Review of 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game Baseball Cards

2006 Fleer Greats of the Game Baseball Cards come in hobby boxes that contain 15 packs. Each pack contains 5 cards. The set focuses specifically on players from baseball’s past. The set targets many sports card collectors who continue to collect players they watched when they were younger as well as fans of the game looking to get some cards of old-time players for a lower price than those players’ original cards.

Each box contains an average of 2 Signatures (Autograph Cards) and 2 Game Used Memorabilia Cards.

2006 Fleer Greats of the Game has a 100 card regular base set. Each of the 100 base cards also has a green and a blue parallel. Green parallels are found 1 in 15 packs which is the equivalent of one per box. The blue parallels are sequentially numbered versions. 299 of each card exist.

2006 Fleer Greats of the Game also has the following Insert Sets. On average, every single pack of 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game should contain at least one insert from one these sets:
Yankees Greats
Cubs Greats
Dodgers Greats
Red Sox Greats
Cardinals Greats
Tigers Greats
Reds Greats
Decade Greats
Nickname Greats

The Game Used Memorabilia Cards that are inserted 2 per box on average come from the following Game Used sets:
Yankees Clippings Memorabilia
Cubs Greats Memorabilia
Dodgers Greats Memorabilia
Red Sox Greats Memorabilia
Cardinals Greats Memorabilia
Tigers Greats Memorabilia
Reds Greats Memorabilia
Decade Greats Memorabilia

The highlight of 2006 Fleer Greats of the Game Baseball Cards is the autographs that are found 2 per box on average. The autographs come from the following sets:

Yankees Clippings Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Yankees Clippings Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Cubs Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Cubs Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Dodgers Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Dodgers Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Red Sox Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Red Sox Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Cardinals Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Cardinals Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Tigers Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Tigers Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Reds Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Reds Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Decade Greats Auto – sequentially numbered to 30

Decade Greats Auto Memorabilia – sequentially numbered to 30

Autographics – These are inserted 1 in every 180 packs.

Nickname Greats Auto – These are inserted 1 in every 15 packs.

Bat Barrel Auto Greats – Numbered Differently Depending on Player

Regular Cards Autograph Versions – These are inserted 1 in every 15 packs.

If you are a fan of old-time players and Hall of Famers, then this might be the set for you. It is going to cost over $100 per hobby box, but you do get 2 game used and 2 autograph cards on average.