What is your favorite 90’s insert set

[todeen]

In 1996 I was 10 y.o. Topps Laser came out and I was blown away by that set. Love the set and inserts.


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[snider4prez]

Ah yes the sunburst Pinnacle parallels. How about Donruss Elite. And man did some say Topps Laser yes please! Nice picks guys!

By the way it’s not really without photos!

[Exhibitman]

1996 Pinnacle Starburst



1996 Pinnacle Summit Above and Beyond



1996 Topps Gallery Peter Max



1997 Topps Stadium Club Matrix

Basically, anything with etched Dufex is tempting.

[snider4prez]

BOOM! I knew you where holding out Adam. And yes it’s been 14 years man! Love the “Starburst” Griffey, don’t have that one yet.

Finest refractors have to make top 5 right!

[ALR-bishop]

In 1991 during their 40 year celebration Topps purchased 3 full sets of their cards for every year and gave them away as individual insert cards or redemption cards, or individual sets or a full run of sets ( grand prize) by means of pack inserts of Instant Game Win Cards. The cards were numbered. Pretty sure 264 cards were possible. I have all but 3, which I think may have been big prize cards where only one was issued. Not sure. Still looking for those 3 to complete the "set"

In 1990 you could build a set of 22 Batting Leaders cards from Topps Blister packs. Those cards were pictured on top of middle row of the packs. I had to buy a lot of blister packs to finish the set

I really like the Topps Black Gold ( 44) and Gold ( 825/792) inserts from from 93 and 94. Both versions of the Black Gold checklists are tough, as discussed in another thread

A question for the group...maybe Dylan will know....in 1991 in addition to the Instant Win cards mentioned above there were also Match The Stats insert cards. I have a bunch but unsure how many comprise a "set". Anyone know ?

[vintagewhitesox]

93 Topps Finest refractors for baseball

1997 Sp Authentic Profile 3 #d' /100 for basketball

1994 Topps Finest Refractors for football.

any PMGs for Hockey

[mrmopar]

Came back to add a few images, but I could list images all night and still not hit all the cool set.

Thought about it and probably my favorite 90s insert set is a basketball issue, the 1995-96 Flair Hot Numbers set. They can appear busy, but the lenticular style and the dept to those cards was amazing. Taking that a step further, and they were redemption only, but the Skybox Meltdown cards of Hill and Stackhouse were epic, where the wall melted behind the player as you tilted the card. it's not for everyone, but if you were buying cards new in the early to mid 90s, some of the greatest looking and unique cards were being introduced left and right. With all the technology and advances in cards, you'd think we'd still be getting great ideas and designed, but it seems to have died. They gave up or the monopolies just stunted the creativity because they didn't have to win us over, but the 90s lives on as the most creative era ever.

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

A question for the group...maybe Dylan will know....in 1991 in addition to the Instant Win cards mentioned above there were also Match The Stats insert cards. I have a bunch but unsure how many comprise a "set". Anyone know ?

Match the stats were issued in 1992 Topps, not 1991. I used to know the exact number but that info has been lost to time. Likely 44 or 55 or 66 since Topps liked those multiples of 11. There are, however, card stock variations for them.

[Rookiemonster]

A lot of my favs have been named and some have not. But I think a noteworthy addition to the list is 1992 Topps Gold. I was a one of the first true insert sets. The beginning of the gold card insert. With 792 cards in the set it is a true monster. We are not talking about the winner sets. Only the gold inserts that were not easy to pull. This marks the first time we seen gold and it’s been with us ever since.