1992 Studio

Description

1992 Studio is a 264-card set. The card front features a b/w action photo of the player and a color posed photo of the player in the foreground. The card has gold colored borders with a non-glossy finish.

The card reverse features a box with player personal information and career highlights. The player's team logo is featured in a blue 3D diamond shape on the upper portion of the card.

There are no subset cards beyond the checklist cards. The Checklists are numbered 261-263 The card front features a small color photo of a Hall of Fame player in the upper left, the rest of the card is a checklist. The card reverse features only a checklist.

On the final card of the set Leaf saluted photographers Al Tielemans, Andy Bernstein, Jon Soo Hoo and Bob Tursack, Jr.

Distribution

Wax: 48 packs per box, 12 cards per pack.

Jumbo: 24 packs per box, 28 cards per pack.

Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 91% (240 of 264); Duplicates: 24; Heritage Series Insert Completion: 36% (5 of 14)

Reviews

In the February 1993 issue of Beckett Baseball Card Monthly. Chuck Roethel gave the set a summary review of "two thumbs up!" The set was featured in the “Card Critic” column titled "Special Effects". Mr. Roethel raved "the design grabs your attention". Mr. Roethel lauded the set for substituting 'glitz and gold' for spotlighting 'personal information details...that bring the players into sharper focus.'

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	264	-	12:1	27:1
Heritage (1-8)	8	-	?	N/A
Heritage (9-14)	6	-	N/A	one-per-pack

Checklist

Promos

A 22-card set was issued by Donruss to promote the upcoming Studio set. Unlike the previous year's promo set, two-card packs were distributed directly to Hobby dealers and not included in that year's Donruss Factory set. Because of the method of distribution, this remains one of the rarest promo sets of the era.

The photos used in the Preview set are identical to that of the base set; however, the words "PREVIEW CARD" are printed on the back.

The Alomar and Smith cards are tougher to find than the other 20 cards in the set.

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Base Set

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Inserts

Heritage

This 14-card set features current Major League players in "throwback" uniforms. The first eight cards were randomly inserted in 12-card wax packs, while cards 9-14 were seeded at the rate of one-per jumbo pack.

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