Showing posts with label 1992 Action Packed Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1992 Action Packed Football. Show all posts

Monday, March 23, 2009

Success!

Tonight's six pack performance has been shortened due to weather. Well, okay, not weather. I found the "case hit" in the third pack I opened tonight. Yes. Even in 1992 they had case hits.

Pack 13;

John L. Williams RB - Seahawks
Burt Grossman DL - Chargers
Randall McDaniel G -Vikings
Bobby Hebert QB - Saints
Bobby was always one of my favourite players growing up.

Clyde Simmons DE - Eagles
James Lofton WR - Bills
Pack 14;

Mike Pritchard WR - Falcons
Anthony Carter WR - Vikings
Jay Novacek TE - Cowboys
you ever seen a Hall of Famers security blanket??? Take another look at Novacek.

Steve Sewell RB - Broncos
Tony Zendejas K - Rams
Giving the kickers some love....
Duane Bickett LB - Colts

Pack 15;

Anthony Thompson RB - Cardinals
Mark Rypien QB - Redskins
Rob Burnett DE - Browns
Dave Meggett KR - Giants
Clarence Verdin KR - Colts
Only one card left..... you're breathless, I know....
Warren Moon QB - Oilers
wait. that's it? No. Flip it over. Oh, wait.... here. Let me do it for you....
That's braille my fine sighted friends. An Action Packed braille card. 1992's equivalent of a case hit.
All I need now is that Barry Sanders auto.
EDIT: okay, upon a little investigation on the ole interwebs, unlike 1991, in 1992, the braille cards were a little more common. Like one per two boxes... mea culpa people.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

1992 Action Packed Football box break packs 7-12

For the first six packs of this break, go here. Here we go with the next six.

Pack seven.
Dennis Smith - Broncos. One of the hardest hitting safeties in the game.
Mel Gray KR - Lions
Ronnie Lott S - Raiders
Steve DeBerg QB - Chiefs
Steve played 47 years in the NFL for 21 different teams, finally retiring at the age of 68.

Jim Harbaugh QB - Bears
Richmond Webb T - Dolphins

Pack eight.

Mark Higgs RB - Dolphins
Steve Jordan TE - Vikings
Ken Norton Jr. LB - Cowboys
Ken is the son of heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton Sr. That's one tough family.

Vince Buck CB - Saints
Roman Phifer LB - Rams (seen here removing not only the ball, but Jeff Hostetler's head)
Eugene Daniel CB - Colts

Pack nine.

Keith McCants DE - Bucs
Keith Byers RB - Eagles
Brian Blades WR - Seahawks
Louis Lipps WR - Steelers
Pepper Johnson LB - Giants
Ernest Givins WR - Oilers
- my first duplicates, all six of 'em. Interesting.

Pack ten.

Vinny Testaverde QB - Bucs
Vinny challenged Steve DeBergs record that I mentioned earlier... falling two seasons short.

Bill Romanowski LB - 49'ers
Barry Foster RB - Steelers
That is the furthest Bam Bam Foster ever got off of the ground. Ever.
Ernie Jones WR - Cardinals.
How times have changed. Take a look at the stands in that shot. There's no one there. This isn't preseason, or warmups before the game. This was shot November 24, 1991. The Cardinals were 4-8 at that time. The loss to the Eagles 34-14 that day dropped them to 4-9. Is it any wonder they dropped the name "Phoenix" for "Arizona". Somebody, anybody... go watch them. I don't think they have that problem now.
Pat Harlow T - Patriots
Marion Butts RB - Chargers
Pack 11
Mark Croel LB - Broncos
Jessie Tuggle LB - Falcons (seeing if dayf is paying attention)
Mark Carrier S - Bears
Mark Clayton WR - Dolphins
Bill Brooks WR - Colts
Larry Brown CB - Cowboys (only one great game in his career, and he became SuperBowl MVP because of it. Larry has good timing.)
Pack twelve.
Hardy Nickerson LB - Steelers
Herschel Walker RB - Vikings
Herschel is singlehandedly responsible for the Cowboys three Super Bowl titles in the late nineties. Dallas traded Herschel to Minnesota for 5 players, 3 1st round picks, 3 2nd round picks, and 2 3rd round picks. Just to mention some of the players Dallas drafted with those picks... Russel Maryland, Darren Woodson, and the guy on the next card in this pack.
Emmitt Smith. Awesome.
James Jones DT - Browns
Bruce Armstrong T - Patriots
Sam Mills LB - Saints
That was an awesome last pack.
So through 12 packs, 72 cards, 66 cards towards the set, 6 duplicates. All of the duplicates came in the same 6 card pack.
We'll see how the last half of the box goes... maybe we'll find that Barry Sanders auto....

Monday, March 16, 2009

1992 Action Packed Football box break Packs 1-6

You all know why I've brought you here.... a little Action Packed! Action Packed did football cards in the early '90's. But not just any football cards. 3D relief textured super touchyfeely football cards.
Upon opening the box, I find this!
An order form for super cool Action Packed stuff! If anyone has one of those leather jackets in a 52 Extra Tall, let me know.

The wrapper.
For the '91 set, the wrapper was black. In '92, it's white. Now you know.
Pack One
John Elway QB Broncos (it's going to be a good box)
Eric Kramer QB Lions
Nick Bell RB Raiders
Terry Allen RB Vikings
Mark Ingram WR Giants (Boo!)
Rickey Reynolds CB Bucs (love those old school jerseys)
Pack Two
Dave Meggett KR Giants
Chris Spielman LB Lions
Tim Brown KR/WR Raiders
Marv Cook TE Patriots
Broderick Thomas LB Bucs
Tommy Kane WR Seahawks
Keith McCants DE Bucs
Pack Three
Keith Byers RB Eagles (Boo!)
Brian Blades WR Seahawks
Louis Lipps WR Steelers
Pepper Johnson LB Giants
(The backs have another photo of the player, as well as a spot on the bottom where you were supposed to get their autograph. Blue backs and fronts for the NFC, Red backs and fronts for the AFC)
Ernest Givins WR Oilers (Love the powder blue!)
Pack Four
John Offerdahl LB Dolphins
Mark Jackson WR Broncos
Jay Higenberg C Bears
Chris Miller QB Falcons (This one's for you dayf)
Leonard Russell RD Patriots (this set is full of the old jerseys... this was back when the Patriots still sucked)
Pat Swilling LB Saints
Pack Five
William Fuller DE Oilers
Louis Oliver S Dolphins
Greg Kragen NT Broncos
Aeneas Williams CB Cardinals
Andre Rison WR Falcons (before his girlfriend burnt his house down)
Tom Waddle WR Bears
Pack Six
Neal Anderson RB Bears
Vincent Brown LB Patriots
Rich Gannon QB Vikings
Shane Conlin LB Bills
Jeff Herrod LB Colts
Tony Tolbert DE Cowboys (How 'bout dem Cowboys!)
Not too bad..... packs 7-12 tomorrow...

I'm gonna rip it!

Lookee at what I got on the 'bay for $1.75! A whole factory sealed box of 1992 Action Packed Football!
$1.75! Madness!
I loved this stuff when it came out in '91. I collected the set, bought the update set, got the All Madden set, then bought the factory set. ( The factory set is absolutely gorgeous for those of you who have never seen one.)
Now, I get to re-live that, a year later. (well, 17 years later... but you know what I mean)

And remember kids!!!!
Alright! Action Packed with the clean teen message!

Scans to come. After dinner sometime. And all of these will be put on Zistle if you want to see the whole thing.