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Sportzcommish
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 12:34 PM | |
I've only got an insert - Stackhouse's All-Fleer #1 Barkley - from either this or the U.S. set, and the random sampling I compared everything looks the same, including language and copyright information.
Trivia on the set's overview page states:
- There is basically no difference between the US and European versions of Series 1 (#1-150).
So is there a minor difference to distinguish them, or is there no difference?
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switzr1
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 12:49 PM | |
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Sportzcommish
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 1:34 PM | |
Thanks, David. I'll not have to concern myself with completing my basketball PC with them.
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jasongerman9
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 1:38 PM | |
This sounds similar to the 2002 Pacific Private Reserve football issue I'm working on. If there's no difference, shouldn't we be deleting one of the sets? I mean, they're the exact same card, just listed here twice.
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Sportzcommish
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 1:39 PM | |
Well, this set in particular is different once you get beyond card #150, it's just that the wording seems to indicate to me that there were slight differences in cards #1-150, but that's not the case.
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Billy Kingsley
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Sportzcommish
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 1:51 PM | |
Hmm. But not a case of glossy vs. non-glossy, right? Do you have some of each, Billy?
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Billy Kingsley
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| Monday, April 22, 2019 4:43 PM | |
Correct, they are both glossy. The Euro version is just glossier...it's something you'd only pick up on after spending a lot of time with either of the sets. I do have some...most of the American set, only a couple of the European set, but I may have mixed some together by mistake. The European set has exclusive team logo cards, which I pick up whenever I can.
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switzr1
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| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 4:45 PM | |
I remember opening a box of European when they were new, and tons of American. I never noticed a difference in the gloss. It must be slight. As usual, my answer cant be trusted.
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Billy Kingsley
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| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 4:53 PM | |
It's almost imperceptible. It's not even something you can see...you can feel it though. Get out one of each and rub your fingers on them with your eyes closed. You will be able to tell that there is a difference.
I opened some packs back in the day as well, but not a full box. I didn't consider them part of my actual collection at the time and have not seen them since the late 90s. I've probably gotten a couple of the team cards I had again, since I now consider them part of my collection proper. I know they are somewhere in my storage unit but I don't know if I will ever find them.
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