Crackin' Wax - 2005 Donruss Throwback Threads

In the quest to fill in the gaps I picked up a lot of 2005 Donruss Throwback Threads packs.

Donruss made this set for just two years - 2004 and 2005. The cards have a little gloss on the front, which means that sometimes they are sticking together in the packs. They also inserted thick cardboard spacers into several packs, possibly to thwart pack searchers?

The top is the spacer, the bottom stack is a stack of all the cards in a regular pack.

 The checklist was full of base cards featuring retired veterans in vintage unis. Who could forget the memorable Mariner years for Rickey Henderson? Ok, that was a little funky...

As you might guess, the set also features current players in throwback threads! What a cool concept!

Oh... but just those two guys? I guess so. Why call your set "Throwback Threads" if you're not going to feature . . . throwback threads?

 Cool - some more Hall of Famers!

Um.. ok, that's not a Throwback Uniform, but Schilling is pretty good!

Uh, what? Why?? I get that the "hit" version of this card would have a cool relic or something, but what is the point of a set called Throwback Threads and a subset within that set called Throwback Collection that makes no reference to anything remotely throwback-like?

These were actually pretty cool - they are a little bit thicker than the others, with a kind of plastic credit card kind of weight to them. They are all arbitrarily numbered:

Seems unnecessary. I like it! The Tejada card numbered to 70 was identical in every way to the others, it's not like they got refractor-y or gold foil or anything like that. Again... kind of unnecessary, but ya know, kind of fun anyway...

The Century Stars insert featured Ryan, and guys like Ken Griffey Jr as a Red, David Wells as a Blue Jay, etc. etc.

Overall, this was a cool concept for a set that Donruss just didn't try that hard to make good.