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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Cheap Cool Cards #24: 1990 Topps Heads Up!


If you're a sucker for oversized oddballs like I am, then you'll love 1990 Topps Heads Up! Baseball Stars.  For those who are unfamiliar with these, they're giant heads of baseball players that came with a suction cup, so collectors could stick them onto lockers, refrigerators, or windows.  If you look at my Gwynn, you'll notice a huge hole in his head where the suction cup once resided.  I ended up removing it, so it would fit into my Gwynn binder.


There are twenty-four players in the set and twenty-four packs in a box.  The box I purchased off of eBay had perfect collation, which is probably what Topps had intended.  

Although there are a few players who fell off the face of this planet, I have to admit that I was pretty happy to see three Athletics and Mr. Gwynn make the checklist.  Then throw in Griffey, Doc, Bo, The Thrill, & Kirby and you have the makings of a solid set.

Best of all, you can find boxes of this stuff cheap on eBay.  I picked up my box for under $12 delivered... which breaks down to around 50¢/pack.

Just like the title says... these are cheap and cool.  Worst case scenario... they're cheap.

So what do you think?

Were the product designers @ Topps aHEAD of the game?  Or out of their minds?

Happy Thursday and sayonara!
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10 comments:

  1. The Junior JunkieJune 6, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    I've never seen these in my life. Awesome find....

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    1. FujiJune 7, 2013 at 6:10 PM

      There's a Griffey for you to chase down... and if you want a challenge, then track down his 1989 Topps Heads Up. They're very, very, very, very, very rare.

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  2. CorkyJune 6, 2013 at 6:28 PM

    I think most of the card designers in the 1990s were well out of their minds, but usually that is a sign of a great artist. Many of those creations were pretty wild but they still bring back some fond memories.

    I totally forgot about those Heads Up! sets, pretty cool pick up.

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  3. The Lost CollectorJune 6, 2013 at 6:56 PM

    I haven't seen these either. Very cool.

    I'd say slightly ahead of the game. Could have easily morphed into Fatheads if they kept with it.

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  4. Swing And A Pop-upJune 6, 2013 at 7:46 PM

    I have never seen these either.

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  5. Mariner1June 6, 2013 at 7:56 PM

    They really were out of their minds. The only good part of it is that it's Tony! How could you go wrong with anything that him on it?

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  6. Greg ZakwinJune 7, 2013 at 12:48 AM

    Those are pretty darn sweet.

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  7. Zippy ZappyJune 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM

    Insert joke about head here.

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  8. jacobmrleyJune 8, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    Considering I have had the Dwight Gooden from this set hanging over my desk for many many years, I guess I would have to fall on the positive side. But they definitely put the ODD in oddball.

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