1988 Score Variations

[judsonhamlin]

Originally Posted by steve B

There's way more to 88 score than just the listed variations.
But probably not worth anyones time, as I'm pretty much the only one who looks for them at all.

I'll bite, what are they? Considering the other 1987-88 sets on the market, they stand out on some level and I consider it to be a cool set to collect

[Tripredacus]

I have some wrong backs from 1988 Score.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

I'll bite, what are they? Considering the other 1987-88 sets on the market, they stand out on some level and I consider it to be a cool set to collect

A few things.

They were die cut, and on the first cards issued the die cut didn't make a clear corner. So each card had some degree of a tuft of fiber at the corner. They looked worn right out of the pack.
After about a month or so of complaints, they "fixed" the die cutting so the gaps in the dies were about 1/4 inch in from the corners. So 8 little tufts of fiber instead of 4... (These are actually pretty difficult as they only lasted a short time. )
Third try they got it right.

And both the backs and fronts come screened differently. The halftone dots are at different angles.

I haven't checked enough to figure out if the front and rear screening is always consistent, or figure out which ways the variations come in (Or don't)

So each card might come in 6 or potentially more varieties. But 6 is almost certain. (I haven't completed a "master" set yet, I'm not even all that close. )

[ALR-bishop]

Steve-- please provide periodic updates on your progress

[steve B]

My progress is very sporadic.

I have a box with a bunch of 88 score …. somewhere.... It was put somewhere during a clean up maybe 5-10 years ago and I haven't found it.
I had maybe 15-20 of the second die cuts, about half a set of the first, and about the same of the regular ones.

Then randomly browsing Ebay I spotted a boxful of the second die cuts, maybe 800? And going through them I spotted the screening differences. So I have them sorted out.
And I bought a set of regular ones since then, but haven't done any of the sorting.

Progress could be next week, or next decade...