Maddux 90s DUFEX Run!!

[@4softcorners728]

This much Dufex is one spot is amazing!!! I’m really bummed it never made its way into other medias like wallpaper or t shirts!!! I would proudly use both. Great collection Brian!

[@HighPopProfessor]

Thanks, Joe! Yes, Dufex really screams “90s”! It’s a shame other companies haven’t revived the technology, but from what I’ve read it’s apparently prohibitively expensive and time consuming to create cards like that. I would absolutely hang a Dufex poster on my walls, too!

[@brentrichardsbaseballcards]

Amazing run of Dufex goodness, Brian! You know I love this! Nice job again Low-Pop! 🤛🏻

[@HighPopProfessor]

Thanks, Brent! It’s been a fun run to track down and put together! Just like refractors, I’m a huge fan of Dufex technology, so this was a natural “run” for me to pursue. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SplendidSports]

Good lord! Love this Brian, Dufex cards are magical

[@HighPopProfessor]

Agreed! I will showcase more Dufex in future videos! Glad you enjoyed it, Adam!

[@Dufex_of_Life]

Love it! Well done, sir! Perfect tribute to Dufex and Maddux 😎

[@HighPopProfessor]

Glad you liked it! Did I miss any 90s Maddux Dufex cards?? I figured I probably should have consulted you before posting! 😂 I have more Dufex videos I’m planning to make!

[@Dufex_of_Life]

@@HighPopProfessor I believe you hit most, I would need to cross reference with subsets and inserts sets that included Maddux vs not (don't know off top of my head for him) I have my Griffey Dufex master list in post below, but should record all the Dufex sets cross referenced with star players of the 90s

[@sfosoxfan]

Great vid on Dufex, appreciate it! Such a great collection and cool that Maddux fits so well with the Dufex era. I have that '95 Team Dufex with Griffey and Bonds with the Griffey (A.L.) Dufex side. Oddly, the Bonds (N.L.) Dufex is pretty tricky to find. Again, really fun vid!

[@HighPopProfessor]

I always loved the “Team Pinnacle” inserts! The first couple years weren’t Dufex though, but they were still awesome! There’s something right about Griffey and Bonds Dufex cards! I should look into getting that one! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Dufex_of_Life]

My first KZbin video shoutout! Thanks, both surprised and honored - as always enjoy your videos. Keep it up!

[@HighPopProfessor]

I know you documented the Griffey Dufex list pretty meticulously, so I thought I’d try my hand at the Maddux run!

[@LowGradeNoGradeVintage]

Brian, what about the 97/98 Leaf Fractal Matrix set? Leaf fell under the Pinnacle parent brand, right?

[@Dufex_of_Life]

@@LowGradeNoGradeVintage Not Dufex, but very nice foil printing

[@LowGradeNoGradeVintage]

@@Dufex_of_Life Thanks, I was wrong in this assumption for 27+ years.

[@HighPopProfessor]

It’s tricky - some sets have gorgeous etched foil that is Dufex-adjacent (Like 97 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum reds, blues, golds), but not TRUE Dufex.

[@ACollectorsDream]

Awesome run, thanks for sharing

[@HighPopProfessor]

Thanks for watching, Orlando!

[@mookiechillson]

great lesson in the duflex technology, Brian!

[@HighPopProfessor]

Thanks, Mookie! It’s sad that Topps CAN make cards with this technology, but chooses not to. Again, I point to the lack of competition with licenses as one of the primary contributors to stagnation and lack of innovation in the hobby.

[@Dufex_of_Life]

If you haven't picked up a copy yet, one of my all time favorite Dufex cards is the 1993 Select Rookie/Traded Nolan Ryan Tribute card -- such an amazing concentric circle Dufex design with perfect mid stride image of Ryan and his complete career stats on the reverse!

[@HighPopProfessor]

I had that card! My copy was in a weird slab that I wasn’t happy with, so I moved it along, but it’s a GREAT tribute card! I have a Ripken Dufex tribute from 94 Select, and at one point I pulled a massive (at the time it was $100) ROY Tim Salmon Dufex case hit. 8-year old me was floored! 😂

[@Dufex_of_Life]

@@HighPopProfessor The 1994 Select Salute Ripken? that's a nice one; I love his 96 Topps 2131 Tribute card - i have the chrome refractor version but the base was one of my favorites of his to pull as a kid; That Salmon was Boss! perhaps the best fish-named Angel player...lolol

[@itscoolpapapump3812]

I have some this era dufex cards. They are awesome. I have an Albert Belle showstoppers from churches chicken. Beautiful multicolored card

[@HighPopProfessor]

I LOVE that set! I have a Frank Thomas and a Griffey from that Church’s Chicken set! Amazing cards!

[@CollectingMaddux1987]

This was a treat for me. I know I sound like a broken robot, but Pinnacle was the best.

