1994 Action Packed Racing Forum

I believe that the 1994 Action Packed Mint set's checklist currently contains too many cards in the database since it shows the same 209 card set size as the base set.

The Action Packed parallel sets did not contain all of the cards from their respective base sets in 1994.  The "24kt Gold" parallel set is listed correctly, the cards are parallel to, and numbered the same as, the base cards.  However, they were only made of a select group of the base cards, not the entire set.  The same is true for the "Mint" parallel cards, and it is a much smaller and more select group of cards than even the 24kt Gold set, apparently including only select Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt cards.

Other driver's cards from the 1994 Action Packed Mint set started showing up on a lot of collectors' want lists a few years back.  It was really confusing at first because most long-time collectors (the ones who weren't Gordon or Earnhardt fans anyway) had not heard of the set before then, which was really strange for an almost 20 year old product at the time.  It seems that somebody at Beckett had done a cut & paste job in the OPG and made the online checklist there include all of the cards from the base set, even though their print lists had never included such a set before.  So all of a sudden, a lot of collectors believed in the existence of these phantom cards that nobody had ever actually seen.

I would prefer to see the checklist for the 1994 Action Packed Mint set be reduced to those cards that members have indicated that they own, and only add in others as they are found.  I'm not sure if there is a way to make this listing truly correct today, but I thought it would be good to at least start a dialog on the subject here.

Upon further review and doing some research on the websites of a couple longtime Gordon collectors with comprehensive checklists, I don't believe that there are even Jeff Gordon cards in this set as I surmised above.  The Gordon cards I was remembering are the "1994 Action Packed Mint Collection - Jeff Gordon" set that is already correctly listed in the database.  It is a four card set of only Gordon cards, they are numbered to 1,000, and the numbering parallels two Gordon cards from the Champ & Challenger set.  I cannot find another listing for "Mint" cards that parallel the base set on any collectors' (have) list.

There is one TCD member who's got the Gordon cards from this set marked as in their collection, but their list includes two copies of every Gordon card in the Database - including 1/1's - so I don't think that is reliable information.

The only definite information I can find on the existence of any card from this set is on Les Haines' Dale Earnhardt collection site.  Les lists, and has a picture of, a 1994 Action Packed Mint card #32 of Dale Earnhardt (parallel to the base set card), and it is numbered of 500.

• Here's his 1994 listing: http://www.lesracing.com/1994.shtml
• And here's the pic of the card:  http://www.lesracing.com/1994/1994ap24ktgold-32-de.jpg

As of now, I believe that "1994 Action Packed Mint" is a one-card set containing card #32 of Dale Earnhardt, serial numbered to 500.

Does anyone have any evidence of any other cards from this set actually in existence?

-Tom

I have no input on this set to provide, but I did get a good laugh out of the guy having 2 of every Gordon card, including the 1/1s!

Noticing the prototypes listed with this set, are the 2 Kyle Petty cards the same ones listed with the 1993 set? This jumped out at me because I only own 3 racing cards and one is the Petty prototype of his face, but I have it marked in 1993, not 1994. A quick glance on my phone makes me think these are the same card.

 Hi David-

Yes, those are the same two cards listed under 1993 and 1994.  That is one of those tricky listings because the cards have a 1993 copyright date but they are promoting the 1994 product.  I would prefer to see them listed under 1993 because they don't follow the numbering scheme of the other 1994 prototypes.

-Tom

Thank you. I had never noticed this until your post got me looking at this set.

I have collected Hut Stricklin cards, and only Hut Stricklin cards, for over 20 years. I have more than 30,000 total, including several not on this database, and I have never seen any indication that he has any cards in a '94 Action Mint set. I have multiple cards in all of the short run (25 to 500) sets, so if there were 500 of these, I know I would have some. Just sayin'.

I have a pic of an 1994 action packed enevelope that indicates the 1994 "Mint" set consists of 30 cards (all DE SR). It references page 16C (last color page) for full details on this set.  This evenvelope contained 1 card for 1994 action packed racing cards form either the base set-gold foil / the 24K gold set 20 cars and drivers 3000 each ((Series 1))/ or the 24KT Gold Mint set (only 30 all DE SR).  AS a rookie post I am not sure how to upload a SCAN of this enevelope yet or where to upload to (104 KB scan jpg format).  I have a scan of this enevelope and its reference to a color page 16C (AP catalog from 1994 - unsure of this point??) this might help define the set better.  iceiron5