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| 1996-97 Skybox Intimidators #1. I remember pulling this card when it was new. My memory is shot but I think it may have been my first card of him. |
I've always loved the 1997-98 Ultra Gold Medallions.
Great photography on this 2004-05 Ultra card.
I don't usually spend time scanning cards that are from sets already done on the Database, I set them aside to do later. But when I found that my copy of this card didn't have the haze that is usually found on all 1997-98 Bowman's Best cards, I had to scan it. My card came damaged out of the pack, with some creasing, clearly an issue with the paper used in production. I wonder if that had anything to do with it?
This is a great card. 1998-99 Ultra World Premieres.
It doesn't show well in the scan but the card is embossed and all holofoil. The player, the words and the outlines on the planet shape. Olowokandi was the #1 pick in a draft that included Paul Pierce, Vince Carter, Dirk Nowitzki and others...had that draft happened now things would be very different.
I had forgotten how attractive that World Premier insert set was. They definitely don't make'em like that anymore.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Inserts have gone downhill over the years, from the peak of the 1990s.
DeleteI was a big Ultra baseball fan. The set had some great photos, but doesn't get the love like Stadium Club and some of the Upper Deck sets.
ReplyDeleteI agree. the photos in Ultra were always great. There are lots of great memories for me with the Ultra brand.
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