dead
    even here in new england, boxes are just sitting at the wharehouses.
    So that leaves the Jam Session basketball, it did disappear from
    BJ's @ $40 (at least in Nashua) so I guess it's fairing better than
    the hockey, but I wouldn't sink alot money into them.  Very nice
    collectable however.
    
    jeff
    

    Topps Big Cards from 1988-1990 didn't fare well because they weren't
    standard size,  although I thought they  were  very nice cards and I
    collected them.
    
    I really like the Jam Session cards,  more than the Power Play maybe
    because they are full bleed photos. I bought a set  of  GameDay last
    year from Jeff since I thought it was probably the best of the foot-
    ball issues last year. Amazing that it do well without inserts. I'll
    probably do the Power Play and GameDay when prices drop a little.
    
    Jeff's definitely right about investing in Fleer cards.
    
    John

    Personally, I'm not too keen on the bigger cards. Plenty of normal
    sized cards out there to keep me busy.
    
    just my opinion -dennis
    

    I agree with Dennis!
    
    There is enough "regular" sized cards to keep one busy.  Other than a
    few special cards, a Gameday Bledsoe and Mirer, i'm not collecting
    many/any "Big Cards"
    
    Regards,
    Denny
    

    I have the 92 gameday set, almost a 2nd set, and almost a 93 set.
    I think they grow on you.... they're the same size as my Huarte.
    
    BTW, I have a few of the tall basketball (Jordan, Pippen, etc.) that
    I would trade for some tall ex-ND basketball jocks.
    
    Dick