Let's Talk About Sets Volume 29:1995 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion

I have said before in this series, nothing catches my eyes for sets more than gold. Gold leads to sets.

There was no bigger set to chase full of gold foil goodness then 1995 Fleer Ultra football.

With two series, the set is a massive 550 carder with lots of rookies and Hall Of Famers to chase within.

That means I have to chase down 550, yes 5....5...0 cards in this parallel set. If that doesn't say that I am crazy, nothing does.

Here are my latest additions to this major set.

 

And here is my overall look at what I have so far,

1995 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Parallel HAVES

11,13,14,15,18,19,42,43,44,59,61,66,71,72,79,80,80,96,100,102,109,116,121,125,139,140,154,166

167,186,187,188,191,193,194,211,213,214,218,221,223,224,225,228,229,230,231,246,247,252,253,

279,286,289,290,293,295,297,306,309,316,320,322,323,325,345,346,347,354,372,376,385,412,

418,422,423,441,454,456,458,462,476,482, 483,484,488,489,502,507,502,537,542,

I have knocked down maybe 1/5th of the set so many more to go. I would be impressed if I can ever focus to finish this one up. For now I have just been adding occasional cheap pieces as I find them or can trade for them.

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 14

Let's talk about sets baby
Let's talk about it with me
Let's talk about all the good things
And the bad things that may be
Let's talk about sets (1995)
Let's talk about sets (Ultra)
Let's talk about sets (Uh huh)
Let's talk about sets....

1991 song by Salt-N-Pepa was about a much different topic than I am turning it into. You see, I am staying on topic with cards. Not,well, what they were talking about. This newest segment about the 90's will focus on my set chases (the ones I have already used for a Origins Post or don't plan on using) and new additions to them along with updates on how far I have gotten.

It's time for us to sit down and have that discussion between your parents and you that you tried to avoid. You know, that conversation you have with them about the Flairs and the Pinnacles. Kids, it's time to Talk About Sets.


Today's sets talk is from my trade with WestCoastHockeyHits who sent me gold to use for sets in today's part with roughly 30 gold medallions from 1995 Ultra.

I like GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD!

Chris Warren

Derrick Brooks (what a player!)

Napoleon Kaufman

Rob Moore

Thomas Randolph

Well that does it with my sets with WestCoastHockeyHits. Thanks again man for the help! If you find anymore I may need, just check in.

As for the rest of you , plenty of sets to come.

Top 5: 2005 Fleer Ultra Football Base Cards

If 2005 Fleer Ultra sounds familiar to you in this series, it should. This is my second installment using it. The first round was the Top 5 baseball card pics, this time we hit the gridiron! 2005 Fleer Ultra was simply action packed and sometimes unique with it's photography along with a clean design.

Just like with the baseball, it was extremely challenging to narrow this down to five images. Remember this list just consists of ones I think are Top 5. Everyone has their own likes/dislikes and connects with certain cards for their own reason.

Let's take a look at mine.

#5. A great sideline catch here by Lloyd. It displays both his concentration and the defender doing their best to stop this completion.

#4 High flying Donald Driver and the priceless reaction on the Bears sideline makes this card a must have on this list.

#3 Slam dunking of Tony Gonzalez. Great shot of this.

#2 Yes, I sometimes think 2 and 3 should be switched, but I can't remember a piece of cardboard that shows a QB from this angle.

#1 No, this isn't an action packed photo, but Brooks entering the field, the green of the grass and the fans cheering caught my eye. It's a beautiful photo capturing the fun and emotion of the game.

So what do you think of my list? Would you have moved some around? Or do you know of others you would have stuck in here instead? You know where to leave your thoughts!