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What's a "Tricard"?

ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
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It appears to be from 1991. I've seen a picture of a Will Clark "Tricard" and it appears to be a 1991 Upper Deck card.

Nolan Ryan Tricard

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What are these things? Are they rare?

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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So back in the day he laughed at $200, passed on $300, but today he has a buy it now of $85. Am i missing something?
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,251 ✭✭✭
    All it looks like to me is a 1991 Donruss card in special packaging. I know nothing about them.
  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All it looks like to me is a 1991 Donruss card in special packaging. I know nothing about them. >>



    If you look closely at (the crappy picture of) the Nolan Ryan card, it looks a bit funky...almost like it's in 3-D or something. Don't you see three of Nolan's pitching arm? It almost looks like someone took three of the cards, cut out the image on two of them, then layered those on top of the third. Hence the "TriCard."

    Anyone ever seen one in person?
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    I found a few more on Ebay. They're 3-D cards.

    Check this out...

    past auction

    The set isn't listed in Beckett's Alphabetical checklist book, so I suspect that these are after-market type cards.
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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    LOL!



    << <i>They are part of a limited edition and all are numbered #23 of 50,000. >>

  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,251 ✭✭✭
    Ahhh yes, I see it now, especially with that second auction.
  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    Here are a few more images. They don't seem too expensive, as these are all around $5. Frankly, I think they look kinda cool.

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  • AUPTAUPT Posts: 806 ✭✭✭
    These were after-market created-for-collectors thingies. Guy just cut up two extra cards and glued the action pictures to the front of a third card with some spacers in between to giver it depth. Dad's Kid was sued by MLB or the Players' union or somebody over this and they won. The court said he was free to alter the cards and re-sell them in this way without violating any licensing or copyright.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    It looks like Tom Browning is throwing right at me!!
  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    If these are really numbered to 50,000, that means someone used 150,000 of each card.

    Just think about that.
  • ebayaddictebayaddict Posts: 232 ✭✭
    I think i saw these at Toys-r-us...................maybe wal-mart?? its been a few years........
    "You must understand the difference in things that are similar, and the similarity of things that are different"

  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Whoa....

    Trippy....

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    I once played a 33 rpm Black Sabbath record at 78 rpms, I saw God!!
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I once played a 33 rpm Black Sabbath record at 78 rpms, I saw God!! >>



    just hope he didn't see you
  • prscott933prscott933 Posts: 1,976
    cool. i wonder if they made an ozzie?
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>I once played a 33 rpm Black Sabbath record at 78 rpms, I saw God!! >>



    Heh, Ozzie's voice, sped up, his voice is already so high, did it hurt your dog?
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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    yoou saw god

    -Cheech
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