1990s Inserts Are In the Building, Let's Get Wild

[@budgetbarista]

In my opinion, inserts were so much cooler than all the color variations and numbered cards of today.

[@CardCollectorCody]

Agreed 💯

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

I think the 90’s insert probably cost more to produce so the slowly faded out many of them. The sad fact is back in the day very few were considered anything special. During one of my moves, I left a lot of boxes of Skybox cards behind. What a mistake that was!!

[@NuthinFancyCollectibles]

Great trip down memory lane. I loved Pacific and their designs.

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

How could you not like this era with its innovative designs!

[@tommayrant2279]

90s inserts are incredibly creative! The triumvirates are amazingly cool! Looking forward to your KZbin HOF induction speech!

[@matthewcampbell5788]

I remember so many of these. Only thing missing was the Donruss Studio Credit Card insert. Imaging being an 8 year old and having the passport insert, credit card insert and a player phone card in your first wallet.

[@Yojimbo8]

I really miss Skybox and Fleer. Those companies made my favorite sets back in the day.

[@blessembreaks]

It wasnt those companies it was the designer Jean of Arena designs and her brother

[@jasonking971]

They had some sweet inserts for that Era. Remember when inserts were all the rage?

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

Wasn’t skybox cards also reasonable priced when the came out??

[@murdock8694]

Smiled through the whole video. Loved collecting in the 90s. I enjoyed the packaging gimmicks as well. I collected hockey, and Pinnacle Inside had packs inside of collector cans. There was also an Upper Deck set in a Gretzky lunchbox, and Donruss or Leaf had packs inside of collectible player tins. Thanks for sharing the cards, Chris!

[@markthompson7503]

One thing about older inserts...they looked great in binders! There was one set where if you lined up the nine cards they looked patterned in the binder sleeve.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

So true!

[@johns.8246]

Fleer Provisions?

[@XenoShogun]

Love it, glad I could contribute a few of these to you and you enjoyed it. I love 90s inserts and numbered cards.. wish they were cheaper! -- Brandon

[@YouFold2Me]

Lots of childhood memories here. Thanks Chris.

[@CoachTabe]

So many cool cards here! Seems like half the crazy designs were done by Pacific. I loved their football cards. Pacific founder Mike Cramer (the "Cramer" from "Cramer's Choice") recently published his autobiography. It's an awesome trip down memory lane for a fun card company. I cannot recommend the book enough for any card collector.

[@DumpsterDivin_Ty]

I have a secret love for pacific lol I just completed the Ornaments insert set

[@claywinn32]

Loved this era, like you said lots of different companies with licenses all competing, I feel like that's what's missing today, there's really no one for Topps to compete with in baseball, Panini in football and basketball and Upper Deck in hockey. They just produce the same old ,same old.

[@bradcrowe668]

I remember when Chris just got started and he was in the garage with one teensy-weensy microphone hanging down😂 your channel is still awesome. Thanks Chris!

[@farrenthorpe]

Hah! The tiny mic! I forgot about that.

[@T-TiiMe]

Very cool, love seeing these. Feels like as the years go by, more and more of these will unfortunately be forgotten about. Hopefully there will be some way to keep the cool insert designs prevalent and chase-worthy.

[@Cinque37]

Great video. The 1998 Andre Rison has an outrigger canoe on it. I believe the outrigger canoe is symbolic to Hawaiian culture. Thanks for showing these off.

[@williambartenslager4134]

The dufex cards from pinnacle were great.

[@scottmiller6794]

The good old days. Thank you for sharing.

[@mikekrantz7436]

I loved Flair Hot Gloves. Always enjoy a trip back to the 90s.

[@HurricaneGustav08]

1996-1999 is peak cards. I remember being a huge Pacific fan. They had tons of die cuts and parallels. Fun times as a kid.

[@snerdterguson]

I remember loving them until it came time to sleeve them up.

[@islandcardcollector]

Thanks for sharing Chris! I collected in the late 90s and have some of these inserts in my collection but over half of them I have never even seen.

