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Friday, January 29, 2016

Year: 2006

Set: Fleer Greats of the Game (Rate)

Card: #71 Phil Niekro


“ Excellent card design and all. Why can't the regular issues be like this? ” -captkirk42

“ Good picture and back, but the frame is poor. ” -cjjt

“ A true great from the 70's & 80's. Most of that with one team. Knuckleballer Kniekro! ” -Kaline6

“ def great.. ever try to hit a knuckle ball?? ” -tonym

“ Classy design. I like it. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ What's not to like about this card? In my opinion, Fleer did a good job on this set for several years. The nearly-illegible font might be the only thing I can nitpick about... ” -dilemma19

“ The last year of the Greats of the Game sets. I got screwed by Fleer in 2004 when I had some high end auto redemptions and got basketball cards instead when they went bankrupt. These sets are my obsession. ” -CluelessJoe

“ I really like it, except for the weird pirate font going on. ” -RoyalChief

“ Interestingly enough, I prefer the back to the front. Also, I'm a big fan of retired player cards with stats on the back, like this card. ” -DarkSide830

“ Good all-around! ” -carthage44

“ LOVE IT! My HOF binder would be a fraction of its size were it not for sets like this. ” -switzr1

“ Nice back and I like the thickness of the stock on which the Fleer GOGs are printed ” -NJDevils


Additional Comments

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Thomas_Kava

Posts: 6
Joined: Jun 2015
Friday, January 29, 2016 11:56 PM

Fantasy/medieval look of this card is just wrong. Panini is often doing such things, but at least has one thin defensive line: the brand comes from Italy with great medieval traditions. Fleer unfortunately not, neither baseball. Also nothing classic, classic cards had simple, elegant modern fonts.
Also green of the border is fighting with team colors and awfully centrally placed bright red company's logo that introduces another two fonts to the design is screaming for it's own attention. And background, from completely different era, kind of old-time photo.
This fantasy-retro fuss just can't be good, in my opinion this card represents what poor design decisions are.
Plus for statistics on the back.


   


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