1996 Pinnacle Laser View Football features nothing but full-motion hologram cards! The checklist is short, with just 40 base cards included. Among those 40 cards, 14 players appear on the base checklist twice, with their second card being from the Pure Energy subset — they have the same full-motion holograms but a different design.

Each of the 40 base cards are also found in a Gold parallel, which should be found twice in each box.

As far as inserts go, there are just two. Eye on the Prize inserts feature a 12-card checklist and are found once per box. Now, the main chase of the product, autographs!

Inscriptions autograph cards are clear acetate and hand-numbered on the backs. The amount of signed copies ranges from 900 (Jerry Rice) to 4,750 (Brett Favre). The checklist features 25 players, with some big names! You have a chance to pull John Elway, Brett Favre, Michael Irvin, Jim Kelly, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Junior Seau, or Steve Young among others. Each box should have an autograph in it.

I apologize for the photos; it was really tough to attempt to capture these cards. Trust me, they look better in person!

1996 Pinnacle Laser View Football Box Break 

Cards per pack: 1
Packs per box: 24
Price paid: $95

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Pack 1 highlights: 

Dan Marino Pure Energy (PE)

Drake Maye was the second-youngest QB to start a Super Bowl … behind only Dan Marino.

Pack 2: 

Jeff Hostetler Eye on the Prize (1:24 packs)

Pack 3: 

Neil O’Donnell PE

Pack 4: 

Junior Seau

Seau played in two championship games, one with the Chargers and one with the Patriots, losing both.

Pack 5: 

Warren Moon Inscriptions Autograph /2800 (1:24 packs)

Moon sells for around $15-20. Barry Sanders, though? $150!

Pack 6: 

Emmitt Smith

Pack 7: 

Steve Young

Young won three rings and was named MVP of Super Bowl XXIX. He threw for six touchdowns in the game!

Pack 8: 

Kordell Stewart

Pack 9: 

Jeff Blake PE

Pack 10: 

Dan Marino

Marino was just 23 years old when he started Super Bowl XIX. He threw for 318 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions in a Dolphins loss. He would never make it back to the big game.

Pack 11: 

Heath Shuler

Pack 12: 

John Elway PE Gold (1:12 packs)

This Elway Gold can usually be grabbed for just a few dollars.

Pack 13: 

Jim Harbaugh

Pack 14: 

Drew Bledsoe PE

Pack 15: 

Jim Kelly

Pack 16: 

John Elway

Elway was a two-time NFL champion, winning two in a row 1998 and 1999.

Pack 17: 

Michael Irvin

Pack 18: 

Kerry Collins

Pack 19: 

Jerry Rice

Jerry won the big game three times in his career. In those three wins, he hauled in 28 catches for 512 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Pack 20: 

Kordell Stewart Gold (1:12 packs)

Pack 21: 

Barry Sanders

Pack 22: 

Emmitt Smith PE

Emmitt won three Super Bowls as the star for the 1990s Cowboys dynasty.

Pack 23: 

Jeff Hostetler

Pack 24: 

Barry Sanders PE

Lastly, the two Barry base card backs.

Definitely a fun rip! Clearly most of the value comes in the autograph. But with a solid checklist, you have a good chance of finding a good one!

That wraps up the Cheap Wax Wednesday football season! We will now move away from football until after the end of the World Series.

Want more installments of Shane Salmonson’s Cheap Wax Wednesday? Check out his other breaks in the archives.

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