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662.0. "1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes of Baseball" by PENUTS::JST_ONGE (John St.Onge USDSL DTN: 297-9527) Sun Oct 09 1994 11:11

    I opened a couple of boxes of the 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes of
    Baseball. There were 48 packs per box,  9 regular cards per pack and
    1 "gold" card  per  pack. The gold cards are the same as the regular
    cards except they have a special gold foil stamp denoting Baseball's
    125th anniversary.
    
    Most of the cards are black and white  except for a few of the high-
    light cards which feature the highlight in black  and  white and the
    player inset in color. There is also  an  Upper Deck Heroes of Base-
    ball Player set  which  features players participating in the Heroes
    of Baseball games and these shots are in color.
    
    The regular player cards  also  have a small corner head shot of the
    player. Many Hall of Famers are featured (Mays, Williams, Mantle and
    so forth) and the set also includes cards of Steve Carlton and Nolan
    Ryan. Some of the subsets  are  pretty nice including the highlights
    and Diamond Legends.  The backs of the  regular  cards are in yellow
    and black  and  they have a small bio, the player's best season, his
    average season and major league totals.
    
    There are 225 cards in the set  and  I made close to three sets from
    the two boxes.  As far as inserts go, there are the three 1954 Topps
    Archives cards  of  Ted Williams (#'s 1 and 250)  and  Mickey Mantle
    (#259). I got two in each box and (two #1's, 250 and 259).  There is
    also a 20 card Next In Line Insert set of minor leaguers.  The cards
    say only 1 of 2500. I got one per box, but who cares about these.
    
    The card stock is thin  and the cards aren't UV coated (so you don't
    have to worry  about  them melding together).  Some of the shots are
    kind of dark and I would have liked to see them include players from
    the Negro Leagues.  Probably because  of  contractual obligations or
    whatever players  such  as  Jackie Robinson,  Satchel Paige  and Joe
    DiMaggio are not in the set. Overall still a  nice  set so I give it
    three out  of  five  sticks  on  the Gum-o-meter. More players and a
    thicker card stock would've gotten it a higher grade.
    
    John

    I also opened boxes with the same opinion as John.  I like the next in
    line.  I got the boxes for 35.  Does anyone have a clue on the auto
    graph inserts???
    Mike