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
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Series One
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
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Base | 365 | - | ? |
Silver Signature | 365 | - | one-per-pack |
Gold Signature | 365 | - | 1:36 |
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 R |
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
---|---|---|---|
Base | 365 | - | ? |
Silver Signature | 365 | - | one-per-pack |
Gold Signature | 365 | - | 1:36 |
Nomo Scrapbook | 5 | - | 1:12 |
You Crash the Game Silver | 90 | - | 1:5 |
You Crash the Game Gold | 90 | - | 1:50 |
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, but with a "T" suffix.
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 packs.
Customers could also receive 12 of these cards by sending 10 wrappers and $2 to an a mail-in order. This offer expired on May 15, 1996.
This set is 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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