Leaf was hard to keep track of in the late ‘90s. They had a
bunch of different parallels, die-cuts, and axis cards. I don't know either. Many of these fell
under the name Fractal Matrix, which I still don’t know the meaning of. Then
there were Fractal Foundations…what the frac, Leaf?
Although confusing, many were, and still are, very nice looking. They certainly
must’ve been one of the first brands to go all-in on parallels upon parallels.
Sure, there was Topps Gold and Ultra Gold Medallions and whatnot, but this really started to show a trend in the
industry when you had Gold, Silver, Bronze versions, as well as axis and
die-cut versions. We then saw a lot of variations, with Topps Finest using
Common/Uncommon, Flair using Row 1/2/3, Bowman producing every color of the rainbow, and so on.
According to baseballcardpedia, this gold z-axis die-cut is
one of 100 made, although I can’t find any serially numbering on the card. I’ll
just have to trust that’s the print run. It’s a nice looking card for sure.
It popped up on eBay and I pounced quickly. I know I hadn’t
seen it, and it had a cheap BIN, so I was all over it. Nice to add this to
growing (ever so slowly) Tino collection.
Based on what I've read and heard, the 90's must've been a hellish time period to keep track of cards.
ReplyDeleteTry Pacific cards (flagship, revolution, paramount,etc.....) from the 90's and their parallels. And some of very nice looking and cool cards too.
ReplyDeleteFractal Foundations? And I thought the card names now were ridiculous... Nice card!
ReplyDeleteIt's been almost twenty years... and I still haven't figured out the 1997 or 1998 Leaf Fractal Matrix parallels. They needed to issue an instruction manual when they produced those sets.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Congratulations on the new addition to your Martinez PC.