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Old 05-05-2020, 11:47 PM
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Thanks Mike, I will make good use of your scans. As of about ten days ago I decided to start cataloging all combinations, so I’m hoping people will provide me with scans. I’m even trying to list all front-back numeric combinations, so any scans of both sides would be great. I forgot to mention to those unfamiliar with these disks that color wise, fronts and backs are the same for red, green and blue examples, but those with a Brown/Purple front never have that color on the back; instead, they can have any of the other three colors. Even more of a challenge for the “Master set” collector, as one player can have a brown front with different color backs.

I agree that the McIntyre disks you showed do not reflect three different poses. As sometimes happens with these and as you know, the images can be out of register a little and give the appearance that a face is looking a bit different. Your McIntyre shows a silhouette outline where the image was intended, and I think if it hit the mark it would match up with your other one.

I agree that two poses exist for all subjects, although I have noticed a subtle difference in some thin-faced Cobbs. By the way for those who did not know, the set registry and many collections consider the Cobb to have a variation because it comes with or without a “D” on his cap. This is not one of the seven variations I referenced earlier. The two Cobbs do in fact have different cap appearances, but this can be said of many other player disks too. Basically, the difference in the two Cobbs is that one has the fuller face than the other, just as is true of nearly all the other subjects. It is simply easier to note the cap emblem or lack of same in case you only have one disk at hand and are unsure how “full” his face looks. Again, however, the same can be said for several others in the set; so if you have, say, the Rowan “no C on cap” disk, you merely have the thin face version, rather than some newly discovered variation.
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