2004 Fleer Platinum

Description

2004 Fleer Platinum is a 200-card set, and was released in February, 2004. Like previous Platinum efforts, the base set evokes a classic Fleer Baseball set -- in this case, 1984 Fleer. The set does feature 22 short-prints; however, Fleer decided NOT to short-print any of the 18 multi-player Prospects.

Like the 2003 Fleer Platinum set, Hobby boxes contained a mix of pack types. Each Hobby box contained 18, seven-card wax packs and four, 20-card jumbo packs. Rack packs were issued separately in their own Hobby-exclusive boxes. Each rack box had four, 30-card packs.

A typical Hobby box should yield two "hits:" one jersey card in the wax packs, and a "Nameplates" patch card from the jumbos. Each rack pack has an "Inscribed" autograph.

Cards 136-143 were issued at a stated rate of 1:3 Hobby wax and 1:12 retail wax packs. Cards numbered 144-151 were seeded at the rate of one-per-jumbo pack, while 152 through 157 were issued exclusively in rack packs at a rate of one per. According to Fleer the stated print run of the six rack-exclusive cards was 1000 cards each.

Distribution

Hobby: 18, seven-card Wax packs (MSRP: $2.99) plus four, 20-card Jumbo packs (MSRP: $4.99) per box.

Rack: Four packs per box, 30 cards per pack (MSRP: $9.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Wax Odds	Retail Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds	Rack Odds
Base	200	-	7:1	7:1	20:1	30:1
short set	178	-	?	?	?	?
Wax Exclusive SPs	8	-	1:3	1:12	N/A	N/A
Jumbo Exclusive SPs	8	-	N/A	N/A	one-per-jumbo	N/A
Rack Exclusive SPs	6	1000	N/A	N/A	N/A	one-per-rack
Finish	200	100	1:15	?	N/A	N/A
Big Signs	15	-	1:9	1:8	1:2	N/A
Classic Combinations	10	-	1:108	1:270	N/A	N/A
MLB Scouting Report	15	400	1:45	1:190	1:96	N/A
Portraits	10	-	1:18	1:24	1:4	N/A
Big Signs Autographed	4	100	?	?	?	N/A
Clubhouse Memorabilia	?	-	1:24	1:96	N/A	N/A
Clubhouse Memorabilia Dual	?	50	?	?	N/A	N/A
Inscribed	?	varies	N/A	N/A	N/A	one-per-rack
MLB Scouting Report Game Jersey	?	250	?	?	?	N/A
Player Nameplates	?	varies	N/A	N/A	*	N/A
Team Nameplates	?	varies	N/A	N/A	*	N/A
Portraits Game Jersey	?	-	1:48	1:120	N/A	N/A
Portraits Patch	?	100	?	?	N/A	N/A

• Overall odds of finding any Nameplate card: 1:4 Jumbo packs.

Checklist

Base Set

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Wax Exclusive SPs

The following cards are exclusive to seven-card wax packs and were inserted at the rate of 1:3 Hobby packs, and 1:12 retail packs.

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Jumbo Exclusive SPs

The following cards are exclusive to 20-card jumbo packs and were inserted at the rate of one-per-pack.

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Rack Exclusive SPs

The following cards are exclusive to 30-card rack packs and were inserted at the rate of one-per-pack. Shortly after the release of '04 Platinum, Fleer announced that each Rack Exclusive SP was limited to only 1000 copies; although none of the cards are serial-numbered.

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Unsung Heroes

None of the Unsung Heroes cards are short-printed.

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Prospects

None of the Prospects are short-printed

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Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in a "Platinum Finish" parallel. All Platinum Finish cards are exclusive to wax packs and are serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Inserts

Big Signs

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Classic Combinations

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MLB Scouting Report

Each card is serial-numbered to 400 copies.

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Portraits

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Autographs & Game-Used

Clubhouse Memorabilia

Each card is also available in a "Dual" parallel, featuring two memorabilia swatches and serial-numbered to 50 copies.

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MLB Scouting Report Game Jersey

Each card is serial-numbered to 250 copies.

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Portraits Game Jersey

Each card is also available in a Patch version, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

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Nameplates

Player

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Team

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Inscribed

Each card is autographed, serial-numbered and exclusive to rack packs. Five Inscribed cards packed out as exchange cards. Although no expiration date was listed, the cards for all intents and purposes expired when Fleer filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005.

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Autographed Big Signs

Each card is serial-numbered to 100 copies. The Albert Pujols and Chipper Jones cards packed out as exchange cards. Although no expiration date was listed, the cards for all intents and purposes expired when Fleer filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005.

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