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==Base Set==
==Base Set==


For brevity's sake, only one "Row" is listed below.  The checklist for all four Rows is identical.
For brevity's sake, only one "Row" is listed below.  The checklist for all four Rows is identical.  Also note that only the player's Row 3 card is considered his "true" rookie card.


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SELECT num,player WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Flair Showcase Row 3');
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This 12-card insert features thick plastic cards filled with vegetable oil and sparkles in an attempt to mimic ocean waters.
This 12-card insert features thick plastic cards filled with vegetable oil and sparkles in an attempt to mimic ocean waters.


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SELECT num,player WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Flair Showcase Wave of the Future');
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This 10-card insert features color player photography using silk-screen technology.  Only 10 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced, making it one of the scarcest non-parallel inserts of the era.
This 10-card insert features color player photography using silk-screen technology.  Only 10 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced, making it one of the scarcest non-parallel inserts of the era.


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SELECT num,player WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Flair Showcase Perfect 10');
SELECT num,player WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Flair Showcase Perfect 10');
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Revision as of 04:38, 1 April 2011


Description

1998 Flair Showcase is a 480-card, multi-fractured, multi-tiered, set released by Fleer in July, 1998. There are 120 players released on four different, repeating, levels, each with it's own front design: Flair (also known as "Row 3"), Style (Row 2), Grace (Row 1), and Showcase (Row 0). The Row 3 cards are the easiest to find, while the Row 0s the toughest.

Each "Row" is then sub-divided into four, 30-card, sub-sections, each with it's own reverse design: Showtime, Showstopper, Showdown, and Showpiece. Each of the 120 players in the set has one card in each of the four rows, and one card in each of the backs.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

In the first table, we list what cards are in each subset, and the insertion ratio/production figure.

Showtime Showstopper Showdown Showpiece
Row 3 1-30 (1:0.9) 31-60 (1:1.1) 61-90 (1:1.5) 91-120 (1:2)
Row 2 31-60 (1:2.5) 1-30 (1:2) 91-120 (1:3.5) 61-90 (1:4)
Row 1 61-90 (1:6) 91-120 (1:10) 1-30 (1:16) 31-60 (1:24)
Row 0 91-120 (serial-numbered to 2000) 61-90 (serial-numbered to 1000 31-60 (serial-numbered to 500) 1-30 (serial-numbered to 250)
Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Legacy Collection 480 100 ?
Masterpieces 480 one-of-one ?
Wave of the Future 12 - 1:20
Perfect 10 10 10 ?

Checklist

Base Set

For brevity's sake, only one "Row" is listed below. The checklist for all four Rows is identical. Also note that only the player's Row 3 card is considered his "true" rookie card.


Parallels

All 120 cards in all four Rows are available in the following parallels.

  • Legacy Collection (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
  • Masterpiece (one-of-one)

Inserts

Wave of the Future

This 12-card insert features thick plastic cards filled with vegetable oil and sparkles in an attempt to mimic ocean waters.


Perfect 10

This 10-card insert features color player photography using silk-screen technology. Only 10 serial-numbered copies of each card were produced, making it one of the scarcest non-parallel inserts of the era.