[@CardBoredom]

1995 Leaf Limited Lumberjacks were a fun baseball cards. The fronts are printed on a thin layer of wood.

[@forpetesake20]

i cant watch a video like this without immediately going on ebay and looking up cool old mets inserts. these are some of my favorite videos

[@markamark123]

A special 90s insert or perhaps creation was the 1991 Topps Desert Shield. I bought one from Chris Sewall off eBay many years ago for $150. It was a Ken Griffey Jr SGC 98. That card has more than doubled in value. Thanks Chris!!!

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Nice!

[@zacharyjennings8616]

One of my favorite designs is from 1997 Fair Showcase. It’s the Hot Gloves Greg Maddux. I know they made that series several years but I thought 98 was the most unique.

[@thomassmith429]

Great video Chris, this was the heart of my collecting years. Now that I've started again, the rare 90s inserts are one of the areas I've been buying.

[@jimscardsandcollectibles1990]

My favorite inserts from back then are the 1995 Leaf Statistical Standouts and 1994 Flair Hot Gloves baseball. Way cool ⚾⚾.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Loved both of those!

[@markinnes4264]

Thanks for this one... Lots of love for 90s inserts and refractors.

[@innox1525]

Thanks for the nostalgia. Some of my favorite unique designs were UD Game Film (movie film), SP Inside Info (pullout minicard), and Fast Track (felt lettering).

[@groundzero270]

Competition breeds innovation unlike what we have today!

[@davidkurvach3993]

Amen!

[@hoiming]

This was also when I was most into collecting. The best time for inserts!!

[@doktorcopernikuss]

Cardsupials and the Cheap Seats is what i'm talking about! This shit is meant to be fun. Kudos to the designers. And, kudos to Chris Sewall for sharing

[@farrenthorpe]

I like the 1998 UD SPx Finite inserts that are numbered with a chunk of metal in the card. They are heavy! Makes me feel like I have more than just a piece of cardboard in my hand. Almost medallion-like.

[@benschroeder4036]

Thanks for the throwback. And now I feel so very old.

[@JoseBeltran-qc9jp]

Always cool vids i have the chipper home jersey love the 90's inserts

[@willg.2045]

Wow, I didn't realize Pacific made their own version of the "pinhole portraits" like the Fusion Metal inserts. I really like those cards. Thanks, Chris!

[@lms1320]

Great video. Current prices and current hobby mentality have brought me back to what I grew up on which is 90s inserts. Bought some top loader binders and have been putting together insert progression binders from 1990-2000. They look great, are cheap, and bring me more joy than any $35 blaster. You’re right on the canoe insert btw. It’s a Hawaii pro bowl card with a Hawaiian canoe

[@GWrench9]

You're right about the flag on that Pinnacle Passport card. I had/have a Larry Walker and it had the Canadian flag. Haven't thought of that card in years if not decades!

[@grownmanlookingatsportscar194]

Love 1997 Pacific Revolution football. So many of the well known sets of today - like Panini Prizm - were originally Pacific sets. May be an interesting video or set of videos to go over these older card companies that were sold or went bankrupt. And how their products still exist today.

[@Intensity-qz2jx]

Great memories from seeing these cards. Oh where did time go.

[@EricCKeys]

These are really cool. Thanks for sharing Chris. IMO, these are much nicer and original than most of the inserts especially all the silly parallels of today.

[@chrisjones6289]

I love the 90's inserts. So creative compared to the parallel craze of today. I like the passport one. First ever booklet lol

[@DDBG_777]

Awesome video! Time to go back to my dad's collection 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@emocards99]

1997 & 1998 Bowman Chrome International Refractors were great!

[@mauriciobori]

I just enjoy watching you talk about cards in general you have a great vibe and so much knowledge thanks for the content

[@gridironstars]

Football pro bowl inserts are wild die cuts. Check out 1996 Pacific. how does anyone gets those high grade?

[@bearcards3497]

I've always loved 90s inserts 👍

[@floydfanTN]

Love it! I have one of those Cheap Seats inserts and I'm glad you had one!

