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Originally Posted by PensChronicles
Please tell me the difference - and I want you to be specific - between the license Star had to distribute NBA cards and the license that Fleer had.
Argue you all you want about manufacturing and distribution, but 1984 Star was the only officially licensed manufacturer of NBA trading cards that season - Michael Jordan’s first year in the NBA.
Topps hasn’t done reprints of any unlicensed products that I’m aware of unless it was of their own unlicensed products from the 70’s/80’s (Montana rookie as an example). When will they be releasing a reprint of 1991 Post Cereal?
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Star didn't release their cards in the way all licensed companies were expected and known to release them.
There's a reason why Star doesn't get any respect, just as how collector's edge brand gets no respect as a short-lived now defunct company who couldn't survive the early 90's boom. Furthermore, there is too much room for controversy and a lack of transparency in how they produced, allocated and released their products.
You clearly underestimate the importance of the randomization factor of pack pulled cards. You must really put a lot of value in panini instant and topps now cards.