Let's Talk About Sets Volume 48:Power Surge!

Set's talk Volume 48 is here folks! And just before I started typing this up, I learned a new position on today's sets. 

That there is more than just one way to have this sets.

1995 Stadium Club Power Surge was inserted in Series 1 packs falling 1:18 packs but I also found out that they were in Series 2 as well falling 1:36 packs making this once thought 12 card set into a 24 card set chase.

And this is why I do my research.

I just recently started to decide to chase this set when I opened a box of 1995 Stadium Club series 1 and saw how invigorating the design was.

  

The foil doesn't only shine with rainbow,but the lightning strike in the background does as well with a streak that offsets the rest of the card. Not sure how they did that but its very appealing.

 

And a couple more. These are a little bit up close so you can see the full angle.

With these 6 new adds from Burbank Sportscards Beckett Marketplace (also saved 10% by using code 15Burbank), I am only 3 away from having the Series 1 set. Now I gotta figure out how far from Series 2 I am.

Another fun chase in the works among my many others. I will further update this chase down the line with more sets talk.

For now, have a good day and remember to have protection for when you are doing sets.

Episode 12:1997 Fleer Ultra Football Pack Rip With Insert Find!

Landing in as one of my Top 3 Favorite Fleer Ultra designs all time, 1997 Fleer Ultra was always a fun rip and when I saw the price of a pack I could get, I went and got it.

So let's check out the rip.

Each retail pack of 1997 Fleer Ultra football came with 6 cards. This pack I landed for $1.50 so that was pretty sweet.

Pack odds on the back

Let's check out that sweet design in a pack full of 90's names you heard often.

Rashaan Salaam.

Jeff Blake

Steve McNair

Brad Johnson

 Jason Dunn

Million Dollar Moments bonus card. Think this was a contest of some sort. I just collected the cards.

And the boom, a Darnell Autry Rookies insert that fell 1:3 packs. Out of the five packs I bought, this was the only insert pull. It's not like today's packs where you found an insert every pack.

Well that was fun and I already have my eye on more. I considered building the 1997 Fleer Ultra base set but not sure yet. That would be quite the project.

If you were at all curious what my top design favorites for Ultra were as I mentioned above, here they are in order.

1. 1995 Fleer Ultra
2. 1998 Fleer Ultra
3. 1997 Fleer Ultra

What are yours?

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 18

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 (Summitt)
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 @card_a_holic who I said caught my attention from having set needs for me.

So let's check out the sauciness today.

In 1995, Pro Line Classic had these great looking foil die cuts celebrating the Pro Bowl. I pulled quite a few of them and almost believe they were 1 per pack at the time. But, over the years things started to disappear and I was left with only a few. So time to build that up!

Thanks to Brian I was able to.

Junior Seau

Deion Sanders

Cris Carter

Warren Moon

Reggie White

Thanks to Brian I now have 12 cards towards the 30. Not half way there yet but getting there. As always, if you can help with sets please let me know!

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 16

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 (Skybox Impact)
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 @card_a_holic who I said caught my attention from having set needs for me.

So let's check out the sauciness today.

We are counting down to Impact! Sounds like some dirty sets doesn't it?

Countdown To Impact was inserted into 1995 Skybox Impact and is a pretty simple design card or at least appears that way. The seconds on the cards are actually embossed which drew me right in. I only ever pulled one in my youth so I have a ways to go with this set especially since they fell 1:30 packs.

Jerry Rice was a great add towards it!

Junior Seau

I have three of ten now. Seven more to go before this sets is done.

Let's Talk About Sets Volume 15

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 (Score)
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 a generous mail day from fellow blogger Bulldog  who runs the Nothing If Not Random blog

So let's check out the sauciness today.

I mentioned in the two posts of mail days how he sent along some Red Siege set help and he nailed it with all new ones!

Kerry Collins. Double PC card!

Bryant Young. The red mouth piece really stands out on the red foil.

Mark Bruener

Jack Del Rio

Troy Aikman

Steve Young

Junior Seau

Star Struck subset Junior Seau

Bam Bam Morris

Gus Freotte

Eddie Goines

Ken Harvey

and finally, Robert Brooks.

Thanks to Bulldog for the help with these sets. Really appreciated. Thanks to your help I am now up to 60 cards out of the 275 in the set. I have a very long ways to go but glad to be closing in on 100 and shouldn't be too far of a climb with them falling 1:3 packs.

The Origins Of A Cardboard Addict: Entering A Prism Realm

1995. What a year it was for me especially in the hobby. My collection was booming and my love of football was ever expanding. Of course I hadn't fully given up yet on my dream at that point of becoming the next Green Power Ranger either despite my pick up of sports love.

