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[todeen]

There is an interview with Andy Moog, goalie in the 80s and 90s, with Edmonton and Boston and Dallas. He has some of the most iconic hockey masks ever. They asked him in his interview if he still had any masks from his career. He said he didn't have any 80s masks or masks with the Bruins. His first famous mask was painted over for Olympics in the 1980s. Other masks were painted over as well if they were still in good condition for the next season. He said nobody cared what happened to them, and neither did he. And this was late 80s and early 90s when there was definitely a market for game used equipment!

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[steve B]

Originally Posted by todeen

There is an interview with Andy Moog, goalie in the 80s and 90s, with Edmonton and Boston and Dallas. He has some of the most iconic hockey masks ever. They asked him in his interview if he still had any masks from his career. He said he didn't have any 80s masks or masks with the Bruins. His first famous mask was painted over for Olympics in the 1980s. Other masks were painted over as well if they were still in good condition for the next season. He said nobody cared what happened to them, and neither did he. And this was late 80s and early 90s when there was definitely a market for game used equipment!

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One of my odd sports collectibles is bicycles built for or used by racers or teams mostly the crazy aero stuff from the 1980's up to just before 2000 when they were gradually made illegal for competition.

The image most people have is the riders especially on the national team being given nearly perfect bikes and other equipment.
After the first use, many were repainted, some more than once. And not a high quality repaint either. The brand labels were often just vinyl stickers, and the rebranding was simply spray can paint over the old stickers and new stickers added. The sponsor only cared if it was legible in photos or from a few yards away.

One of the reasons I sort of flinch when someone gets a bike with a number hanger but a paint job from a different manufacturer and wants to "restore" it.

The "helmets" are just fiberglass head fairings with a few bits of foam glued in. for one year that was done with some sort of contact cement that's still sticky. I talked to someone who knew a few of the racers, and mentioned that I thought the foam was badly replaced on ones I have. Nope, the athletes hated how the glue never totally dried and stuck to their hair. Later ones used a different glue.