Junk Wax Journey 1988 — The Calm Before the Storm

1988 felt like a deep breath before the boom. The shelves were full, the gum was stale, and the hobby was growing but it hadn’t yet gone supernova. There were no holograms, no fancy parallels, no chrome…just pure junk wax. This was the year of Glavine and Alomar rookies, of overproduction and optimism, when collecting was still about teams, binders, and bubble gum. For Junk Wax Journey, 1988 is the bridge between simplicity and madness; a reminder of when the hobby was still innocent, before Griffey’s smile lit the fuse.

What’s in this Break?

The All-Star level break is a balanced mix of flagship fun and oddball flair!

The Chase Box:

• The All-Star level Chase Box for 1988 will have a 48-pack makeup consisting of the following products:

  • 1988 Donruss

  • 1988 Fleer 

  • 1988 Score  

  • 1988 Topps

  • Leaf (Rare Canadian version of Donruss)

  • O-Pee-Chee (Rare Canadian version of Topps)

  • 1988 Topps UK Minis (aka Topps American baseball)

  • 1988 Topps Big Series 1 / 2 / 3

Bonus Rips (we may or may not access all of these, depending on which activators we hit):

• Classic Red

• Classic Blue

• Donruss Baseball’s Best

• Donruss The Rookies

• Fleer Oddball and Retail Exclusive Sets

• Fleer Classic Miniatures

• Fleer Update

• Score Rookie & Traded

• Score Young Superstars Series 1 / 2

• Topps Retailer Exclusives

• Topps Traded

• Various Food-Issue hand collated sets

• Nostalgia Rips Mystery Packs

Wax Bounties!

• Wax Bounties are the biggest hits of the year. We allocate Wax Bounties using randomization, so no matter your team, you’ve got a shot at the year’s crown jewels. Keep in mind the Wax Bounties when your choose your team! For 1988, our bounties and related bonus rips will be: 

  • Bo Knows a Bonus Rip (II) → Pull a 1988 Bo Jackson

  • Tom Terrific 2.0 → Pull a 1988 Tom Glavine

  • Spit Take → Pull a 1988 Roberto Alomar

  • Hype Machine → Pull a 1988 Gregg Jeffries

Junk Wax Jokers!

• Junk Wax Jokers are surprise cards that trigger chaos. The Jokers keep everyone on their toes and make sure no break is ever predictable. Junk Wax Jokers also trigger a bonus rip, but they are not allocated randomly. Our 1988 Jokers and their bonus rips will be:

  • Schmidt Happens

  • Overrated Rookies

  • Midsummer Classic

  • Express Delivery

  • Bash Brothers