I had just earned a few bucks from oddball jobs for my grandmother and her friends and I was in the mood to shop. At that age, two $5 bills was like a million dollars burning a hole in my pocket. It needed to come out and give me something I needed.

I didn't know of a Walmart at that point in my life, but we did have our version of one just twenty minutes away in Ames. I have spoken about the place before on here and finding the goods in the card section they had, but this time I had my eyes on a new Power Rangers figure.

I needed a villain to play opposite of my heroes and I had been wanting the Lord Zedd figure for a long time. It only made sense for me once I had enough cash to snag one.

As I was in the toy section looking for the greatest villain in Power Ranger history, don't argue with me on this one as I will win,  I stumbled upon one lone pack of 1995 Prism Series 1 Football just sitting there looking at me. I knew I had my mind set on getting that Lord Zedd figure, but I had to at least pick up this pack of cards to examine right?

So I picked the pack up and noticed that it was opened from the top. It was as if someone had opened it to see the contents, didn't like it,  and slid the card back in. So I did the same. I pulled the card out and it was this Junior Seau. But, it wasn't the player that caught my eye, even though he was one of the greatest linebackers to play the game, it was the rainbow foil stargazing at me. It was beautiful. The name was just as catchy. Prism.

The design and the name made me think about what I wanted to do most as a kid, enter a new dimension through a portal and see a whole other world. Maybe be the hero or defender of that new world. I could enter that new dimension like Junior did on the card through a Prism. How amazing would that be?? I could jump into this card and be a hero in another world. Super De Duper!(yes that was my inner Barney-the purple dinosaur- coming out. I definitely don't talk about this much, but I can do Barney's voice pretty well. I was once almost hired to do a kids party because of this hidden talent)

The back of the card wasn't as eye appealing as the front. I at the time thought it was Junior escaping the Prism he had put himself in. Go into the Prism in the front, come out into a new world in the back.

The card grew on me so much, it had to go into the cart.  However the $2.99 price tag cut into my Lord Zedd budget and that would mean I would sacrifice grabbing him again. *sigh* Luckily what I didn't know was that my parents would grab me one for Christmas that year. I just wished I still had that figure like I have this Seau. I guess that's why it's on my want list (along with other 90's toys you can check out on  my tabs).

That was the only pack of Prism I ever found at Ames. That one lone pack that had called me to buy it. I never even discovered the product anywhere else local in 1995, must have been a hot one!

Since then however, I have picked up a few packs here and there to try and chase the base set that is 216 cards. With the one prism-card-per-pack, there is also a team filler card that comes in the pack, that will not be easy. I have a long ways to go still with roughly less than 20 towards the set. I also still need the gold parallel for my Rodney Hampton PC. Those fell one every few packs so hopefully I can add one soon. 

In the mean time, I will be forever chasing this base set like many others from my childhood.

Here are a few that I have towards my set chase

Emmitt Smith. One of the greatest backs to play the game. Probably the second best I have ever watched. Barry Sanders blows Emmitt away.

Michael Westbrook was one of the key rookies to chase in 1995, but he wasn't the one I was after. I much preferred Kerry Collins who was the top pick.

Now that you know my childhood dream of becoming a hero in another dimension, I bet you are wondering if I ever used the card try and go to a new universe, I can say that I didn't because I didn't want to damage the card attempting. However, a few of my Power Rangers figures may have had to go back in time through a Prism to save the world a few times. Especially from Lord Zedd.

Breakin Wax:1995 Upper Deck Football 1-Pack Break

In my final break from my trade with @batcavelv, yes this has been dragged out for three months with all of the posts I am behind on, I am busting a pack of 1995 Upper Deck football. Love Upper Deck product especially pro licensed.

Upper Deck had many fun things to offer in the 90's from holograms to die cuts to foil Fx cards. Every pack you opened you knew something special was within.

This pack made me both happy to open and sad with the loss of Upper Deck NFL cards.

Enough with the Upper Deck rambling before this post turns into a book, let's see what the pack had!

In every pack of 1995 Upper Deck football, this is a retail pack, there was 12 cards per pack. There were rookies, veterans and one Silver Electric parallel to find per pack.

The base cards for the 1995 base set were great. Photography was amazing, no border and the name layout looked terrific.

My rookie find in the pack. I like when the rookies are slightly different designed than the base.

And my Silver Electric parallel was kinda ironic knowing the player and what team he played for. The photograph on this card is great too. Guess Junior showed Drew what the ground looked like on that sack.

Overall, nothing big in terms of pulls, but in terms of memories and fun, it scored an 11 on a scale of 1-10.  I definitely want to find more.