1989 Donruss Baseball Forum

With the 4 variations of the 1989 Donruss set...

...has anyone found a pattern if specific versions were part of only the retail factory set vs hobby factory set vs specific pack types? I'm unsure if pack or set type had anything to do with how the 4 different versions were released.

And a (possibly) related question: is the #600 Checklist variation from this set with the black bar on the back left known to come only from a specific pack or set type?

Thanks,

Tim

(Edit: and I just noticed I goofed and posted this in General instead of the 89 Donruss forum, sorry)

Tim...The factory set had the Inc. & * Denotes.  Outside of that, it seemed to be a mixed bag as to what was packed out.  The Inc. * Denotes were also available in the packed out versions, so that probably doesn't help much.

To answer your question about the checklist...I got that variation from a factory set.  Not sure which type you would call it, but it's the blue box that has the team logos on the side.  Side note...when held in hand the back of the card is "upside down" compared to the rest of the cards in the set.  This is probably how the stripe wound up on the left.

Hey, thanks! That is very helfpul. Sounds like you're referring to the Retail factory set (the "hobby" factory set is the one in the plain white box, I think).

Hey griff, just curious, do you recall which color variation of the Grand Slammers inserts were in the set that had that checklist variation? Blue to> Purple, Green to> Blue, Purple to> Red, Red to> Yellow, Yellow to> Green? Thanks!

It was the Purple to> Red version in the set that I have.

Great, good to know, thanks for the reply!

For those that are interested in more variations, I have found the following, but you need a blacklight to see it (although some can be seen with the naked eye)

*Denotes/Inc./No Gap/No Glow

*Denotes/Inc/No Gap/Glow

*Denotes/Inc/Gap/Glow

*Denotes*/Inc./No Gap/No Glow

*Denotes*/Inc/No Gap/Glow

*Denotes*/Inc./Gap/No Glow