2017 trade package #11: Chronicles of Fuji

For the second straight year Christmas came early thanks to West Coast legend Mark from the Chronicles of Fuji.  Chances are you came over here from this evening's TMV post and saw the generous display of Tigers goodies he sent my way.

Well, in keeping wit the "'Tis the season" theme, Fuji also sent me some Wolverines whose sports are still going strong this time of year:

We'll start with this six-pack of Michigan uni issues straight from Classic's 1992 Four Sport Gold factory set.  Limited to just 9500 (so scarce!) they feature some nice photography and a very good glossy design considering the brand's previous lower-end offerings.

From college football, which is about to enter its pre-bowl game lull for a bit, we begin with LB Erick Anderson and LB Mike Evans, both of whom have appeared here (TK Legacy auto and RC, respectively).  Then we have a pair featuring all-time great Desmond Howard, including a solo card plus one highlighting Des' Heisman victory (as well as that of QB Ty Detmer).  OL Greg Skrepenak, who's also been featured here thanks to my pursuit of Wolverines RCs, rounds out the football bunch with a nice shot of his hand in the dirt.

The product was named Four Sport so it makes sense that hockey was included, and that gives us a card of former UM sniper Denny Felsner.  I'll admit I didn't know much about the 90s LW since he played for the school before I was following that team, but once I looked him up I was duly impressed.  In his four seasons in Ann Arbor he put up a prolific 139 goals and 261 points, including 40+ goals during his upperclassman years.  While that didn't translate to a long NHL career--he saw action with the Blues in just 18 games over four seasons while netting a lone score--he's another good example of the kind of talent that's part of the program's history.

Oh yeah, the NFL is still in session as well, though it's harder to care about that since it continues to be inferior to the college version in many ways.  Still, there's plenty of pro versions of Wolverines to collect, and Fuji was nice enough to hit both of my blog namesakes (all three if you include Granderson!) by tossing in this 2008 UD Masterpieces Framed Blue 150 parallel (#029/150) of Super Mario Manningham.  Michigan was well represented in this excellent product as it includes RCs of Manningham, Chad Henne, and Jake Long on its beautiful artistic design.  And as always, blue is the best parallel color, obviously!  This is definitely a fantastic addition of the former Super Bowl hero.

Again, Mark, thanks for filling up my mailbox with all of this Tigers/Wolverines goodness, and I look forward to returning the favor in time for Christmas!