Buzz Break: 1987 Fleer baseball cards (rack pack)

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The pack: 1987 Fleer MLB (rack)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per rack pack: 3
Cards per rack: 48 (45 cards, three stickers)
Base set completion: 
44 of 660 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Carlton Fisk, Jack Morris, Don Sutton, Phil Niekro, Harold Baines ... and other past notables from past who are ultimately commons now.

Insert cards: 4 (all cards in gallery below)
Fleer Headliner (1) – Dwight Gooden
Team Stickers (3) – Blue Jays, Dodgers/Indians, Astros/Mariners

Autographs: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I picked off this one for a decent price for a throwback rip -- $3 per wax pack -- and, well, this one made me want to throw it back. It happens with old stuff, especially when top names then aren't top names now, let alone all the semistars and commons who might be even more forgettable now when it comes to cardboard. Why rip this? The baby blue hues of 1987 Fleer paid a lot of bills for a lot of people back in the day with this one being the homes of Rookie Cards (ignoring previous-year XRCs) for buys like Barry Bonds, Barry Larkin, Bo Jackson, Will Clark, Ruben Sierra, Wally Joyner, Kevin Mitchell, John Kruk, Bobby Bonilla and more ... and then top stars like Jose Canseco, Wade Boggs, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Gwynn, Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, Pete Rose, Rickey Henderson and many more. Who did I land of note? Some Hall of Famers ... and Rookie Cards for some names you probably wouldn't want to get. With old Fleer packs in this era, the collation is clean -- you shouldn't get duplicates in a clean wax box -- while the pack seals are light, meaning tampering has happened plenty of times in the past. But the rack packs? Those are three sealed wax packs inside a cellophane wrapper so they are safe to open without reasonable issues to be aware of. (Anything is possible but I think it's less likely.) This pack is perhaps an example of as average as it gets -- and it can happen with a 660-card set. But for the price and the inclusions vs. a lot of what is from the decade, this remains a good option for a throwback rip.

Product Grade: A- (iconic set that has a lot of good cards)
Pack Grade: C (bad packs but landed an extra insert that would have been strong then)
Fun Grade: C- (not really anything special ripping-wise here, especially today)

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