Revision as of 19:28, 22 July 2011

Description

1996 Upper Deck Ripken Collection is a 23-card, cross-brand, insert issued in honor of baseball's "Iron Man."

The cards were inserted at the following ratios:

Cards 1-4 and Header: 1996 Collectors Choice Series One (1:12/packs).

Cards 5-8: 1996 Upper Deck Series One (1:24/packs).

Cards 9-12 and Header: 1996 Collectors Choice Series Two (1:12/packs).

Cards 13-17: 1996 Upper Deck Series Two (1:24/packs).

Cards 18-22: 1996 SP (1:45)

The Collectors Choice cards are printed on UV-coated cardstock; while the Upper Deck cards were on foil-board. The 5 cards inserted into SP packs were printed on etched foil.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC1
2 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC1
3 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC1
4 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC1
5 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD1
6 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD1
7 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD1
8 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD1
9 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC2
10 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC2
11 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC2
12 Cal Ripken, Jr. CC2
13 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD2
14 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD2
15 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD2
16 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD2
17 Cal Ripken, Jr. UD2
18 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
19 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
20 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
21 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
22 Cal Ripken, Jr. SP
NNO Cal Ripken, Jr. CC1 & CC2

Parallels

Jumbo Factory Set

A jumbo-sized (3 1/2" X 5") version of the Ripken Collection was sold as a factory set at mass-market retail outlets. The set included all 22 cards (all but the un-numbered header) and had a suggested retail price of $19.95).

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 =Checklist=
+==Base Set==
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 SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1996) AND (setname = 'Upper Deck Ripken Collection');
 </sql2wiki>
+==Parallels==
+===Jumbo Factory Set===
+A jumbo-sized (3 1/2" X 5") version of the Ripken Collection was sold as a factory set at mass-market retail outlets.  The set included all 22 cards (all but the un-numbered header) and had a suggested retail price of $19.95).
 [[Category:Upper Deck]]
 [[Category:1996]]