I’ve said it multiple times, but the mid-‘90s Pinnacle photo selection team was unrivaled.

Thanks to @McFarm21 for reminding me of the greatness of this insert set.

This card clearly is not a grail by any means, but for a buck or two, it hits the 80s/90s kid nostalgia hard! I always loved Reading Rainbow and when I randomly came across this card from 2019 Topps Chrome I had to have it.

A stack of 1990s parallels arrived in the mail today:

1997 Score Artist’s Proof (1:35 packs) - Shawn Green, Dmitri Young, Wayne Chrebet

1998 Upper Deck Encore F/X (#’d /125) - Fred Lane, Chris Sanders

1995 Topps Finest Boosters Refractor (1:36 packs) - Jim Kelly

1998 Topps Black Diamond Quadruple (#’d /125) - Eddie Kennison

1995 Collector’s Choice Player’s Club Platinum (1:35 packs) - Bryant Reeves, Houston Rockets

2002 Upper Deck XL Holofoil (#’d /65) - Reggie Wayne

I recently picked up this 1995 Topps Mark Brunell Power Booster. The Jaguars Power Booster parallels were inserted 1:36 packs for the series 2 set, but this is a variation of a variation, as it has the Jacksonville Jaguars inaugural logo stamp. I believe these versions were only inserted as chase cards in the Jaguars factory set, and if I did the math correctly, there were only about 1,300-1,400 copies made.

I was leafing through some 1995 Pinnacle Trophy Collection cards and thought some of the photos looked familiar. Sure enough, I checked my 1995 Select Certified Mirror Gold set and saw that Pinnacle reused some photos from their rookie photo shoots. When the work is good (or you have a short turnaround time), you go with what you’ve got.