1996 Collect-A-Card The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The McDonaldland 500

Greetings!

Hope everyone's doing well.  Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of my first post here on APTBNL and as per tradition, I go with a non-sports pack.  During a visit a while back to the Localish Card Shop, I came across something sport-like in the big green tub, and after a site check to confirm it hasn't been posted yet, I added it to the stack:

The interwebs surprisingly doesn't have a whole lot of information on this set.  The pack itself doesn't mention that Collect-A-Card produced it, and apparently buying a pack back in 1996 set you back $0.79.

Here's the back of the pack since I was sorta impressed by it.  Usually it's legalese, but here they set up the premise of the card set!  I also like how they present the pack odds...it's certainly better than Panini!

You get 7 cards and puzzle card in a pack.  Let's see what I got:

#32 - Raising the Odds

#41 - Warning Signal

So it appears Ronald and the gang are getting ready for The McDonaldland 500.  I didn't think there were enough characters in the McDonald roster for a competitive race, but sure why not.  Hey, Hamburglar's cheating!

No # - McDonaldland Racing Team Sticker

#6 - Unexpected Invitation

I lucked out getting one of the inserts; it's not Bill Elliott but a sticker that comes 1 in 5 packs is alright.  There's 3 stickers to look out for.

I'm not sure if that shadowy figures is supposed to be Bill Elliott, but he certainly has Ronald's and Hamburglar's attention.

Also, would The McDonaldland 500 be open for anyone to join, or just the residents of McDonaldland? 

No # - Puzzle Piece

#19 - Good Advice

You get a puzzle piece in every back.  Here's what the completed puzzle looks like, including what the 3 stickers look like:

Wait, Grimace isn't a driver?  Bummer.

There's only 50 cards in the set.  If you're curious what the checklist looks like, here you go.

#22 - Wobble - Wobble

#30 - Smoke Signals

It's unfortunate that 3 cards in the pack look essentially the same.  There's only 50 cards in the set, so having at least 3 of the 50 look almost identical is a little disappointing.

Here's some backs because anniversary:

Dad jokes for the win!

Anyway, that's the pack.  I personally don't think this was worth the eighty cents back in 1996, but I'm sure there was a market for these cards.  Happy blogiversary to Ol' Jafronius, and thanks for reading for 14 years!

1992 Score NFL Football

Greetings!

Hope everyone is doing well.  It's the start of the Divisional Series in MLB this weekend, but we're well into football season so we need a NFL pack up here.  Ol' Jafronius has been posting nothing but recent packs for a while, so off I went to find the stash of packs I've picked up from the local(ish) card store over the years.

For the longest time they've had older packs in a big green tub towards the front of the store.  The tub has since been replaced with several of those multirow boxes sitting across several of their counters.  Much easier to go through those than be bent over digging through a plastic tub.

Sometimes they have discounts so I don't know if I really paid 2 bucks for this pack of Score, but let's see what I got:

#386 - Jeff Jaeger 

#394 - Rickey Dixon 

#406 - Jim Jeffcoat 

#414 - Donald Evans

There's 550 cards in the 1992 Score set.  Here's the checklist for those who are curious.

#251 - Eugene Daniel 

#249 - Jesse Solomon 

#231 - Terry Allen 

Terry Allen was really good.

This design seems to be based on Score's baseball debut set from 1988; one solid block of color, with the different colors grouped together.

#166 - Barry Foster 

#174 - Eugene Lockhart 

#186 - Harold Green 

Those nameplates scream 90's graphics.

#45 - Don Majkowski 

#60 - Mel Gray 

#65 - Emmitt Smith 

Are there Kick Returners in today's sets?  And an Emmitt Smith in his prime is a nice pickup indeed!

#540 - Alexander Wright (90 Plus Club)

#461 - Vance Johnson 

#501 - Robert Stewart (RC)

The 90 Plus Club is a subset, showcasing players who pulled off a run of more than 90 yards.

Robert Stewart was drafted by the Saints but never played a snap in the NFL.  He did have a long career in the Arena Football League, playing for 11 seasons.  He passed away in 2022.

Here are some backs because hut hut hut:

Kicker stats!  Defensive stats!  Emmitt stats!  You only get last year's totals though, to make room for the giant head and write up.

Anyway, that's the pack.  There's plenty of packs I've picked up from the big green tub so I'll have to make it a point to post more of those and not be all new stuff all the time.  Enjoy the playoffs (Go Cubs!) and thanks for reading!