2004 Flair
Description
2004 Flair is an 82-card set released in April, 2004. The first 60 cards in this set feature veterans while the final 22 cards make of the "Class of '04" subset, featuring the leading rookies and prospects entering the 2004 season. Each Class of '04 card is serial-numbered to 799 copies.
In a radical departure, Fleer issued the Hobby version in 12-card boxes with an suggested retail price of $120. Each Hobby pack contained seven base cards, one "Class of '04" prospect card, three game used cards and an autograph.
A stripped-down version was issued to retail outlets, but the odds of finding anything but base cards were extremely remote.
The new format of Flair was not accepted by collectors. A weak rookie card class and substandard hits (especially among the autographs) led many to take a pass on this product.
Distribution
Hobby: 12 cards per box (MSRP: $120). 12 boxes per case.
Retail: 24 packs per box, 4 cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 82 | - | ? | ? |
| short set | 60 | - | seven-per-pack | four-per-pack |
| Class of '04 | 22 | 799 | one-per-pack | 1:200 |
| Row 1 | 82 | 100 | 1:6 | 1:55 |
| Row 2 | 82 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Hot Numbers | 35 | 500 | ? | 1:16 |
| Gold Hot Numbers | 35 | varies | ? | 1:275 |
| Green Diamond Cuts | 20 | - | ? | ? |
| Blue Diamond Cuts | 20 | 250 | ? | ? |
| Red Diamond Cuts | 20 | 175 | ? | ? |
| Pewter Diamond Cuts | 20 | 125 | ? | ? |
| Copper Diamond Cuts | 20 | 75 | ? | ? |
| Silver Diamond Cuts | 20 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Gold Diamond Cuts | 20 | varies | ? | ? |
| Platinum Diamond Cuts | 20 | varies | ? | ? |
| Blue Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | 25 | ? | ? |
| Red Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | 18 | ? | ? |
| Pewter Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | 13 | ? | ? |
| Copper Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | 8 | ? | ? |
| Silver Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | 5 | ? | ? |
| Gold Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | 3 | ? | ? |
| Platinum Die-Cut Diamond Cuts | 20 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Gold Dual Diamond Cuts | 10 | 10 | ? | ? |
| Green Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | - | ? | ? |
| Blue Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 250 | ? | ? |
| Red Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 175 | ? | ? |
| Pewter Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 125 | ? | ? |
| Copper Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 75 | ? | ? |
| Silver Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Gold Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | varies | ? | ? |
| Platinum Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | varies | ? | ? |
| Blue Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 25 | ? | ? |
| Red Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 18 | ? | ? |
| Pewter Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 13 | ? | ? |
| Copper Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 8 | ? | ? |
| Silver Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 5 | ? | ? |
| Gold Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | 3 | ? | ? |
| Platinum Die-Cut Hot Numbers Game Used | 35 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Lettermen | 15 | varies | ? | ? |
| Green Power Tools | 15 | - | ? | ? |
| Blue Power Tools | 15 | 250 | ? | ? |
| Red Power Tools | 15 | 175 | ? | ? |
| Pewter Power Tools | 15 | 125 | ? | ? |
| Copper Power Tools | 15 | 75 | ? | ? |
| Silver Power Tools | 15 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Gold Power Tools | 15 | varies | ? | ? |
| Platinum Power Tools | 15 | varies | ? | ? |
| Blue Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | 25 | ? | ? |
| Red Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | 18 | ? | ? |
| Pewter Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | 13 | ? | ? |
| Copper Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | 8 | ? | ? |
| Silver Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | 5 | ? | ? |
| Gold Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | 3 | ? | ? |
| Platinum Die-Cut Power Tools | 15 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Autographs | 40 | varies | ? | ? |
| Crown Autographs | 40 | 100 | ? | ? |
| Parchment Autographs | 40 | 25 | ? | ? |
| Platinum Autographs | 40 | 10 | ? | ? |
| Die-Cut Autographs | 24 | varies | ? | ? |
| Masterpiece Autographs | 40 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Cuts and Glory 100 | 20 | 100 | ? | ? |
| Cuts and Glory 50 | 20 | 50 | ? | ? |
| Cuts and Glory 15 | 20 | 15 | ? | ? |
| Cuts and Glory 3 | 20 | 3 | ? | ? |
| Cuts and Glory 1 | 20 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Significant Cuts | ? | varies | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair') AND (num < 61); </sql2wiki>
Class of '04
Each Class of '04 card is serial-numbered to 799 copies.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair') AND (num > 60); </sql2wiki>
Parallels
- Row 1 (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
- Row 2 (one-of-one)
Inserts
Hot Numbers
Each Hot Numbers insert is serial-numbered to 500 copies with a Gold parallel serial-numbered to the player's respective jersey number (see below).
