1996 Collector's Choice

Description

1996 Collector's Choice is a 790-card, two series, set. The first 365 cards were released in November, 1995. Randomly inserted into all Series One packs were three different "Post-Season Highlights" exchange cards. Each card could then be sent to Upper Deck, and the collector would then receive one of three, ten-card, Post-Season Highlight subsets (cards 366-395). Series Two was released in June, 1996 and contained another 365 cards (396-760). The final 30-cards (#761-790) make up an Update subset and were available via a wrapper redemption offer. All 790 cards were available in the Collector's Choice Factory set.

Also, a 48-card, partial parallel set was distributed via vending machines. These cards are very similar to the regular cards with some differences; they are numbered out of 48 and the first six cards in the set are foil.

Distribution

Series One Wax: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Series Two Wax: 40 packs per box, 14 cards per pack (MESP: $1.29)

Wal-Mart Exclusive "A Cut Above" packs: five cards plus one Ken Griffey, Jr. "A Cut Above" insert per pack (MSRP: $0.97)

Factory Sets

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	365	-	?
Silver Signature	365	-	one-per-pack
Gold Signature	365	-	1:36
Postseason Highlights Redemptions	3	-	1:11
You Make the Play	90	-	one-per-pack
You Make the Play Gold Signature	90	-	1:36
Griffey A Cut Above	10	-	one-per-pack W
Ripken Collection	5	-	1:12

Series Two

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	365	-	?
Silver Signature	365	-	one-per-pack
Gold Signature	365	-	1:36
Nomo Scrapbook	5	-	1:12
Ripken Collection	5	-	1:12
You Crash the Game Silver	90	-	1:5
You Crash the Game Gold	90	-	1:50

W: Exclusive to specially-marked packs sold at Wal-Mart.

Checklist

Promo

Base Set

NOTE: Selected star players have borderless cards.

Series One

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Stat Leaders

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Rookie Class

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Traditional Threads

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Fantasy Team

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International Flavor

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Checklists

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Post-Season Highlights

Randomly inserted into Series One packs at the rate of 1:11 were three different Post-Season Highlights exchange cards. Collector who found one of the exchange cards could then mail it back to Upper Deck and receive a pack of 10 Post-Season Highlight cards. All 30 Post-Season Highlight cards are sequentially-numbered as an extension of the Series One base set.

All 30 cards were included in the 1996 Collector's Choice factory set.

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Series Two

Team Checklists

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Rookie Class

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First Class

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Arizona Fall League

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Award Winners

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Checklists

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Update

The final 30 cards in the 1996 Collector's Choice set were made available to collectors through a wrapper redemption offer. All 30 cards are also available in the 1996 Collector's Choice factory set.

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Parallels

With the exception of the 30 Post-Season Highlight (cards 366-395) and 30 Update cards (#761-790), all 730 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Silver Signature
• Gold Signature

Vending

This 48-card set is a partial-parallel was distributed in coin-operated vending machines manufactured by the Folz company. This set is often referred to as the "Folz" set by collectors.

Each card 2 1/3" X 3 2/5" -- slightly smaller and narrower than a standard-sized card -- and each is sequentially-numbered "X/48" on the back. The first six cards in the set were printed on foil cardstock and short-printed.

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Inserts

You Make the Play

One card from this 90-card set was inserted into each Series One pack. Forty-five players are featured on two different cards. The cards measure just about the standard-size but have rounded corners and were meant to be played as part of a game.

In addition to being inserted into packs, dealers also were offered extra You Make the Play cards depending on how many cases ordered. A dealer who ordered one case received two 12-card packs of these cards for a total of 24 cards. Meanwhile, a dealer who ordered two cases received six 12-card packs for a total of 72 cards.

Customers could also receive 12 of these cards by sending ten wrappers and $2 to an a mail-in order. This offer expired on May 15th, 1996.

All 90 cards are also available in a Gold Signature parallel.

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You Crash the Game

This 90-card set features 30 of the game's top sluggers on three different game cards. If the featured player hit a home run during the time period specified on the card, it was then eligible to be redeemed for a super premium Cell Card of the same player. The postmark expiration date for exchanging winning cards was November 18th, 1996.

This set is also available in a Gold parallel.

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You Crash the Game Redemption

This 27-card, skip-numbered, set features transparent color player images of the home run hitters from the Collectors Choice Crash the Game regular set in a wood-like frame highlighted with silver foil. The cards were available via mail on a card-by-card basis in exchange for winning Silver or Gold Crash cards. The set parallels the You Crash the Game set; however, three players (Tim Salmon, Larry Walker, and Joe Carter) did not have any winning YCtG cards. Therefore, this set is complete without cards #CG8, CG16 and CG30.

Ripken Collection

See 1996 Upper Deck Ripken Collection

A Cut Above

This ten-card die-cut set was exclusive to specially marked packs sold at Wal-Mart stores. Each six-card pack contained five base cards and one A Cut Above insert and retailed for $0.97.

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Nomo Scrapbook

This five-card set was randomly inserted into Series Two packs.

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Collector's Choice
1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 UD Choice
Other Collector's Choice Brands: 1995 Collector's Choice Special Edition - 1997 Collector's Choice Teams - 1998 Collector's Choice Teams - 1999 UD Choice Preview