Wednesday, August 28, 2013

A Sticky Project

I have no idea who was running the ship over at Fleer during the 80's... but they were geniuses.  Seriously.  Those MLB team logo stickers they inserted into packs were awesome.  I must have plastered hundreds of these on binders, book covers, and even on my closet door when I was in elementary school.

Then right around middle school... something happened.  I'm not sure what exactly took place, but I stopped using Fleer's stickers and started throwing them in a box.

No... I wasn't collecting them.  But the "hoarder" in me wouldn't allow me to throw them out.  Eventually, they were sold off with the other unwanted items in my collection.

Fast forward to a few months ago... when I stumbled across some older 70's Fleer logo stickers at one of the mall shows.  It was like I was in elementary school again.  I desperately wanted to add some Fleer stickers to my collection, so I searched eBay and picked up a few of these vintage stickers:




These cloth stickers are awesome.  I love the old school logos and colors, but the coolest thing about these stickers are the variations.  I'm looking forward to chasing down a few more of these to add to my Oakland A's, San Diego Padres, and Montreal Expos collections.

Then a couple of weekends ago, I found a guy at the San Jose Toy Show with a box filled with Fleer stickers.  He wanted 10¢ a piece or 15/dollar, so I asked him if he'd sell me the box for $5.  That worked for him and I'm now the proud owner of over 200 stickers ranging from the early 80's to the early 90's.

Here's a look at the stickers I pulled for my new project:



My goal is to collect all of the different A's, Padres, and Expos stickers from the 80's.  I know there are a lot of different variations, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Thankfully, there's a blog out there dedicated to these stickers called The Fleer Sticker Project.  I've already bookmarked it and plan on going back and reading his past post to educate myself a little.

Anyone else collect Fleer Stickers?

Happy Wednesday and sayonara!

12 comments:

night owl said...

I have sp,e Fleer stickers from back in the late '80s/early '90s when I was collecting, but I never intentionally collected them. There just randomly placed in a binder now.

Those '70s stickers are pretty cool. I never saw those as a kid.

Dawgbones said...

I don't collect them but I do have a few of the Phils in my binder. And I think I even have a hologram sticker from one of my first trades too, though I don't remember who I got it from.

John Bateman said...

I got a bunch from the 1980s in a box

JediJeff said...

I like pulling them out of repack wax. Especially when the back has a stadium shot.

Greg Zakwin said...

Not a sticker guy, but the first Expos' sticker and the A's one are tremendous.

Anonymous said...

Joe Shlabotnik here, posting as "Anonymous" because Blogger is giving me grief (again)...

I love the vintage A's sticker!

Like most of the other commenters, I've got a bunch of 1980's stickers. I use them as space fillers for my "current roster" binders... In fact, you can see a couple of them in the post I did about those binders:
http://shlabotnikreport.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/post-500-how-i-play-with-my-cards/

Ana Lu said...

I have some of those. They are a bit more like home since in Europe we collect stickers mainly.
But those stikers have an add-on since you could stick them all around and still keep the card they were in because of the info on the back. Specially those with the stadiums photos.

Commishbob said...

I'm not a 'collector' of them but I have a bunch of them. I used to rip wax in my workshop and the workbench was covered with them.

gcrl said...

I have a master 78 set with all variations. I just really wanted the dodger stadium puzzle on the back.

Fuji said...

If you have any A's, Padres, or Expos available for trade... I'd be interested in working something out.

Fuji said...

I totally remember that post. Love the idea.

Fuji said...

That's awesome. Looking forward to you showing off that set at some point.