Thursday, November 4, 2010

BEHIND THE MASKS - Pinnacle Inside Stoppers

I picked these up at the card show last month. They were toss-in's with another card and inch me towards finishing this set. Yes, I realize this set is like 15 years old....what can I say.



1997/98 Pinnacle Inside Stoppers

These discs were randomly inserted into tins of Pinnacle Inside (1:7 tins) and feature mask shots of NHL goalies of the day.

There are 24 discs in the set and I decided to go after the set when I purchased a few tins at the local dollar store a while back. I pulled a few discs (including the Patrick Roy....which comes in as the highest booking disc).

I never really pursued the project with any sort of effort. Rather, I would just pick up the odd item I'd need whenever one happened to land in my lap. I wouldn't pay top dollar for them as most people treat them as throwaways.

Not a bad side project for those who like goalie masks....so it's right up my alley.

By the way, I'm down to needing 2....Grant Fuhr and Ron Hextall.

6 comments:

  1. Cool set. I have a Kevin Hodson that I pulled from a tin back when they came out.

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  2. Reminds me of the discs you used to get on the bottom of slurpee cups!

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  3. Indeed! They remind me too of those.

    These ones are a little bigger and they have stats and stuff on the back.

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    Now, I'm thirsty for a slurpee!

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  4. It's been a long time since I've seen these... great set... good luck on your hunt for the last two.

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