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Hot Numbers Gold'); </sql2wiki>
Autographs & Game-Used
Diamond Cuts Game Used
Each Diamond Cuts card is available in the following...
- Green
- Blue (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Red (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
- Pewter (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- Copper (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Gold (production varies, see below)
- Platinum (production varies, see below)
- Blue Die Cut (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Die Cut (serial-numbered to 18 copies)
- Pewter Die Cut (serial-numbered to 13 copies)
- Copper Die Cut (serial-numbered to eight copies)
- Silver Die Cut (serial-numbered to five copies)
- Gold Die Cut (serial-numbered to three copies)
- Platinum Die Cut (one-of-one)
- Purple (one-of-one)
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Game Used Green'); </sql2wiki>
Diamond Cuts Game Used Gold
Each Diamond Cuts Game Used Gold is serial-numbered to the player's jersey number.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Game Used Gold'); </sql2wiki>
Diamond Cuts Game Used Platinum
Each Diamond Cuts Game Used Platinum card features a piece of "patch" material and is serial-numbered to either the number of home runs the player hit in 2003 (hitters) or the number of wins the player was credited with (pitchers) in 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Game Used Platinum'); </sql2wiki>
Diamond Cuts Game Used Dual Gold
Each Diamond Cuts Game Used Dual Gold is serial-numbered to ten copies.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Game Used Dual Gold'); </sql2wiki>
Hot Numbers Game Used
Each Hot Numbers Game Used card is available in the following...
- Green
- Blue (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Red (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
- Pewter (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- Copper (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Gold (production varies, see below)
- Platinum (production varies, see below)
- Blue Die Cut (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Die Cut (serial-numbered to 18 copies)
- Pewter Die Cut (serial-numbered to 13 copies)
- Copper Die Cut (serial-numbered to eight copies)
- Silver Die Cut (serial-numbered to five copies)
- Gold Die Cut (serial-numbered to three copies)
- Platinum Die Cut (one-of-one)
- Purple (one-of-one)
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Hot Numbers Game Used Green'); </sql2wiki>
Hot Numbers Game Used Gold
Each Hot Numbers Game Used Gold is serial-numbered to the player's jersey number.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Game Used Gold'); </sql2wiki>
Hot Numbers Game Used Platinum
Each Hot Numbers Game Used Platinum card features a piece of "patch" material and is serial-numbered to either the number of home runs the player hit in 2003 (hitters) or the number of wins the player was credited with (pitchers) in 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Diamond Cuts Game Used Platinum'); </sql2wiki>
Lettermen
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Lettermen'); </sql2wiki>
Power Tools Game Used
Each Diamond Cuts card is available in the following...
- Green
- Blue (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Red (serial-numbered to 175 copies)
- Pewter (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- Copper (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Gold (production varies, see below)
- Platinum (production varies, see below)
- Blue Die Cut (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Die Cut (serial-numbered to 18 copies)
- Pewter Die Cut (serial-numbered to 13 copies)
- Copper Die Cut (serial-numbered to eight copies)
- Silver Die Cut (serial-numbered to five copies)
- Gold Die Cut (serial-numbered to three copies)
- Platinum Die Cut (one-of-one)
- Purple (one-of-one)
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Power Tools Game Used Green'); </sql2wiki>
Power Tools Game Used Gold
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Power Tools Game Used Gold'); </sql2wiki>
Power Tools Game Used Platinum
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Power Tools Game Used Platinum'); </sql2wiki>
Autograph
Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed and is available in the following parallels.
- Crown (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
- Parchment (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Platinum (serial-numbered to ten copies)
- Die-Cut (see below)
- Masterpiece (one-of-one)
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Autograph'); </sql2wiki>
Autograph Die-Cuts
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Autograph Die Cut'); </sql2wiki>
Cuts and Glory
All Cuts and Glory cards serial-numbered to 100 copies and are available in the following parallels.
- Silver (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- "15" Parallel (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
- "3" Parallel (serial-numbered to three)
- Masterpiece (one-of-one)
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Cuts and Glory 100'); </sql2wiki>
Significant Cuts
This set features cut and trapped signatures. One of the players included is basketball star Vince Carter.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2004) AND (setname = 'Flair Significant Cuts'); </sql2wiki>