1992 Dad's Kids Tri-Cards

This was a company that took three cards from a 1991 player cards, cut them out, and then arranged them in a "stacked" position that made them look three dimensional. From what I understand, print runs were supposed to be 50,000, but a lawsuit forced them to stop production and pull the product from the shelves. Of course some of these made it into the market, but you don't see a lot of them. Below is what I have checklisted. Any additions or additional information on this issue would be appreciated.



PLAYER Year DESCRIPTION
ALOMAR,ROBERTO 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
BOGGS,WADE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
BONDS,BARRY 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
CANSECO,JOSE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Score #1)
CANSECO,JOSE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
CANSECO,JOSE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Score # 690)
CLARK,WILL 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
DAVIS,ERIC 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Fleer)
DAVIS,ERIC 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
DAWSON,ANDRE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
GONZALEZ,JUAN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1992 Donruss)
GOODEN,DWIGHT 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
GRIFFEY JR,KEN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
GRIFFEY JR,KEN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
HENDERSON,RICKEY 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
HENDERSON,RICKEY 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1990 Score)
HENDERSON,RICKEY 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
JEFFERIES,GREGG 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
JUSTICE,DAVE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
MATTINGLY,DON 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
MCGRIFF,FRED 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
MITCHELL,KEVIN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
RYAN,NOLAN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Upper Deck)
RYAN,NOLAN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
SANDBERG,RYNE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
SMITH,OZZIE 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
THOMAS,FRANK 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Donruss)
YOUNT,ROBIN 1992 Dad's Kid Corp Tri-Card (1991 Fleer)

I wondered what I was seeing in this listing?:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLARK-LOT-ROOKI ... 4ab302ea1f

How did they cut them out so perfectly? Machine die-cut?

Brewer Andy said:

I wondered what I was seeing in this listing?:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CLARK-LOT-ROOKI ... 4ab302ea1f

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I'd never seen one out of the package. Thanks, I added the Will Clark to the list.

ChasHawk said:

How did they cut them out so perfectly? Machine die-cut?

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That or elves with tiny scissors.

tpeichel said:

ChasHawk said:

How did they cut them out so perfectly? Machine die-cut?

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That or elves with tiny scissors.

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Just seems like a helluva process to make a seperate die for each player, but I guess if they were planning on 50,000 each, it would've been worth it.

On a related note, the fact that they were slicing and dicing 50,000 cards of various players without any dent in the supply chain should have obviously foretold the baseball card bust of the internet age :lol:

Checked Amazon for the heck of it and found a 1991 Upper Deck Mattingly that wasn't on the checklist.

http://www.amazon.com/Tri-Cards-Collect ... B003O5EGLW

Brewer Andy said:

On a related note, the fact that they were slicing and dicing 50,000 cards of various players without any dent in the supply chain should have obviously foretold the baseball card bust of the internet age :lol:

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150,000 for each player to make the 50,000 print run... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have to admit, i've seen these before many many years ago and I guess I just never realized what they were..Some small shop in KC when we were stationed on Ft.Leaveworth, had a huge stacked of these, opened not in the blister pack and if my memory if correct, some dude walked in and bought the complete stack for like $5.. :shock: :shock:

Only 1 completed and 1 current on ebay. Zip on sportlots or comc, so obviously they fell far short of the 50,000.

Did they get to make any for the other sports listed on the back of the boxes?

The package says laser-cut. I have made a few of these using an X-acto knife. I have the 3 Henderson's listed but there are some differences in the packaging. I think some were available via QVC and some were sold in stores.











Ones I made.

The Henderson is the only one I've seen where they use a 1990 card.

I have a 91 upper deck Canseco in my collection and there was a score one for sale on Ebay if I remember correctly. if I remember correctly I bought this at BJ's Wholesale way back in the day

1st4040 said:

I have a 91 upper deck Canseco in my collection and there was a score one for sale on Ebay if I remember correctly. if I remember correctly I bought this at BJ's Wholesale way back in the day

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Thanks, looks like there are three Cansecos to tie Henderson for the Tri-Card lead. I updated the checklist to add this one, the Clark, and the Mattingly. I think this may be one of those never-ending projects like the Broder cards.

Aside from the ones pictured above, I have a Henderson that has a gold label and comes from a master/completer set in which 300 were made. I also have the COA/checklist with it. I still need that Score version though.

henderson939 said:

Aside from the ones pictured above, I have a Henderson that has a gold label and comes from a master/completer set in which 300 were made. I also have the COA/checklist with it. I still need that Score version though.

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I wonder if they made an entire run of all players or just a select few? Is the gold label on the front or back?

Glad there is no Ripken. ::facepalm::

Russ S. said:

Glad there is no Ripken. ::facepalm::

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I'd be very surprised if they didn't.

Looks like there is a 1991 Score Ozzie Smith and the first 1992, a 1992 Donruss Juan Gonzalez.