Speared Several Whales in One Shot!

[GoalieFan89]

In 1995-96 The Playoff One on One card game was released. The Ultra Rare Golds were very tough to pull and were selling for a good amount of money. My hobby peak was pretty much 1995-1998 and I spent any money I ever had on hockey cards. I really wanted to complete the playoff one on one set, although I never was lucky to pull any of the ultra rares on my limited budget.

Just for fun I did some quick research and when the cards were released and I was chasing them in 1996, Macarena was the Number 1 song, Independence Day was the big hit at the box office and Mario 64 for Nintendo 64 was all the rage. Makes it feel like my find yesterday was a long time in the making!

About 10 years ago I seriously began chasing the set and man oh man did I figure out fast that the Ultra Rare Golds are so tough to track down, especially the ones that came from the Starter Decks.

Recently I have been hitting local dealers with my wantlist and FINALLY I got a big hit from a local dealer who knew a guy who had 8 Ultra Rares. We met up yesterday and for the first time EVER I actually saw pictures of these cards. That is how tough they are.

The nice man told me that he is mainly a coin collector but was able to get a bunch of sealed cases of the starter decks for 95-96 Playoff in a big bulk buy and he opened them just for fun years ago.

So here we go...

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Untitled by jbud1984, on Flickr

Untitled by jbud1984, on Flickr

Untitled by jbud1984, on Flickr

I also picked up another copy of Jim Paek Ultra Rare Gold in the deal. Wow, I still can't believe that I ended up with these! I need only 4 more Ultra Rares and my set is complete! It's pretty neat to be chasing something for so long and not knowing what to expect because you have never even seen a picture of the cards before.

 

[Kharlamov17]

That's awesome! You'll get it down!

 

[creasecollector]

Man, what an awesome story that is. Congrats on finding these rare cards for your collection. They really look great !

 

[MNwild10]

That is some real stick-to-itiveness. Great job, that must have felt great after all these years to sprint closer to your goal.

Derek K.

 

[GoalieFan89]

Thank you all for the great comments! It feels great to finally add them to my collection and actually see what the cards look like after all these years after them.

It really brings me back to collecting in the 90s before the internet and the hunt of trying to find your wants at shows and flea markets. I would literally look through my beckett for hours on end and get excited when beckett would switch the display card at the top of a set. Usually if it was a rare set, it would be the first time I would ever see what the card looked like. I remember the thrill of finally seeing what Pinnacle Masks looked like and then the huge gap of actually trying to track them down and put them in my collection.

While the internet makes it a lot easier to track cards down, it does take away from the fun of collecting at times. It was really fun to put out the word on what I was looking for, then getting a contact number to call the person and arrange a meeting to get the cards.

Makes me feel young again and remembering all the fun I had with it in the first place.

 

[creasecollector]

Thank you all for the great comments! It feels great to finally add them to my collection and actually see what the cards look like after all these years after them.

It really brings me back to collecting in the 90s before the internet and the hunt of trying to find your wants at shows and flea markets. I would literally look through my beckett for hours on end and get excited when beckett would switch the display card at the top of a set. Usually if it was a rare set, it would be the first time I would ever see what the card looked like. I remember the thrill of finally seeing what Pinnacle Masks looked like and then the huge gap of actually trying to track them down and put them in my collection.

While the internet makes it a lot easier to track cards down, it does take away from the fun of collecting at times. It was really fun to put out the word on what I was looking for, then getting a contact number to call the person and arrange a meeting to get the cards.

Makes me feel young again and remembering all the fun I had with it in the first place.

Great story !

 

[JayKayZee]

Great story. Sometimes the best hunts take a long time!