[@tomaslekis3262]

Videos like this is why I love this channel!

[@keithbuschman2732]

Thanks for fun walk down memory lane!

[@LaGroove82]

Lenticular is the word you were looking for, I loved those cards. Thx for the video 🎉

[@heinzdelf]

Late 90's inserts were wild for the TIMES.. Good Stuff, Nastalgia all around!!!

[@kevinevans8370]

That was sort of a lost era for me in card collecting. I collected cards up until I went into the Navy, and bought a few packs of 1990 baseball, but thats where it ended for about a 30 year time period. Thanks for sharing these!

[@GWrench9]

1996'97 eX2000 A Cut Above inserts have always been 🔥

[@RawGradeFlip]

Two that come to mind are Topps Lasers it was a crazy die cut that was a flame. And also Leaf Slideshow, was a photo slide as part of the card.

[@josephm8078]

It would be fun to send that ornament in for grading

[@brodierichards6553]

There was an insert that I loved that were called Towers of Power. The card was folded in half and you could open them up for what essentially turned into a double sized card. I think Skybox made them maybe?

[@jakestoe]

Pacific had some cool sets. I still have a Griffey EO Portraits I pulled back in the day. I wish more companies could get licensing rights like the 90's. Competition makes for better products.

[@P99-v6n]

90s inserts is my jam

[@PedroSimoes-sp7ln]

Wow that really brought me back... I collecte 10:19 d a lot to in the 90s... I just can't afford it anymore... But I still love the hobby and watching content... I figure if I can't afford it I can watch other people that can lol... It's still pretty exciting... Anyway those rare 90s inserts of really good player's like Jordan Shaq Kobe I feel like there were almost as hard to pull if not harder then some of the chase cards now a days... I kid u not I collected from 8 till 14 and I never pull anything rare or worth 100+... I kid u not... I'm mean it was a different time to if ur parents didn't have money it wasn't easy to buy alot of cards with a 5 buck allowance... Kids these days these days... They don't know who good they have it...

[@johnmurray6690]

Very cool inserts …I didn’t collect during this period…thx Chris I have my eye on a couple now!

[@evandouglas5414]

Those planet metals are some of the coolest cards out there

[@herts9999]

The first die cut cards I remember was 1993 SP. The Platinum Power was a cool design.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I believe that was very first die-cut set!

[@herts9999]

@collectorinvestordealer The 30 year ago 12 year old self remembers it like it was yesterday

[@joeday17821]

Pacific was the absolute zaniest and I loved them. I had a Moss wreath ornament and a Barry Sanders tree shape ornament lol

[@snerdterguson]

From looking at the 97 Bullets roster, my guess is the other two cards to go with the Juwan Howard are Ben Wallace and Chris Webber.

[@brennanlabelle1594]

It’s true art and creativity. We peaked as a species in like 1999 .. apparent here

[@JudahEyes]

Great, interesting video! Love all the details

[@josephm8078]

I like classic. They had lps numbered to 65k or something. Makes you wonder how many of the base cards were produced.

[@bryanbasketballs2504]

Crazy cool cards from the 90’s I remember it well 👀🤣😂 Thanks for sharing and documenting the hobby

[@DanielleBaum]

yrsssss the 90s were crazy for inserts. my favorite has always been the 1993 upper deck inserts. they had so many but they were all so freaking gorgeous and on that nice glossy card stock with fun stuff about the players. I also know that if I can't identify something it's probably the 90s

[@collectorinvestordealer]

I LOVED the 1993 UD inserts

[@jeffw654]

There were a lot of quirky designs eg silky smooth, big ups, unstoppable, all fold open. 1996 thunder and lightning had two players, with one of the cards being smaller and it would be inserted into the other. Some sets had black protective film over the cards that you wouldn't know exactly what you had without peeling e.g. mystery finest in 95 had 4 players on the back and one would be on the front, you also wouldn't know whether it would be a base or refractor. Plenty of die-cuts and acetate cards, as well as some lenticular.

[@RecessionUncle]

Upper Deck SPX had some really nice holograms on some of their cards. I don’t know why holograms aren’t used any more.

