Latest revision as of 15:38, 25 August 2022

Description

Released by Topps in October 1995, this "three-dimensional" lenticular set consists of 59 cards. "D3," as it has come to be known, was not well received by The Hobby and is considered one of Topps' biggest flops of the era.

Originally timed to coincide with the 1995 All-Star Game and buttressed by a massive (by Topps standards) marketing campaign that included a two-full-page advertisement in Beckett Baseball Card Monthly, D3 suffered from delays, a high price tag ($5 for a five-card Hobby pack), the lack of any rookies and few inserts, and the release by Pinnacle Brands of a similar (and about $2/pack cheaper) product, UC3.

A second series of D3 baseball and a football set were both planned for early '96, but both were canceled soon after the release of this product.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack. $5 MSRP

Retail: Three cards per pack. $3 MSRP

Reviews

http://blog.stalegum.com/2010/07/junk-pack-break-1995-topps-d3.html

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	59	-	4.5	2.67
Zone	6	-	1:2	1:3

Checklist

Promos

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These cards were included in dealer sell-sheets and distributed to The Hobby media. Promos of three football players also exist; however Topps never made a D3 football set.

Greg Gagne
Tim Bogar
Glyn Milburn (football)
Roberto Alomar
Cortez Kennedy FB
Jason Elam FB

Base Set

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1 Dave Justice
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Ruben Sierra
4 Roberto Alomar
5 Denny Martinez
6 Todd Zeile
7 Albert Belle
8 Chuck Knoblauch
9 Roger Clemens
10 Cal Eldred
11 Dennis Eckersley
12 Andy Benes
13 Moises Alou
14 Andres Galarraga
15 Jim Thome
16 Tim Salmon
17 Carlos Garcia
18 Scott Leius
19 Jeff Montgomery
20 Brian Anderson
21 Will Clark
22 Bobby Bonilla
23 Mike Stanley
24 Barry Bonds
25 Jeff Conine
26 Paul O'Neill
27 Mike Piazza
28 Tom Glavine
29 Jim Edmonds
30 Lou Whitaker
31 Jeff Frye
32 Ivan Rodriguez
33 Bret Boone
34 Mike Greenwell
35 Mark Grace
36 Darren Lewis
37 Don Mattingly
38 Jose Rijo
39 Robin Ventura
40 Bob Hamelin
41 Tim Wallach
42 Tony Gwynn
43 Ken Griffey, Jr.
44 Doug Drabek
45 Rafael Palmeiro
46 Dean Palmer
47 Bip Roberts
48 Barry Larkin
49 Dave Nilsson
50 Wil Cordero
51 Travis Fryman
52 Chuck Carr
53 Rey Sanchez
54 Walt Weiss
55 Joe Carter
56 Lenny Dykstra
57 Orlando Merced
58 Ozzie Smith
59 Chris Gomez

Inserts

Zone

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None of the players in this set appear in the base set. It is assumed that these six would have been included in the Series Two base set, and six players from the Series One base set would have been in the Series Two Zone set.

1 Frank Thomas
2 Kirby Puckett
3 Jeff Bagwell
4 Fred McGriff
5 Raul Mondesi
6 Kenny Lofton

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-These cards were included in dealer sell-sheets and distributed to The Hobby media.  A third D3 promo of Detroit Lions kick returner Glyn Milburn exists; however Topps never made a D3 football set.
+These cards were included in dealer sell-sheets and distributed to The Hobby media.  Promos of three football players also exist; however Topps never made a D3 football set.
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