Take for example this pair of cards I received from new trade partner David (TCDB ID:DavidAndrew21). One card each for two of my player collections.
Andrew McCutchen gets the shiny portion of this post. 2016 Finest Franchise Finest insert. If I didn't have so many sets and players to collect, Finest would probably be a set that might interest me. For now, I'll just stick to picking up parallels and cheap inserts for my guys, or trade for them as I did here.
This 1997 Pinnacle Inside Dueling Dugouts card is something I hadn't seen before. It was quite interesting for me, since you can rotate the dial on the left hand side, and the year and stats change. It covers the 5 year period from 1992-96.
I decided to scan the card twice with two different years to show it off. Even better, check out the other side...
Chipper Jones is on the front of the card, and as you dial the years, they match on both sides so you can see stats for 1993 for both players just by flipping the card. A pretty cool idea indeed. We're probably way beyond this now, meaning you likely will not see companies doing something unique such as this anymore.
I could certainly handle more 2 for 2 trades such as this one....
Enjoy the hobby!!
Robert
I hadn't heard of these dueling dugouts cards, and I'd love to see a company do something similar again. But unfortunately, I think you're right. Nowadays it would probably be an online version where you'd just tap at numbers on the screen, or something.
ReplyDeleteThose 1997 Pinnacle Inside Dueling Dugouts inserts are awesome! Headed to COMC to see if any of the guys I collect were on the checklist.
ReplyDeleteIf they did the dugouts cards these days, they'd probably just have one of those codes that you scan with your phone on them.
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