1992 Wild Card Box Break 6 Pack Rip

   

It's time for another pack rip from my 1992 Wild Card Football Series 1 Box Break.

First the bad news.  I did not get a single striped wild card from this six pack rip.  I'm beginning to think these things are rarer than hen's teeth, at least as far as pulling them from unopened packs are concerned.

However, I did manage to pull 25 cards I needed, as I work toward completing, at least the base set.

From pack #1:

No Hall of Famers, but five cards I needed, in the order pulled:  #'s 217,237, 183, 184 and 172.

From pack #2:

Again, no big names, but #'s 222, 228, 157, 158 and 246.   I notice that these cards are really bricking together, so you have to be careful separating them.  I guess that's common with cards from the '90's.

From pack #3:

#'s 155, 208, 204 and my first HOFer from this rip:

#219, standout defensive end, Cortez Kennedy.  I also got #'s 239 and 227 from this pack.

From pack #4:

Cowboys legend, and HOFer, the playmaker, Michael Irvin, wide receiver.

Along with him, I picked up #'s 209, 229 and 216.

From pack # 5:

This was the best rip of the bunch today. First I got:

#207 HOF kicker, Morten Andersen.  He's only the second pure placekicker to be elected, after Jan Stenerud.

Next I got:

Saints HOF linebacker, Rickey Jackson, and last but not least:

All time rushing leader, Emmitt Smith.  From this last pack, I also pulled cards 182 and 220.

From pack #6:

Unfortunately all duplicates.  I did pull Herschel's #63 card, which I've gotten for the third time.

I now have 197 of the 460 cards in the set.  Look for another '92 Wild Card rip next Monday.

2018 Panini National Tresures Collegiate #13 Printing Plate Cyan One of One

   

This is a one of one printing plate of card #13, showing Herschel Walker, from the 2018 Panini National Treasures Collegiate set.

This is the Cyan version of the four plates available.  Black, Yellow, Cyan and Magenta.  

Two of the four, Magenta, and now Cyan, reside in the Herschel Hoard.

I'm very pleased to add this unique item to my collection.

1992 Wild Card Box Break 6 Pack Rip

    The duplicates are coming fast and furious in my latest '92 Wild Card pack rip.   I ripped six packs this morning and nabbed no wild cards and only one Hall of Fame player:
   

All World offensive lineman, Bruce Matthews.

I now have 171 cards from the 480 card set.   I did get 12 cards today which I didn't already have.  All were commons.  #'s 156, 169, 170, 174, 176, 177, 203, 226, 229, 232, 236 and 238.

I should mention, I did pull a second base card of Herschel Walker.  The image has been previously posted.

1992 Wild Card Box Break 5 Pack Rip

   

My eighth pack in, I finally pulled a wild card:

A 5 stripe of Darryl Williams, a safety, who was a real stud for Jimmy Johnson's Miami Championship teams, but who was kind of quiet in the pros.   He played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks, making All Pro with the latter team in 1997.

The best player I pulled out of pack # 1 was:

Right up there with John Hannah and Orlando Pace as one of the best offensive linemen ever.

Pack # 2 was my weakest rip so far.  No Hall of Famers, the best player is probably:

A pretty solid linebacker for the Eagles.  3 Pro Bowls with Philadelphia and a Super Bowl ring at the end of his career with the Denver Broncos.

Pack # 3's best pull:

Hall of Fame wideout,  Tim Brown of the Oakland Raiders.

Pack # 4's best pull:

This is a blog about Herschel, but teamwise, I've always pulled for the Bills.  This era was when they were really good, just not quite good enough.

Hall of Fame runnng back, Thurman Thomas was a big reason why.

Finally in pack #5, I got another HOFer:

Charley Haley, who had stints with both the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers.  He owns 5 Super Bowl rings.

2013 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Ultimate Triple Patch #UJ3-JWS

   

I was able to snag another card in  the 2013 Ultimate Collection  Ultimate Triple Patch series.   This card features material swatches from Bo Jackson, Billy Sims and Herschel.

This is the third card from the subset, which is serial numbered to 25.   There are also three triple patch cards with Herschel, which are numbered to just 15, but I haven't come across any as of yet.

1992 Wild Card Box Break 4 Pack Rip

     I ripped open four packs from my 1992 Wild Card Box.   The third pack in, I pulled this:
   

This is Herschel's base card from the set.  This card already resides in the Hoard, as well as being uploaded on the TCDB, but it was still cool to pull.

In addition to Herschel's card, I found three Hall of Famers, and one of a guy who was very similar to Walker, but for injuries and other reasons, never lived up to his potential.

The Pro Football HOFers are:

Derrick Thomas, who played his entire career for the Kansas City Chiefs.  He was considered one of the best pass rushers of all time.   Sadly, he lost his life from injuries sustained in a high speed car crash.   He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.

Next is:

Another guy who spent his whole time in the league with one franchise.  Howie Long, the great defensive end with the Raiders. Long made 8 Pro Bowls, was Defensive Player of the Year and was elected to the Hall in 2000.

Then I got a prolific quarterback, who like Walker, spent a long time in a league other than the NFL.

Warren Moon, who was highly decorated coming out of college, yet went undrafted by the NFL, went into the Canadian Football League, and led his Edmonton Eskimos to five straight Grey Cup(their Super Bowl) victories.

Moon went on to a long, successful stint with the Houston Oilers.  He was elected to the Hall in 2006.

Finally, I pulled a guy who was built like, and played, in a very similar way to Herschel.

That is:

Marcus Dupree was a huge running back with blazing speed, just like Walker. He actually broke Walker's national high school record for touchdowns by one, with 87.

Dupree's college recruiting was a national spectacle, just as Walker's had been.  Marcus decided on Oklahoma, after being courted by Heisman winner, Billy Sims.

Like Herschel at Georgia, Dupree had a brilliant freshman season in 1982, but he clashed with head coach, Barry Switzer, who wasn't happy with Dupree's weight gain and lack of conditioning.

Marcus transferred to the University of Southern Mississippi, but because he violated NCAA rules, he was told he would have to sit out the rest of the '83 season, plus the '84 season.

At that point, Dupree entered the USFL, again mirroring Walker's career path.  He played with the New Orleans Breakers, and had several good games, and was popular with the hometown fans as a southern guy who made good.

However, when the team transferred to Portland, Dupree became injured more often, finally sustaining what many believed was a career ending knee injury.

Marcus worked hard to get into shape after being out of football for several years.  He lost 100 pounds, and the L.A. Rams decided to take a chance on him.

The card above shows him during his time with the Rams.  He showed some flashes of his past talent, but by then, it was nearing the end of the road.

Barry Switzer said in his book, Bootlegger's Boy, that Dupree was the best running back, talentwise, he had ever seen, better than Sims, Walker, Jackson or anyone else.

After seven packs, I still haven't found any striped wild cards.

Herschel Hoard Reaches Card #800 2006 Donruss Elite Throwback Threads TT-45

    This is the 800th different Herschel Walker card in the Hoard:

   

The milestone card is a 2006 Donruss Elite Throwback Threads card featuring both Herschel and Daunte Culpepper..  It features a game used swatch from each player and is serial numbered to 30.

This example is #02.