[@natekeller2121]

Love the key ingredient cards I’m trying to complete the gold set

[@SoccerCardsRC]

Love the Piazza!

[@jeffreylanier222]

That Curtis Martin card I have. I thought those cards where really cool. I think they should make a comeout with an auto on it. I brought a box of clear vision box set that was pretty cool

[@IamThePro78]

Pacific always had cool looking inserts

[@OldManGame]

Fleer EX Bright lights are my favorite

[@danieljohns6084]

Those were some really cool cards

[@DumpsterDivin_Ty]

I swear every time I first buy a new card I've never heard of, you put a video up featuring said card lol Those Christmas ornaments is a set I just completed during Christmas week! Great stuff Chris!

[@luthravin4774]

Fun video Chris!! Yeah not so much as a canoe and more like a Hawaiian OUTRIGGER..😎

[@KeyKiller74]

I love the 90's gimmick cards I still have all my cards stored since then. I have the Frank Thomas Christmas ornaments card it's one of my favorites for sure. The 90's were wild times for sport cards lol, 😎👍💯

[@raouldelacruz9677]

How about the Trade Show exclusive cards? I remember Donruss and Upperdeck had one here in 2000 in Honolulu and gave out autographed cards and sets to dealers. The cards were as low as 1 of 1 and were beautiful.

[@williamcollins8098]

I have that same motion McGwire card.Thats a keeper🤙

[@devondawkins5492]

I remember tossing a lot of inserts as a kid because they weren't base cards 😢

[@lilsmith22]

90s inserts are undefeated some of the weirdest but the best lol

[@kfordham281]

All those are new to me. I stopped collecting around 1994. Thanks for sharing.

[@bryancoburn4094]

Skybox Metal Universe is still pumping out interesting die cut cards. Check out the hockey 2021-21 "The Cheddar" - shaped like a slice of cheese.

[@npc1386]

90's inserts were pretty awesome.

[@MrBigPasta]

Love those ornament cards. I got a Peyton manning ornament card. Awesome card. You’re right about them being destroyed. Hard to find.

[@YouFold2Me]

Have you ever seen the skybox SkyMotion cards. I think it was football only. Same idea as the stadium club. But skymotion was 1996 i believe.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Yeah I remember those!

[@tampahomeinvestorsllc7559]

😂 1997 International Refrractooooor. Never change Chris!

[@TenaciousAC]

Upper Deck Holoviews - how are we in 2024, some 25+ years since the original Holoviews and we haven’t seen this ‘scan a face/body then tilt it around in the light to see them animate’ evolve. A Holoview with an on-card auto would be amazing 🤩 Crash The Game or UD Predictor - Buy/get the cards before the season started, earn the accolade, redeem for the card(s). I redeemed so many of these cards back in the late 90s and have about 20 unopened Crash The Game / Predictor sets all packed away somewhere 😂.

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

I have a weird one of Brett Farve. The card is a holder and inside of it is a card d shaped like a football with different grades for his abilities. Anyone remember these please leave a reply as I don’t want to dig it out!

[@marbury77]

Great video as usual Chris!!!

[@BigEd_R]

I am probably in the minority but I loved the sportflics. I actually tried to complete the set a couple times. First with 86 and 87 baseball. Then when they resurfaced in the 90’s. Probably spent a fortune buying packs and singles for a set worth about $20. Lol

[@doktorcopernikuss]

You're not the only one, homie. I still can't quit 'em!

[@stephenm8725]

I liked them- totally unique and innovative

[@ilovecake1310]

Man I love your videos

[@thecardclosetcanada5443]

Pacific had some of the best inserts. Thier die cut game was on point.

[@Cool_Doctor_Money]

The golden age for basketball cards

[@AAsSpinebuster]

Pacific Collection is underrated...... 1996 Red Hot looks like PMGs before PMGs

[@4TheGame2016]

Memory Lane

[@sweetchuckd9070]

1999 finest leading indicators. You press your finger on the card and heat reveals their stats