Was the owner from Mass/NH? there was a guy making similar stuff in the early 90's and selling it to mall stores etc. His were foamboard with a licensed 8x10 glued to it and cut to the player shape mounted to a wood base. I can see him moving on to stuff like these as they're similar.
His were also "limited" usually being numbered to I think 50. I only ever bought one, a Bobby Orr which I got signed at a hardware store opening. He wasn't real happy about signing it, but did. I almost said it was ok not to, but he was quicker than I was
Maybe also related to the "3-d" cards someone was making also around 1993 ish? Usally 3 91 Donruss cut out in layers and reassembled into a little 3-d display. Those were sold through places like Toys R Us and got squashed by the big three card companies pretty quickly. I never bought one since they were around $20 if I remember correctly.
Steve B