1996 Collector's Choice

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1996 UD Collector's Choice Series 2 box

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.

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

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	790	-	?
Silver Signature	730	-	1:1
Gold Signature	730	-	1:36
Nomo Scrapbook (S2)	5	-	1:12
You Make the Play (S1)	90	-	1:1
You Make the Play Gold Signature (S1)	90	-	1:36
Griffey A Cut Above	10	-	1:1
You Crash the Game Silver (S2)	90	-	1:5
You Crash the Game Gold (S2)	90	-	1:50

Checklist

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.

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.

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

Inserts

You Make the Play

On 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.

1 Kevin Appier

1A Kevin Appier

2 Carlos Baerga

2A Carlos Baerga

3 Jeff Bagwell

3A Jeff Bagwell

4 Jay Bell

4A Jay Bell

5 Albert Belle

5A Albert Belle

6 Craig Biggio

6A Craig Biggio

7 Wade Boggs

7A Wade Boggs

8 Barry Bonds

8A Barry Bonds

9 Bobby Bonilla

9A Bobby Bonilla

10 Jose Canseco

10A Jose Canseco

11 Joe Carter

11A Joe Carter

12 Darren Daulton

12A Darren Daulton

13 Cecil Fielder

13A Cecil Fielder

14 Ron Gant

14A Ron Gant

15 Juan Gonzalez

15A Juan Gonzalez

16 Ken Griffey, Jr.

16A Ken Griffey, Jr.

17 Tony Gwynn

17A Tony Gwynn

18 Randy Johnson

18A Randy Johnson

19 Chipper Jones

19A Chipper Jones

20 Barry Larkin

20A Barry Larkin

21 Kenny Lofton

21A Kenny Lofton

22 Greg Maddux

22A Greg Maddux

23 Don Mattingly

23A Don Mattingly

24 Fred McGriff

24A Fred McGriff

25 Mark McGwire

25A Mark McGwire

26 Paul Molitor

26A Paul Molitor

27 Raul Mondesi

27A Raul Mondesi

28 Eddie Murray

28A Eddie Murray

29 Hideo Nomo

29A Hideo Nomo

30 Jon Nunnally

30A Jon Nunnally

31 Mike Piazza

31A Mike Piazza

32 Kirby Puckett

32A Kirby Puckett

33 Cal Ripken

33A Cal Ripken

34 Alex Rodriguez

34A Alex Rodriguez

35 Tim Salmon

35A Tim Salmon

36 Gary Sheffield

36A Gary Sheffield

37 Lee Smith

37A Lee Smith

38 Ozzie Smith

38A Ozzie Smith

39 Sammy Sosa

39A Sammy Sosa

40 Frank Thomas

40A Frank Thomas

41 Greg Vaughn

41A Greg Vaughn

42 Mo Vaughn

42A Mo Vaughn

43 Larry Walker

43A Larry Walker

44 Rondell White

44A Rondell White

45 Matt Williams

45A Matt Williams

You Crash the Game

This 90-card set features 30 of the game top sluggers on three different game cards. If the featured player hit a home run during the series 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.

CG1A Chipper Jones

CG1B Chipper Jones

CG1C Chipper Jones

CG2A Fred McGriff

CG2B Fred McGriff

CG2C Fred McGriff

CG3A Rafael Palmeiro

CG3B Rafael Palmeiro

CG3C Rafael Palmeiro

CG4A Cal Ripken

CG4B Cal Ripken

CG4C Cal Ripken

CG5A Jose Canseco

CG5B Jose Canseco

CG5C Jose Canseco

CG6A Mo Vaughn

CG6B Mo Vaughn

CG6C Mo Vaughn

CG7A Jim Edmonds

CG7B Jim Edmonds

CG7C Jim Edmonds

CG8A Tim Salmon

CG8B Tim Salmon

CG8C Tim Salmon

CG9A Sammy Sosa

CG9B Sammy Sosa

CG9C Sammy Sosa

CG10A Frank Thomas

CG10B Frank Thomas

CG10C Frank Thomas

CG11A Albert Belle

CG11B Albert Belle

CG11C Albert Belle

CG12A Manny Ramirez

CG12B Manny Ramirez

CG12C Manny Ramirez

CG13A Jim Thome

CG13B Jim Thome

CG13C Jim Thome

CG14A Dante Bichette

CG14B Dante Bichette

CG14C Dante Bichette

CG15A Vinny Castilla

CG15B Vinny Castilla

CG15C Vinny Castilla

CG16A Larry Walker

CG16B Larry Walker

CG16C Larry Walker

CG17A Cecil Fielder

CG17B Cecil Fielder

CG17C Cecil Fielder

CG18A Gary Sheffield

CG18B Gary Sheffield

CG18C Gary Sheffield

CG19A Jeff Bagwell

CG19B Jeff Bagwell

CG19C Jeff Bagwell

CG20A Eric Karros

CG20B Eric Karros

CG20C Eric Karros

CG21A Mike Piazza

CG21B Mike Piazza

CG21C Mike Piazza

CG22A Ken Caminiti

CG22B Ken Caminiti

CG22C Ken Caminiti

CG23A Barry Bonds

CG23B Barry Bonds

CG23C Barry Bonds

CG24A Matt Williams

CG24B Matt Williams

CG24C Matt Williams

CG25A Jay Buhner

CG25B Jay Buhner

CG25C Jay Buhner

CG26A Ken Griffey, Jr.

CG26B Ken Griffey, Jr.

CG26C Ken Griffey, Jr.

CG27A Ron Gant

CG27B Ron Gant

CG27C Ron Gant

CG28A Juan Gonzalez

CG28B Juan Gonzalez

CG28C Juan Gonzalez

CG29A Mickey Tettleton

CG29B Mickey Tettleton

CG29C Mickey Tettleton

CG30A Joe Carter

CG30B Joe Carter

CG30C Joe Carter

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.

Cal Ripken Jr. Insert

See 1996 Upper Deck

Griffey A Cut Above

This 10-card, die-cut, set was exclusive to specially marked packs sold at Wal-Mart stored. Each six-card pack contained five base cards and one A Cut Above insert. Packs retailed for $0.97.

CA1 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA3 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA4 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA5 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA6 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA7 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA9 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Nomo Scrapbook

This five-card set was randomly inserted into Series Two packs.

1 Hideo Nomo

2 Hideo Nomo

3 Hideo Nomo

4 Hideo Nomo

5 Hideo Nomo