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| Can you spot the Dick Pole? |
There was one complete set of these in the boxes, and all but two cards of a second set. I've already sent these to ARPSmith as I'm sure he'll appreciate them much more than I.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Shoebox Card #21
Ok, so this isn't just one card. It's actually a set of 1993 Mother's Cookies Giants.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
I'm glad he just sent me the Randoms.
Josh of Royals and Randoms recently sent me some stuff. The main reason was to send me a Topps coin for my set that I needed after my Collector's Cache box.
Sweet. I'm now just three coins short of the set. 19, 22, 45.
He also hit my baseball player PCs:
My favorite cards from this package, though, we're Hokies. Most notably, he sent me my first Eugene Chung and Will Furrer cards.
When I see the Chung in the middle of the bottom row, I instantly think of the sumo wrestler from The Replacements.
Thanks, Josh!
Sweet. I'm now just three coins short of the set. 19, 22, 45.
He also hit my baseball player PCs:
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| Love the Wright cameo on the Hairston. |
My favorite cards from this package, though, we're Hokies. Most notably, he sent me my first Eugene Chung and Will Furrer cards.
When I see the Chung in the middle of the bottom row, I instantly think of the sumo wrestler from The Replacements.
Thanks, Josh!
2006 Topps Allen & Ginter #158
Adam is known as "Big Donkey". The ladies used to call me that, too. Giggity.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
2013 Gypsy Queen Retail
Since I declared yesterday that I'm not buying any more cards until Allen & Ginter comes out, I figured my next post should show the product that came out just prior to that declaration.
I don't even know what to say. It's not horrible. It's just...not not horrible.
I love that the SPs are inserted backwards in the packs. Makes my life way easier. They're also apparently White Sox.
Why have the SPs dispersed throughout the base set? If you're going 300+50 SPs, stick them at the end so regular collectors can get the 300 and feel some sense of completion.
The minis aren't the same color? That's odd. Oh well, they look better than the base cards. Wainwright is a short print...not that you'd know from the card #.
These look really nice when scanned because the detailing and GQ words look black. In person, they're silver foil and don't look nearly as good. Black on white would have been nice.
The Dealing Aces and Collisions inserts are fantastic. The Sliding Stars cards are a little annoying because the border is so overwhelming. However, it would have been a better design for the base set than what Topps went with. I don't understand why you would take a set with great colorful inserts and completely wash the life out of the base set.
I don't even know what to say. It's not horrible. It's just...not not horrible.
I love that the SPs are inserted backwards in the packs. Makes my life way easier. They're also apparently White Sox.
Why have the SPs dispersed throughout the base set? If you're going 300+50 SPs, stick them at the end so regular collectors can get the 300 and feel some sense of completion.
The minis aren't the same color? That's odd. Oh well, they look better than the base cards. Wainwright is a short print...not that you'd know from the card #.
These look really nice when scanned because the detailing and GQ words look black. In person, they're silver foil and don't look nearly as good. Black on white would have been nice.
The Dealing Aces and Collisions inserts are fantastic. The Sliding Stars cards are a little annoying because the border is so overwhelming. However, it would have been a better design for the base set than what Topps went with. I don't understand why you would take a set with great colorful inserts and completely wash the life out of the base set.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
No cards till!
NO!
CARDS!
TILL GINTER!
I won't be buying new cards until A&G comes out in mid-July. That's nearly three months. Of course, there are exceptions. Any cards I need for my Bryan Randall and Scott Sizemore supercollections that show up within reason will be purchased. I will also allow purchases of things that just simply can't be passed up. Think "discounted 2011 GQ blaster". I may pick up one or two packs of new products, like Bowman and Series 2 when they come out. No jumbo packs, no hobby packs, no blasters, etc.
Don't worry, though, I have a huge box of stuff I've opened but haven't posted. So, you probably won't even notice anything is different.
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