[@HighPopProfessor]

I feel the same! And it wasn’t just Dufex that made Pinnacle amazing, either! When you consider all the other innovations and sets they were experimenting with, it’s incredible! Combining refractor holofoil with gold foil etching in Pinnacle Certified Mirror Gold Team, cross-product stealth inserts in the form of Epix and Donruss Crusades, Coins in Pinnacle mint, Metal cards in pinnacle x-press metal works and Donruss preferred precious metals, cards in tins, cans, and 8x10 envelopes, crazy die cuts and material innovations with the fractal matrix & materials set, lenticular cards via sportflix, and hyper rare variants of cards like in Score Stand and Deliver, Score Platinum Team Premier Club, and super tough promos like Aficionado First Pitch Previews… the list goes ON! Anything with the phrase, “Artist’s Proof” on it, we have Pinnacle to thank for.

[@BroxBoysErinJordyn4923]

New sub here Great video ❤️

[@HighPopProfessor]

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[@motnorote]

nice

[@HighPopProfessor]

I agree! Amazing cards with now-extinct technology!

[@Dufex_of_Life]

I did the same for Griffey Dufex run - some different sets vs Maddux: 45 standard cards and 8x10 cards. Complete list with odds, based on my research: *1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown, Dufex [1/1000] *1993 Pinnacle Home Run Club, [1/200,000] *1993 Select, Stars [1:18 packs] *1994 Church's Hometown Stars, Show Stoppers [1:4 packs] *1994 Pinnacle, Museum Collection (MC)[1/6500] *1994 Pinnacle Naturals, [1/100,000] *1995 Pinnacle, MC [1:4 packs] *1995 Pinnacle, MC - Swing Men [1:4 packs] *1995 Pinnacle, MC - Checklist [1:4 packs] *1995 Pinnacle, MC - Checklist [1:4 packs] *1995 Pinnacle, Team Pinnacle AL [1:90 packs] *1995 Pinnacle, White Hot [odds unknown] *1995 Select Certified, Gold Team [1:41 packs] *1995 Zenith, Z-Team [1:72 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Starburst [1:7 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Artist's Proof (AP) [1:47 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Naturals, Starburst [1:7 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Naturals, AP [1:47 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Hardball Heroes, Starburst [1:7 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Hardball Heroes, AP [1:47 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, 300 Series, Starburst [1:7 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, 300 Series, AP [1:47 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, First Rate [1:23 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Slugfest [1:35 packs] *1996 Pinnacle, Team Pinnacle [1:72 packs] *1996 Select, En Fuego [1:48 packs] *1996 Zenith, Mozaics [1:10 packs] *1997 New Pinnacle, MC [1:9 packs] *1997 New Pinnacle, AP [1:39 packs] *1997 Pinnacle, Clout, MC [1:9 packs] *1997 Pinnacle, Clout, AP [1/300] *1997 Pinnacle, Team Pinnacle [1:90 packs] *1997 Pinnacle, Team Pinnacle - All 18 [1:90 packs] *1997 Pinnacle Mint, Gold [1:48 packs] *1997 Pinnacle X-Press, Far & Away [1:19 packs] *1998 Pinnacle, Field of Vision, MC [1:9 packs] *1998 Pinnacle, Field of Vision, AP [1:39 packs] *1998 Pinnacle, Goin' Jake, MC [1:9 packs] *1998 Pinnacle, Goin' Jake, AP [1:39 packs] *2000 Finest, Dream Cast [1:36 packs] *2005 Donruss Zenith, MC [1:3 packs] *2005 Donruss Zenith, AP - Silver [1:16 packs] *2005 Donruss Zenith, AP - Gold [1/50 printed] *2005 Donruss Zenith, Z-Team [1:11 packs] *2005 Donruss Zenith, Z-Team - Gold [1/100 printed] *1997 Zenith, 8x10, Dufex *1997 Zenith, 8x10, Dufex Sample *[UNCONFIRMED] 1997 Zenith, 8x10, Dufex "Big Picture" Promo

[@HighPopProfessor]

Incredible!! Yes, I’m going to show more Dufex in future videos!

[@johngarcia1340]

Great Video! Hey, by 1997 Pinnacle owned Donruss, and I think (or feel) they put Dufex on a couple of their cards, namely the '97 Donruss Preferred Set cards! Yeah the ones in the TIN! The edges of the cards have the '97 Pinnacle Totally Certified Foil on the outside that shows on the Platinum and Gold Versions best! Speaking of 1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Maddux cards..... That /30 Platinum gold WOW!!

[@HighPopProfessor]

I LOVE the Donruss Preferred set, and yes, they were a Pinnacle brand after 97. They had some beautiful etched foil parallels, die cuts (fractal matrix & materials too!), and inserts, but none of them were “true Dufex” like Score Select or Pinnacle had. Same with the Platinum Gold /0030 - gorgeous etched foil, but (thankfully 😅) not a true Dufex release. Thanks for watching, John!

[@johngarcia1340]

@@HighPopProfessor I think you're right. just the totally certified surface looks so similar to the original Cooperstown Foil, but without that radiant dufex color blast! Oh I thought the '94 Church's chicken show stoppers insert set had a Dufex Maddux, but they didn't unfortunately.

[@HighPopProfessor]

@@johngarcia1340 I love that set! I have the Griffey and the Thomas! Excellent Dufex shimmer!!