Revision as of 03:11, 7 December 2011

Description

1996 Metal Universe is a 250-card set released by Fleer in the summer of 1996. All cards are printed on etched foil with a unique design that intermingled fantasy comic book elements with baseball -- not surprising since Fleer was owned by Marvel Entertainment at the time.

Distribution

24 packs per box, eight cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Platinum	250	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Platinum Portraits	10	-	1:4	1:4
Heavy Metal	10	-	1:8	1:8
Mining for Gold	12	-	N/A	1:12
Mother Lode	12	-	1:12	N/A
Titanium	10	-	1:24	1:24

Checklist

Base Set

1 Roberto Alomar
2 Brady Anderson
3 Bobby Bonilla
4 Chris Hoiles
5 Ben McDonald
6 Mike Mussina
7 Randy Myers
8 Rafael Palmeiro
9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
10 B.J. Surhoff
11 Luis Alicea
12 Jose Canseco
13 Roger Clemens
14 Will Cordero
15 Tom Gordon
16 Mike Greenwell
17 Tim Naehring
18 Troy O'Leary
19 Mike Stanley
20 John Valentin
21 Mo Vaughn
22 Tim Wakefield
23 Garret Anderson
24 Chili Davis
25 Gary DiSarcina
26 Jim Edmonds
27 Chuck Finley
28 Todd Greene
29 Mark Langston
30 Troy Percival
31 Tony Phillips
32 Tim Salmon
33 Lee Smith
34 J.T. Snow
35 Ray Durham
36 Alex Fernandez
37 Ozzie Guillen
38 Roberto Hernandez
39 Lyle Mouton
40 Frank Thomas
41 Robin Ventura
42 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
43 Carlos Baerga
44 Albert Belle
45 Orel Hershiser
46 Kenny Lofton
47 Dennis Martinez
48 Jack McDowell
49 Jose Mesa
50 Eddie Murray
51 Charles Nagy
52 Manny Ramirez
53 Julian Tavarez
54 Jim Thome
55 Omar Vizquel
56 Chad Curtis
57 Cecil Fielder
58 John Flaherty
59 Travis Fryman
60 Chris Gomez
61 Felipe Lira
62 Kevin Appier
63 Johnny Damon
64 Tom Goodwin
65 Mark Gubicza
66 Jeff Montgomery
67 Jon Nunnally
68 Ricky Bones
69 Jeff Cirillo
70 John Jaha
71 Dave Nilsson
72 Joe Oliver
73 Kevin Seitzer
74 Greg Vaughn
75 Marty Cordova
76 Chuck Knoblauch
77 Pat Meares
78 Paul Molitor
79 Pedro Munoz
80 Kirby Puckett
81 Brad Radke
82 Scott Stahoviak
83 Matt Walbeck
84 Wade Boggs
85 David Cone
86 Joe Girardi
87 Derek Jeter
88 Jim Leyritz
89 Tino Martinez
90 Don Mattingly
91 Paul O'Neill
92 Andy Pettitte
93 Tim Raines
94 Kenny Rogers
95 Ruben Sierra
96 John Wetteland
97 Bernie Williams
98 Geronimo Berroa
99 Dennis Eckersley
100 Brent Gates
101 Mark McGwire
102 Steve Ontiveros
103 Terry Steinbach
104 Jay Buhner
105 Vince Coleman
106 Joey Cora
107 Ken Griffey, Jr.
108 Randy Johnson
109 Edgar Martinez
110 Alex Rodriguez
111 Paul Sorrento
112 Will Clark
113 Juan Gonzalez
114 Rusty Greer
115 Dean Palmer
116 Ivan Rodriguez
117 Mickey Tettleton
118 Joe Carter
119 Alex Gonzalez
120 Shawn Green
121 Erik Hanson
122 Pat Hentgen
123 Sandy Martinez
124 Otis Nixon
125 John Olerud
126 Steve Avery
127 Tom Glavine
128 Marquis Grissom
129 Chipper Jones
130 Dave Justice
131 Ryan Klesko
132 Mark Lemke
133 Javy Lopez
134 Greg Maddux
135 Fred McGriff
136 John Smoltz
137 Mark Wohlers
138 Frank Castillo
139 Shawon Dunston
140 Luis Gonzalez
141 Mark Grace
142 Brian McRae
143 Jaime Navarro
144 Rey Sanchez
145 Ryne Sandberg
146 Sammy Sosa
147 Bret Boone
148 Curtis Goodwin
149 Barry Larkin
150 Hal Morris
151 Reggie Sanders
152 Pete Schourek
153 John Smiley
154 Dante Bichette
155 Vinny Castilla
156 Andres Galarraga
157 Bret Saberhagen
158 Bill Swift
159 Larry Walker
160 Walt Weiss
161 Kurt Abbott
162 John Burkett
163 Greg Colbrunn
164 Jeff Conine
165 Chris Hammond
166 Charles Johnson
167 Al Leiter
168 Pat Rapp
169 Gary Sheffield
170 Quilvio Veras
171 Devon White
172 Jeff Bagwell
173 Derek Bell
174 Sean Berry
175 Craig Biggio
176 Doug Drabek
177 Tony Eusebio
178 Brian L. Hunter
179 Orlando Miller
180 Shane Reynolds
181 Mike Blowers
182 Roger Cedeno
183 Eric Karros
184 Ramon Martinez
185 Raul Mondesi
186 Hideo Nomo
187 Mike Piazza
188 Moises Alou
189 Yamil Benitez
190 Darrin Fletcher
191 Cliff Floyd
192 Pedro Martinez
193 Carlos Perez
194 David Segui
195 Tony Tarasco
196 Rondell White
197 Edgardo Alfonzo
198 Rico Brogna
199 Carl Everett
200 Todd Hundley
201 Jason Isringhausen
202 Lance Johnson
203 Bobby Jones
204 Jeff Kent
205 Bill Pulsipher
206 Jose Vizcaino
207 Ricky Bottalico
208 Darren Daulton
209 Lenny Dykstra
210 Jim Eisenreich
211 Gregg Jefferies
212 Mickey Morandini
213 Heathcliff Slocumb
214 Jay Bell
215 Carlos Garcia
216 Jeff King
217 Al Martin
218 Orlando Merced
219 Dan Miceli
220 Denny Neagle
221 Andy Benes
222 Royce Clayton
223 Gary Gaetti
224 Ron Gant
225 Bernard Gilkey
226 Brian Jordan
227 Ray Lankford
228 John Mabry
229 Ozzie Smith
230 Todd Stottlemyre
231 Andy Ashby
232 Brad Ausmus
233 Ken Caminiti
234 Steve Finley
235 Tony Gwynn
236 Joey Hamilton
237 Rickey Henderson
238 Trevor Hoffman
239 Wally Joyner
240 Rod Beck
241 Barry Bonds
242 Glenallen Hill
243 Stan Javier
244 Mark Leiter
245 Deion Sanders
246 William VanLandingham
247 Matt Williams
248 Checklist
249 Checklist
250 Checklist

