Show Something Off - 90's Only

[frisbeesteve]

Originally Posted by charly41

Especially for FrisbeeSteve - lol - not a Rice card but those beauties are rarely shown, so I decided to post it here the first time - enjoy !

That is a very cool card indeed, and like you said - a set rarely seen! I especially like how his foot made it outside of the main card design for a personalized die-cut experience. I haven't seen very many of them, so took a quick jaunt over to COMC to see what I could see there. It looks like they've never seen a single Mailman over there! https://www.comc.com/Cards,sr,=hoops...+twine,ot,i100

Now for my share of the day. This card lands where a handful of the rarer late 90s Upper Deck issues land for me. A solid enough looking card/set, but one where the distinctions between the base-level card and the rarer parallels are less than epic. Still, cards from the 1998-99 Upper Deck Intensity Gold are not seen everyday:

[mondogenerator]

might as well add another PT

[charly41]

Yeah, the low #d UD cards like Intensity, Aerodynamics, Super Powers etc rarely pop up and are extremely hard to get, congratz for this beauty

Originally Posted by frisbeesteve

That is a very cool card indeed, and like you said - a set rarely seen! I especially like how his foot made it outside of the main card design for a personalized die-cut experience. I haven't seen very many of them, so took a quick jaunt over to COMC to see what I could see there. It looks like they've never seen a single Mailman over there! https://www.comc.com/Cards,sr,=hoops...+twine,ot,i100

Now for my share of the day. This card lands where a handful of the rarer late 90s Upper Deck issues land for me. A solid enough looking card/set, but one where the distinctions between the base-level card and the rarer parallels are less than epic. Still, cards from the 1998-99 Upper Deck Intensity Gold are not seen everyday:

[charly41]

thx a lot for sharing your Mighty Mouse PT never saw one before. I personally owned also the Pippen from this set but traded it years ago. Very beautiful and rare set imo.

Originally Posted by mondogenerator

might as well add another PT

[charly41]

my contribution for today



97/98 Triumvirate Illuminator

extremely hard to get, it took half an eternity until I could add it to PC

[mk6283]

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[Sportscards1086]

Originally Posted by mk6283

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Fire!....

[AbraCalabro]

Originally Posted by charly41

Especially for FrisbeeSteve - lol - not a Rice card but those beauties are rarely shown, so I decided to post it here the first time - enjoy !

Beautiful card, my friend!!! I love this insert, probably one of the nicest insert sets from that era.

Originally Posted by Doublexthebeast

I decided to go with "classical beauty" today

I also have a PSA 9 of each of them without the peel. I prefer the peel on and only have copies without because of PSA's set registry.

1994-95 Finest Refractor #240 PSA 9 by Michael Moler, on Flickr

I still need to add his Finest RC refractor. That card is so iconic to me, more than the Kobe Chrome.

Originally Posted by frisbeesteve

That is a very cool card indeed, and like you said - a set rarely seen! I especially like how his foot made it outside of the main card design for a personalized die-cut experience. I haven't seen very many of them, so took a quick jaunt over to COMC to see what I could see there. It looks like they've never seen a single Mailman over there! https://www.comc.com/Cards,sr,=hoops...+twine,ot,i100

Now for my share of the day. This card lands where a handful of the rarer late 90s Upper Deck issues land for me. A solid enough looking card/set, but one where the distinctions between the base-level card and the rarer parallels are less than epic. Still, cards from the 1998-99 Upper Deck Intensity Gold are not seen everyday:

I think UD stuff gets overlooked all the time, unfortunately. I always thought UD did some incredible things with simplistic design and this card is an example of such. I don't know why they appeal to me so much, but what they do with colors on top of their designs is just magical.

Here's another great sample of very simple design with outstanding results, which is also a rare example of superb photography on a Shawn Kemp card.

[duron]

Sneaky-tough at 1:370. Kind of a shame the Gold Medallions were negligibly different than the standard. That's the same old sad story of countless 90s parallels.

[AbraCalabro]

Originally Posted by duron

Sneaky-tough at 1:370. Kind of a shame the Gold Medallions were negligibly different than the standard. That's the same old sad story of countless 90s parallels.

One of the best insert sets out of the 90s. I'm biased though because of the timing these were released, me and ALL my friends were collecting back then. This is when the inserts REALLY and truly started to take off in my opinion, before the serial numbering stuff.

