2003 Fleer Rookies and Greats - Boyhood Idols Jersey Relic

Year: 2003

Manufacturer: Fleer

Set: Rookies and Greats

Card Number: BI-RY

Card Type: Insert Relic

Insert Set: Boyhood Idols Game-Used Relics

Relic Type: Jersey

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered, Piece of Authentic

Serial Number: 261/615

I miss the days of collecting in my youth.  Not that 2003 was still my youth, I mean I miss having Fleer and Donruss as real companies competing against each other and trying to one up each other and all the other competitors.  2003 would mark the start of the downward spiral that eventually would lead to the companies demise and in two year's would just be a brand of Upper Deck.  2003 also marked end of Fleer putting out a flagship set, unless you count Fleer Tradition.  But in those final years Fleer gave it a good go and put out some of the nicest trading cards in it's history.  But Rookies and Greats isn't really one of those sets.  It's still a nice looking set. The base set was small, only 75 cards, and there weren't too many inserts to be had and only one base parallel.  

Robin was featured in a couple of the insert relic sets.  The Boyhood Idols insert also had a relic autograph parallel, but Robin is doesn't have a card in that set.  This was a pretty choice card back in 2003 with the swatch being two colors, I'm sure I paid a premium for this card.  It's also got an odd print run of 615.  Why?  Fleer that's why.  As a matter of fact a lot of the inserts in this set have odd numbering.