Parallels

Each pack contains one Platinum parallel card.

Inserts

Platinum Portraits

1 Garret Anderson
2 Marty Cordova
3 Jim Edmonds
4 Jason Isringhausen
5 Chipper Jones
6 Ryan Klesko
7 Hideo Nomo
8 Carlos Perez
9 Manny Ramirez
10 Rondell White

Heavy Metal

1 Albert Belle
2 Barry Bonds
3 Juan Gonzalez
4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
5 Mark McGwire
6 Mike Piazza
7 Sammy Sosa
8 Frank Thomas
9 Mo Vaughn
10 Matt Williams

Mining for Gold

Mining for Gold is exclusive to retail packs.

1 Yamil Benitez
2 Marty Cordova
3 Shawn Green
4 Todd Greene
5 Brian L. Hunter
6 Derek Jeter
7 Charles Johnson
8 Chipper Jones
9 Hideo Nomo
10 Alex Ochoa
11 Andy Pettitte
12 Quilvio Veras

Mother Lode

Mother Lode is exclusive to Hobby packs.

1 Barry Bonds
2 Jim Edmonds
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Kenny Lofton
5 Raul Mondesi
6 Rafael Palmeiro
7 Manny Ramirez
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
9 Tim Salmon
10 Ryne Sandberg
11 Frank Thomas
12 Matt Williams

Titanium

1 Albert Belle
2 Barry Bonds
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Tony Gwynn
5 Greg Maddux
6 Mike Piazza
7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
8 Frank Thomas
9 Mo Vaughn
10 Matt Williams

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 =Distribution=
+packs per box, eight cards per pack.
 =Reviews=
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 |[[#Base_Set|Base]]||250||-||?||?
+|-
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+|-
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+|-
+|Heavy Metal||10||-||1:8||1:8
+|-
+|Mining for Gold||12||-||N/A||1:12
+|-
+|Mother Lode||12||-||1:12||N/A
+|-
+|Titanium||10||-||1:24||1:24
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-==Parallels==
+Each pack contains one Platinum parallel card.
 ==Inserts==
-==Autographs & Game-Used==
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+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Heavy Metal===
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+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1996') AND (setname='Metal Universe Heavy Metal')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Mining for Gold===
+Mining for Gold is exclusive to retail packs.
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+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1996') AND (setname='Metal Universe Mining for Gold')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Mother Lode===
+Mother Lode is exclusive to Hobby packs.
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+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1996') AND (setname='Metal Universe Mother Lode')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Titanium===
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+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1996') AND (setname='Metal Universe Titanium')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
 [[Category:Fleer]]
+[[Category:Skybox]]
 [[Category:1996]]