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1991 Topps - Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

Pack of 8 cards and 1 sticker.

One of Morgan Freeman's gazillion movies.

Like most Topps releases in the 90's there are single * and double ** variations for each card.

This pack contained a mix of both single and double.

There are 55 cards in the set, unless you collect both variations.

Card #1, the title card, is a pretty cool design.

My sticker is Christian Slater as Will Scarlett.

The nine sticker-backs form a puzzle of the title card.

That might be a cool little subset to collect, or not.

Angels In The Background #1

 I love trying to figure out the Angels in the background of other players cards.

1992 Classic I #T48

FROM THE PHOTO:

1992 card, photo probably from 1991.

Barely make out a T on his back and possibly a number starting with a 2.

Wears a wristband on his left wrist.

Day game vs Yankees at Anaheim Stadium (red-orange outfield seats, round logo on wall).

Pat Kelly at second base.

FACTS:

Ron Tingley was number 24 in 1991-1993.

From Retrosheet we know that the only game both Pat Kelly and Ron Tingley played in together at Anaheim was Sunday July 14, 1991:

In the 7th, with Kelly playing second, Tingley hit a single, followed by Schofield who forced Tingley at second, PHOTO.

Here's another photo of Tingley with the red wristband.

Completed Redemption Card Set

 1995 Collectors Choice Update Trade Card Redemptions

Series of five cards numbered TC1-TC5 inserted about 1:11 packs of 1995 Collectors Choice. Cards were redeemable (with $2) for an 11-card pack of specified Update cards. There were 55 cards in the Update set which was only available through these redemption cards.

TC1 Larry Walker for Update Cards 531-541

The backs are all the same except for the card number.

TC2 David Cone for Update Cards 542-552

TC3 Marquis Grissom for Update Cards 553-563

TC4 Terry Pendleton for Update Cards 564-574

TC5 Fernando Valenzuela for Update Cards 575-585

I'm glad that UDCC didn't pick the normal superstars for these inserts: Griffey Jr, Frank Thomas, Ripken, Jeter, Bonds, instead going with some different guys, still stars though, but refreshing.

Trades

 

TCDB trade with Dports1

I was especially excited to get the 1993 Kahns Tanana.

TCDB trade with Karensjer

(Topps Cards That Never Were)

Jeremy saw that I had recently traded for a Terry Pendleton 1995 Collectors Choice redemption card and offered this Grissom that I needed for the set. I set up a quick TCDB trade and here it is along with two Angels SPs. Jeremy threw in a few checklist cards as well.

TCDB trade with Mike and Dolly

After Jeremy offered the Grissom, I went to TCDB to find the last two cards I needed from the 5-card 1995 Collectors Choice Trade Card Redemptions. Mike and Dolly also had two of the 1992-93 Conlon TSN Color inserts. Getting a bit harder to find trades on the four I still need. And now I'm down to one letter for the DIAMOND COLLECTION redemption cards, a D.

They also had some PC and Angels I wanted. Now I just need the George Brett back on the 1989 Topps Joyner Sticker to have all six variations.

And 1986 Fleer Team Sticker variations for that set.

TCDB trade with cjswinko

The Donruss cards are all the factory set variations (minor design differences) which I am not chasing for all Angels, just those that are PC guys.

Maybe The Last of the Vintage TTMs

I only have a couple more TTMs out in the mail, but they are of newer cards, so this is probably the last of the vintage stuff I've sent out in the last few months. I don't currently have any plans for another round of requests.

Chuck signed this '68 Topps already signed by Jim Weaver, and returned it in 26 days from his home in Forrestville, MD.

Chuck is 81 years old.

He had an 11-year professional career but only appeared in 13 games in the MLB, all with the Angels in 1966. Unfortunate that his rookie card didn't come out for another two years when he was a mainstay in the minors until 1972.

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1993 Upper Deck Deathmate

Pack of 8 with a chance to pull a Lithograms, Players of Deathmate, or Transitions insert.

110 cards in the set.

 I have no idea what these are, I've never heard of Deathmate, and I'm almost afraid to look.

Okay, starting out with a pretty cool-looking character. I like the artwork on this. Apparently, his name in "Solar" hence the radiation symbol on his chest. And I'm assuming, since he is featured on the wrapper, that he is the main character.

Um, yeah, it's gone downhill, these aren't gonna be my thing.

The team photo card is kinda neat though.

Here's the back of the checklist to show you the Upper Deck hologram. I haven't seen the triangle hologram used before. Is this a first?

I guess Topps and Upper Deck were supposed to work together on this set, but Topps backed after long delays from Image Comics resulting in certain character cards never being produced.

And with that little bit of trivia, I will never rip another pack of these.