I remember seeing previews for the 95/96 Ultra product in Beckett and they had the Grant Hill card in the promos and being mesmerized by it.

Thanks for posting this dude, what a friggin' card, what a trip down memory lane.

[duron]

Originally Posted by AbraCalabro

One of the best insert sets out of the 90s. I'm biased though because of the timing these were released, me and ALL my friends were collecting back then. This is when the inserts REALLY and truly started to take off in my opinion, before the serial numbering stuff.

I remember seeing previews for the 95/96 Ultra product in Beckett and they had the Grant Hill card in the promos and being mesmerized by it.

Thanks for posting this dude, what a friggin' card, what a trip down memory lane.

Aw hell yea. 95-96 was a critical design year for many reasons. At the same time, that might have been the weakest year of Ultra imo, with this set being the one real standout. I also remember how often the Hill was used in promo ads, m u c h i c o n i c.

[frisbeesteve]

Originally Posted by AbraCalabro

Here's another great sample of very simple design with outstanding results, which is also a rare example of superb photography on a Shawn Kemp card.

That Kemp Profiles 3 card is amazing, and easily one of my favorites of his in a Cavs uni. The actions shots captured on both sides of the card are great, and especially in their holofoil glory, I'm sure!

Originally Posted by duron

Sneaky-tough at 1:370. Kind of a shame the Gold Medallions were negligibly different than the standard. That's the same old sad story of countless 90s parallels.

Very nice card, and one that I hadn't seen. It seems like almost all of the inserts from that year's Ultra were either available in Gold Medallion (rarer than the normal version), or Hot Pack (more common than normal version). The only insert of David Robinson's that was only available one way was his USA Basketball insert.

Now for today's share, an early game film rarity from Stadium Club:

[mondogenerator]

some great cards turning up in here

99-00 UD retro

#1

[Doublexthebeast]

I'm going to do all 3 rows from 96-97 at one time. They look best when all together. all /150 of course.

1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 0 /150 BGS 9 Front by Michael Moler, on Flickr
1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 1 /150 BGS 8.5 Front by Michael Moler, on Flickr
1996-97 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 2 /150 BGS 8.5 Front by Michael Moler, on Flickr

[rustywest]

Originally Posted by duron

Sneaky-tough at 1:370. Kind of a shame the Gold Medallions were negligibly different than the standard. That's the same old sad story of countless 90s parallels.

Tremendous card! Love those cards & loved all the parallels in that series, to me its the 2000's where the parallel's went to far.

How do you guys post such superb large photo's - do you need to post them via another application? All I can muster is those horrid jpeg images where you have to click on them so you can see...

[MRFINLEY]

[IMG]Flair showcase row2 legacy 50/100 by Rune Rui, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Flair showcase row1 legacy 30/100 by Rune Rui, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Flair showcase rowO legacy 12/100 by Rune Rui, on Flickr[/IMG]

[ninjabum87]

One o' these days I'll learn to take better pics haha.

[mk6283]

Not a card (sorry), but still a cool relic from the most important basketball game of the 1990s (IMO) and MJ’s last ever as a member of the Chicago Bulls.




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[cardnoob]

Love it!

Originally Posted by MRFINLEY

[IMG]Flair showcase row2 legacy 50/100 by Rune Rui, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Flair showcase row1 legacy 30/100 by Rune Rui, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Flair showcase rowO legacy 12/100 by Rune Rui, on Flickr[/IMG]

This is my favorite thread by far

[Sportscards1086]

[TheRoundMound]

Originally Posted by Sportscards1086

Love your signature Slam Cam is really such a cool set. Unfortunately no Barkley

[Vinny407]

Originally Posted by mondogenerator

some great cards turning up in here

99-00 UD retro

#1

Nice card! I actually pulled the Steve Francis # 001/250 from a pack at my LCS when the product came out. He was all the hype at the time and I sold it to someone there that day. I think I got like $40.....which I immediately spent on more packs

[Sportscards1086]

Originally Posted by TheRoundMound

Love your signature Slam Cam is really such a cool set. Unfortunately no Barkley

Slam Cams are sweet and yea, no Barkley sucks!!

[cardnoob]

Had a fun Eddie Jones mailday today, so here’s my humble contribution to the thread:

1998 Legacy /99
1998 Quadruple Diamonds /150
1997 Topps Chrome Refractor
1995 Hot Numbers

[duron]

Gorgeous shot of the Shaq Slam Cam, another favorite set of mine.