100 Days of Barry Larkin

[todeen]

Day 42: 1995 SLU. This is my favorite Larkin SLU, and I don't care that it is out of the box. I started collecting in 1996, thanks to my sister who worked at Toys R Us. She was able to secure me the Chipper Jones, which was the most sought-after figure in the set, going into the hundreds of dollars in the retail market. Of course, I held onto it, and today it's worth $10. We would visit her at work when she would alert us that a new shipment had been racked on the shelves. I got the 96 Larkin, a diving pose, but this jumping pose has always been the best. When I turned over all of my SLU for my son to play with, I retained my 95 SLU for my cabinet. If you didn't know, the 89 SLU Larkin is his most sought-after. I've considered pulling the trigger multiple times but have yet to do so because I don't want to store it. My display can't hold it still in the box. So I've also considered just buying the card. Some day.

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[OhioLawyerF5]

In 1996 Stadium Club, there was a 180-card partial-parallel set that was part of a contest. It was called Extreme Players. 18 players (nine in each series) from ten different positions (the eight fielding positions plus a starting pitcher and a reliever) were selected and at the conclusion of the 1996 regular season, an "Extreme Player" from each position was identified as a winner based on a statistical formula. Collectors could then mail back any winning Extreme Player cards they had and redeem it for a prize.

Each card is available in three colors, based on the foil-stamp on the front of the card: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Barry Larkin was the winner for shortstop.

Collectors bearing an Extreme Players Bronze card of one of the winning players could redeem it for an Extreme Winners Bronze set of all ten winning players. A winning Extreme Players Silver winning card would be entitled to a ten-card Extreme Winners Silver set done on Finest-style chromium stock. While the ten Extreme Players Gold winners could trade their card for a glass-coated, chromium-stock, Finest-style Extreme Winners Gold card of their player in return.

Here are the three winning prizes of Larkin. Interestingly, the Gold prize is much larger than a regular sized card, even larger than an early 50s Topps card.

Bronze Extreme Winner:



Silver Extreme Winner:



Gold Extreme Winner:

[todeen]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

In 1996 Stadium Club, there was a 180-card partial-parallel set that was part of a contest. It was called Extreme Players. 18 players (nine in each series) from ten different positions (the eight fielding positions plus a starting pitcher and a reliever) were selected and at the conclusion of the 1996 regular season, an "Extreme Player" from each position was identified as a winner based on a statistical formula. Collectors could then mail back any winning Extreme Player cards they had and redeem it for a prize.

Each card is available in three colors, based on the foil-stamp on the front of the card: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Barry Larkin was the winner for shortstop.

Collectors bearing an Extreme Players Bronze card of one of the winning players could redeem it for an Extreme Winners Bronze set of all ten winning players. A winning Extreme Players Silver winning card would be entitled to a ten-card Extreme Winners Silver set done on Finest-style chromium stock. While the ten Extreme Players Gold winners could trade their card for a glass-coated, chromium-stock, Finest-style Extreme Winners Gold card of their player in return.

Here are the three winning prizes of Larkin. Interestingly, the Gold prize is much larger than a regular sized card, even larger than an early 50s Topps card.

Bronze Extreme Winner:



Silver Extreme Winner:



Gold Extreme Winner:

Twins....



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[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by todeen

Twins....



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That's awesome! You don't see that one very day.

Here's the preview atomic to go with the much better looking one you posted.

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Here's the preview atomic to go with the much better looking one you showed.

Thanks for displaying the preview. I've thought about buying it multiple times, but always choose something else.

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[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by todeen

Thanks for displaying the preview. I've thought about buying it multiple times, but always choose something else.

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Yeah, it's easy to pass on. They made the right choice switching to the atomic pattern for the actual release. It looks so much better than the speckle pattern.