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Who produced a better baseball card in the early 90’s, Topps Stadium Club or Upper Deck?

Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:51 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:51 pm
Those two were top tier. I liked Leaf as well. Bowman, Score and Pinnacle weren’t as great of quality as far as I can remember.

Fleer and Donruss for some reason wasn’t as popular with me.
Posted by bgtiger
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Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:56 pm to
Upper Deck, IMO. They were the first real premium card that followed Topps ,Donruss, and Fleer.

Topps Stadium club was the evidence that the industry was headed toward imploding. I knew that then.
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 3:57 pm
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:09 pm to
Upper Deck was definitely the one that went to the better product that is still in play today, it was the year Ken Griffey Jr was a rookie

Topps, Donruss and Fleer were really hard to keep in mint condition and it was more cheaper paper product
Posted by 610man
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:12 pm to
Upper Deck
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:20 pm to
What are the odds that those early 2000 jersey cards are actually from game worn jerseys like they say?
Posted by Lake08
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:24 pm to
SC were MUCH harder to come by and it wasn’t even close. I can remember boxes going for $200+, which was insane at that time.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
29073 posts
Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:44 pm to
I still have some unopened Upper Deck complete sets. I think 89-93. Nothing from that era is really worth a ton outside of a couple of error cards. UD was the better card.
Posted by Murph4HOF
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:58 pm to
quote:

Upper Deck, IMO. They were the first real premium card that followed Topps ,Donruss, and Fleer.
Nailed it.

I liked the graphics from Donruss (Rated Rookie was sick back in the day) but upper deck was clearly #1.

Fleer were cheap. Absolutely nothing special about them.

This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 5:00 pm
Posted by DoctorWorm
Member since Jul 2021
1508 posts
Posted on 8/12/25 at 5:07 pm to
a young dr worm collected so many ugly 91 fleers just to get the pro vision cards that had cool artwork
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 5:07 pm
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 5:17 pm to
Pinnacle had some pretty rad specialty cards though
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 5:53 pm to
You sure about that ?






Posted by Murph4HOF
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:05 pm to
Lol I actually have that card at my parents house.
Posted by skullhawk
My house
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:06 pm to
Upper Deck but as a kid I was a sucker for Stadium Club. They had a premium aura about them.
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:19 pm to
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Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:47 pm to
Upper Deck.
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:14 pm to
I've gotten back into collecting again. Going after late 80s/early 90s Topps sets, but to answer your question, I'd say Upper Deck.

Those glossy cards like TSC have often stuck together in packs I've bought. Upper Deck, not so much. The only issue with Topps from the 80s I've come across was the gum stuck to the card at the bottom leaving a mark.

Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:17 pm to
There was also Score.
Posted by Murph4HOF
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:38 pm to
Bowman too. They are slightly larger than the rest of them which was a pain in the arse of you organized you cards by team and year which is what I did.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:40 pm to
Topps Finest, Paul
Posted by mattz1122
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:42 pm to
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