1991 Ultra Baseball Forum

Poor set design by Fleer had them miles behind Topps in '91. The boring gray front with mediocre photography just did not cut it for collectors. I was wondering if anyone thought of any redeeming qualities when reviewing this set.

Nicer set than the yellow one they put out that same year.

That says everything you will ever need to know about what makes this set Ultra 

Yeah, definitely not a great design. I wonder if it was rushed. I do really like the '92 and '93 designs.

I liked the design when this set released, though in hindsight maybe it was just the rainbow backs reminding me of my beloved 89 Donruss.  Bonus points for the full-colour backs (Topps hadn't yet figured out how to do that) and multiple *different* player images!  I've got to dock marks for including only one line of stats and for the microscopic biographical info, though that's how they made room for those images.

The fronts were okay -- clean and simple like 1990 Leaf.  Perhaps the wear-prone card stock and sloppy quality (typos, duplicate/omitted card numbers) were what relegated 91 Ultra to the junk bins.

I think had they left off the top border, it would have made a world of difference.  I suspect they were thinking silver, but without going with foil, it just ended up gray, which just screamed BORING.  The backs were definitely better than the front.

I agree here. I had no issues with this set when it came out in 1991. In 1992 & 1993 they really stepped up and made a couple very nice sets.