1989 Phoenix Baseball Magnetables Baseball Forum

About 2 months ago I recieved a variation to the Tony Gwynn in this set. Instead of rounded corners it has sharp corners and is slightly bigger. Upon recieving the card I had to do some investigating. Was my new collectable a legit factory released or just some cool copy from a shady source? I contacted a dealer I frequent that actually travels around the country hunting down inventory and does the random show here and there. He got back to me just last night to let me know that he "thinks" there are 3 or 4 variations he has come across for this set. Apparently the variations "Might" have something to do with which region they were released in. He couldn't remember as these have been out for more then 30 years.  I have also looked online to see what I can find and I have turned up only with pictures from another forum on another site of variations of only Will Clark. Seems most of the variations had something to do with the packaging looking different. 

So what I have in information so far is a dealer that has never steared me wrong and has been doing business since the early 90s tell me he is pretty sure all of the magnets in this set have a sharp corner variation with possibly 2 or 3 more variations he can't remember, and another forum site with pictures from a Will Clark collector with rounded corners and a black copyright, one with rounded corners and an orange copyright, and one with sharp corners. And some different packaging variations which I don't even want to start getting into right now.

This is the information I have been able to come up with about these oddball magnetable cards. I am here to see if there is anyone out there that has any information on any of the variations in this set. Do you have a copy of any with an orange copyright? Do you have a copy with sharp corners or round corners? Do you have a copy of any other variation that isn't mentioned here? I am trying to get as much information on these before I even think about attempting to add a checklist.  

999 times out of 1,000, "square-cornered variations" of cards (or card-like items) that were issued in rounded format are items that were cut from full sheets on the secondary market. (They fall in the same category as the items touted on ebay as "oversized proofs", "2-card panel proofs", and any "x-card panel proof".)

It looks like you're going about this the right way, to determine if these were an actual legitimate release. What would be ideal is if there is video somewhere of someone opening these differeent packs and pulling these variations. (Of course, that's also assuming the packs are legit and came from the proper source and weren't just some attempt at a "re-pack".)

There are a lot of points that will need to be fully covered before these can be listed here. Thanks for seeing to it that they are being covered.

I agree with Dan, sounds like someone cut up a sheet. These magnets are full-bleed and you state, "sharp corners and is slightly bigger".  The actual card image on the sheet would be oversized. So when the cards are die cut to size there is no chance of getting parts of another card. 

Is the magnetic material the exact same material as a legit rounded corner magent?

I am going to have to agree that they must have been cut from a sheet unless someone else knows something about these. Other then the one Forum site I have yet to find any images of these with sharp corners.If they were cut that way by the manufacturer and distributed regionally then I would have to assume there would be more images out there. 

C2C as far as I can tell they are identical.