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Sunday, August 6, 2023

Random Wax: 1991 Upper Deck Football (3 Packs)

91 UD Football: Today we'll look at three more packs of 1991 greatness.  We'll kick it off with Herschel Walker on a team checklist card.  I enjoy the art on these.  Wish we saw more of this on checklist cards today.  Walker rushed for 5500 yards in three USFL seasons.  Have to wonder how that affected his NFL career which never quite lived up to the hype.  A former Georgia Bulldog great he's a favorite of mine.
The design on these is a classic and the photography is great. For whatever reason it feels like we haven't duplicated this lately.
Probably not my best pull of these three pack posts.  I bought this box in March.  Love going through these.  So many memories of great players.  Another nice team checklist with Rod Woodson.
Team MVP cards are another chance at seeing team favorites within the set including these nice Moon and DeBerg cards.  Bentley was an odd inclusion though.  That 1990 Colts team wasn't loaded with stars, but it seems like there were better options there (Eric Dickerson, Jeff George, Duane Bickett).
Roy Green is a favorite of mine.  A couple of Bills to end it including this hologram of Thurman Thomas.  I think I pulled three total Thomas holograms in the box.  Could be worse but would have appreciated more variety.  These old boxes are so much fun.

BREAKDOWN:
36 – Total Cards
3 – Team MVP
2 - Checklist
2 – Team Checklist
1 – Game Breaker Hologram


 

10 comments:

  1. Bentley actually had a better 1990 than Dickerson. Though obviously, Goggles had the better career.

    Slater with the oxygen mask wins it.

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    1. I do like the photo of Slater and the mask.

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  2. Great Design + Nice Photography = Solid Product

    Upper Deck sure had something special in regards to their flagship stuff back in the early 90's. I really liked this product when it came out... and still do.

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  3. Love that set, recently finished it. Some of those hologram variations are great trade bait on TCDB.

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    1. Good call. I'll have to verify what I have.

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  4. And if I remember correctly, there are multiple photos in this set of guys getting oxygen.

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