1988 Donruss New York Mets Team Collection Baseball Forum

There are 5 teams that have a separate set listed even though the card numbers are the same as the base set.  Is there an identifiable difference between the base set and the team set to warrant a separate listing?

I think I remember this being discussed before. If I remember correctly there were some teams you could buy the team set seperately in like a hanging cello pack, and I can't really remember if there was a diffinative difference identified. 

I see now that in the team sets there are 2-4 cards that are "NEW", not released in the base set.  Problem is that all of the other cards look exactly like the base set so who is to know if you have a card from this set or the base set. A dumb idea by a company that did not last.

I think someone must have changed the set titles at some point.  These should have "Team Collection" in the title, as they were issued as 9-card uncut pages in books.  Check the Packaging section for one of the sets.  

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EDIT: I've updated the set names, so they're not so generic.

Also, a user comment from jefferies9 states, "contain a 1988 copyright date instead of 1987 like the regular set". 

Interesting point. Iwill have to check my collecton.