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* An exclusive 30-card set featuring 10 baseball, football, and hockey cards. | * An exclusive 30-card set featuring 10 baseball, football, and hockey cards. | ||
* Three Pinnacle Mint football coins. | * Three Pinnacle Mint football coins. | ||
* An exclusive members t-shirt. | * An exclusive members t-shirt. | ||
* A Pinnacle-branded lucite screw-down card holder. | * A Pinnacle-branded lucite screw-down card holder. | ||
* A one-year subscription to ''Sports Cards'' magazine. | * A one-year subscription to ''Sports Cards'' magazine. | ||
* A membership card. | * A membership card. | ||
* Access to an exclusive website (www.teampinnacle.com) for members only. | * Access to an exclusive website (www.teampinnacle.com) for members only. | ||
Club members were to have received a quarterly newsletter along with club-exclusive promo cards and other offers. | Club members were to have received a quarterly newsletter along with club-exclusive promo cards and other offers -- one of which was the [[1998 Pinnacle Expansion Team Box Sets]]. | ||
Just a couple of months after Team Pinnacle started, Pinnacle Brands went bankrupt and the club was discontinued. Playoff, which purchased Pinnacle's assets in bankruptcy court, chose not to continue Team Pinnacle. | Just a couple of months after Team Pinnacle started, Pinnacle Brands went bankrupt and the club was discontinued. Playoff, which purchased Pinnacle's assets in bankruptcy court, chose not to continue Team Pinnacle. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20000621011148/http://www.teampinnacle.com:80/ teampinnacle.com] website remained active until 2000. | ||
=Distribution= | =Distribution= | ||
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=Checklist= | =Checklist= | ||
== | ==Promo== | ||
Cal Ripken, Jr. | Cal Ripken, Jr. | ||
Derek Jeter | |||
==Base Set== | |||
This 30-card set was given to all Team Pinnacle club members as part of their initial package | |||
===Baseball=== | |||
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Team Pinnacle Collectors Club') AND (num LIKE 'B%'); | |||
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===Football=== | ===Football=== | ||
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Team Pinnacle Collectors Club') AND (num LIKE 'F%'); | |||
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===Hockey=== | |||
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1998) AND (setname = 'Team Pinnacle Collectors Club') AND (num LIKE 'H%'); | |||
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==Coins== | |||
Barry Sanders | https://img.comc.com/i/Football/1998/Pinnacle-Mint-Collection---Team-Pinnacle-Points---Coins/1/Barry-Sanders.jpg?id=50efcac5-cb95-4301-a83f-c5d296331663&size=original&side=front&.jpg | ||
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==Unreleased== | |||
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These five cards did not emerge until after Pinnacle Brands' bankruptcy. It is believed that these cards, which are not sequentially-numbered, were to have been issued to members of the Pinnacle Collector's Club later in 1998. Each card reads "Team Pinnacle" at the bottom of the cardfront with the player's name above the image on the front. | |||
The checklist below is incomplete. Any assistance in identifying any other cards would be greatly appreciated. | |||
* Ken Griffey, Jr. | |||
* Derek Jeter | |||
* Cal Ripken, Jr. | |||
* John Elway | |||
* Dan Marino | |||
* Peter Forsberg | |||
* Eric Lindros | |||
===Pinnacle Team=== | |||
A few copies of this twelve-card set have emerged over the years. Each card is labelled "1 of 1500" on the back. Please contact us if you have any information about these cards. | |||
Ken Griffey, Jr. | |||
7 Juan Gonzalez | |||
10 Kerry Wood | |||
{{Pinnacle}} | |||
[[Category:Boxed Sets]] | |||
[[Category:Pinnacle Brands]] | [[Category:Pinnacle Brands]] | ||
[[Category:1998]] | [[Category:1998]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:24, 15 August 2025
Description
The Team Pinnacle Collector's Club was an attempt by Pinnacle Brands to create a "club" similar to Topps' Stadium Club. For $29.95 collectors would receive a tin box containing...
- An exclusive 30-card set featuring 10 baseball, football, and hockey cards.
- Three Pinnacle Mint football coins.
- An exclusive members t-shirt.
- A Pinnacle-branded lucite screw-down card holder.
- A one-year subscription to Sports Cards magazine.
- A membership card.
- Access to an exclusive website (www.teampinnacle.com) for members only.
Club members were to have received a quarterly newsletter along with club-exclusive promo cards and other offers -- one of which was the 1998 Pinnacle Expansion Team Box Sets.
Just a couple of months after Team Pinnacle started, Pinnacle Brands went bankrupt and the club was discontinued. Playoff, which purchased Pinnacle's assets in bankruptcy court, chose not to continue Team Pinnacle. The teampinnacle.com website remained active until 2000.
Distribution
Factory set, available to club members only.
Reviews
Checklist
Promo
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Derek Jeter
Base Set
This 30-card set was given to all Team Pinnacle club members as part of their initial package
Baseball
- B1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- B2 Frank Thomas
- B3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- B4 Alex Rodriguez
- B5 Mike Piazza
- B6 Derek Jeter
- B7 Greg Maddux
- B8 Chipper Jones
- B9 Mark McGwire
- B10 Juan Gonzalez
Football
- F1 Dan Marino
- F2 Brett Favre
- F3 Emmitt Smith
- F4 Drew Bledsoe
- F5 Eddie George
- F6 Barry Sanders
- F7 Terrell Davis
- F8 Mark Brunell
- F9 Jerry Rice
- F10 Kordell Stewart
Hockey
- H1 Wayne Gretzky
- H2 Patrick Roy
- H3 Eric Lindros
- H4 Paul Kariya
- H5 Peter Forsberg
- H6 John Vanbiesbrouck
- H7 Martin Brodeur
- H8 Steve Yzerman
- H9 Jaromir Jagr
- H10 Mark Messier
Coins
- John Elway
- Brett Favre
- Barry Sanders
Unreleased
These five cards did not emerge until after Pinnacle Brands' bankruptcy. It is believed that these cards, which are not sequentially-numbered, were to have been issued to members of the Pinnacle Collector's Club later in 1998. Each card reads "Team Pinnacle" at the bottom of the cardfront with the player's name above the image on the front.
The checklist below is incomplete. Any assistance in identifying any other cards would be greatly appreciated.
- Ken Griffey, Jr.
- Derek Jeter
- Cal Ripken, Jr.
- John Elway
- Dan Marino
- Peter Forsberg
- Eric Lindros
Pinnacle Team
A few copies of this twelve-card set have emerged over the years. Each card is labelled "1 of 1500" on the back. Please contact us if you have any information about these cards.
Ken Griffey, Jr.
7 Juan Gonzalez
10 Kerry Wood
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