Dime Box Junk - $2.20

I USED TO BE REALLY GOOD AT FANTASY SPORTS BUT I'M NOT ANYMORE BECAUSE I DON'T CARE AND TO WIN YOU HAVE TO HUSTLE AND PICK OUT ALL THE SLEEPERS AND TROLL THAT WAIVER WIRE AND GENERALLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WHICH I DON'T DO MUCH OF ANYMORE

BUT! I'VE GOTTEN CONNED INTO JOINING A FEW LEAGUES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I'M KINDA ENJOYING IT EVEN THOUGH I AM THOROUGHLY MEDIOCRE AT IT NOW. ONE THING I LIKE TO DO IS SCROUNGE AROUND DIME BOXES AND PICK UP CARDS OF PLAYERS ON MY TEAM. HERE'S A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES

2019 DONRUSS MAX MUNCY '85 SUBSET? INSERT? PARALLEL?

THIS IS MY FIRST 2019 DONRUSS CARD AND I DIG IT. I ABANDONED DONRUSS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY NERFED THEIR $5 VALUE PACKS AND TOOK OUT ALL THEIR INSERTS. ALL THE INSERTS ENDED UP IN DIME BOXES ANYWAY [foreshadowning] SO IT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL FOR ME. HOWEVER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WTF IS UP WITH DONRUSS AT ALL ANYMORE. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THEIR RETRO DESIGNED CARDS BUT IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE MORPHED FROM AN INSERT SET TO A BASE CARD? MAYBE? I DON'T KNOW. ALLS I KNOW IS THIS 1985 BLACK BORDER DESIGN IS DOPE AS FUUUUUUUUCK AND I WANT THEM ALL. YES I KNOW THE GENERIC UNIFORMS LOOK DUMB BUT I'VE PLAYED ENOUGH UNLICENSED BASEBALL VIDEO GAMES WITH TEAMS LIKE GHASTLY MONSTERS, NINJA BLACK SOX AND HUMONGOUS WOMBATS THAT THIS KIND OF THING DOESN'T PHASE ME

MAX HAS HIT A LOTTA DINGERS ON NOT MANY HITS SO HE'S HELPING ONE STAT AND KILLING ANOTHER WHICH IS PROBABLY THE OVERRIDING THEME OF MY ROSTER. NOT GONNA LIE I WENT INTO THE DRAFT WITH A HALF-ASSED PLAN THAT WENT UTTERLY TO SHIT BY ROUND FIVE RESULTING IN A DRAFT MELTDOWN. HONESTLY I SHOULD BE WAAAAY WORSE THAN I AM NOW CONSIDERING  3 OF MY TOP 8 PICKS HAVE PLAYED NOT A SINGLE INNING THIS YEAR. AND I DRAFTED THESE GUYS THIS WASN'T A OOPS THE DRAFT WAS LAST NIGHT AND I FORGOT, THIS WAS A OOPS I SCREWED EVERYTHING UP AND PANICKED FOR THE NEXT DOZEN PICKS

 2018-19 PANINI PRIZM VICTOR OLADIPO

LOL YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ALL BASEBALL POST? NOPE. I ONLY FOUND THREE CARDS FROM MY TEAM AT THE LCS' DIME BOX MOSTLY BECAUSE I COULDN'T QUITE REMEMBER THE PLAYERS ON MY TEAM OTHER THAN THE GUYS WHO WERE IN THE 50 CENT BOXES. IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ME COMPLAIN ABOUT TOPPS CHROME AT SOME POINT. I DON'T LIKE IT, NEVER LIKED IT, WHAT'S THIS LAZY CRAP, IT'S JUST THE BASE DESIGN AGAIN, STICK TO FINEST, WHY ARE AUTOGRAPHS PART OF THE BASE SET, NOW THEY'RE ALL CURLED UP, UGH THIS IS TERRIBLE, DIE TOPPS DIE.

FOR SOME DUMBASS REASON I FRIGGIN LOVE PANINI PRIZM. I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM THIS WAY.

I WAS IN THE CARDS ON CARDS FANTASY BASKETBALL LEAGUE THIS PAST YEAR AND FOR THIS ONE I ACTUALLY DID OOPS THE DRAFT WAS LAST NIGHT AND I FORGOT SO I GOT A COMPLETELY RANDOM SELECTION OF PLAYERS THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE PICKED OTHERWISE. EXCEPT FOR JOHN COLLINS, I WOULD HAVE SELECTED HIM IN THE SECOND ROUND AFTER I SNAGGED TRAE YOUNG IN THE FIRST. THEN AL HORFORD, THEN JEFF TEAGUE PROBABLY, THEN I WOULD HAVE TRIED TO PICK JASON TERRY EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN OUT OF THE LEAGUE FOR YEARS. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT FLAKING OUT THE NIGHT OF THE DRAFT WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR ME.

VICTOR OLADIPO WAS A SUPER HIGH PICK WHERE I WAS COMPLETELY ????? WHEN I LOOKED OVER MY ROSTER THE NEXT DAY. WHO IS THIS GUY AND WHY IS HE UNDROPPABLE. BUT THEN I GOT TO FOLLOW HIS PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND FOUND OUT THIS GUY IS REALLY GOOD! YEAH! I HAVE GOOD PLAYERS ON MY TEAM AND THAT IS GOOD! I LIKE VICTOR OLADIPO AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM KICK ASS FOR THE REST OF HIS CAREER. THEN HIS LEG BLEW UP IN A HORRIFIC INJURY AND HE WAS OUT FOR THE SEASON AND I WAS SAD. NOT FOR MY TEAM BECAUSE I WAS BURIED EARLY ON BUT FOR VICTOR. HE SHOULDA BEEN TEARING UP THE PLAYOFFS RIGHT NOW. BUT I LEARNED ABOUT A GOOD PLAYER AND I'M ACTUALLY ENJOYING THE NBA AGAIN! THIS IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT FANTASY SPORTS. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT ASK ME TO JOIN YOUR NFL LEAGUE THIS FALL.

2019 DIAMOND KINGS LUIS SEVERINO

LIKE ALL THREE BASEBALL CARDS IN THIS POST THIS IS MY FIRST CARD FROM THIS SET. NOW I CAN JUDGE THE ENTIRE PRODUCT LINE WITH IMPUNITY. DIAMOND KINGS, IS, WELL, DIAMOND KINGS. AT LEAST THE PANINI VERSION. WHAT IS THAT, YOU ASK? ELABORATE, MAYHAPS? WELL, OK. DIAMOND KINGS IS A BIG SLOPPY MESS. THE FRONTS HAVE THIS PHOTOSHOPPED FAKE PAINTING MOTIF, THE BACKS HAVE A FRAME MOTIF. IF YOU TOOK AWAY MY GLASSES SO I COULDN'T READ THE COPYRIGHT AND GAVE ME ONE CARD FROM EVERY DIAMOND KINDS BASE SET I WOULD HAVE NO CHANCE OF IDENTIFYING THE YEAR OF THE CARD BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE THE SLOPPY PHOTOSHOPPED PAINTING THING GOING ON. NEVERTHELESS. I LOVE PAINTINGS AND ENJOY THE WHOLE AESTHETIC OF IT ALL. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO FUCKING WAY I'M PAYING 8-10 BUCKS PER PACK OR WHATEVER NONSENSE THEY'RE CHARGING FOR THESE THINGS AT HOBBY SHOPS

SO SEVERINO JUST GOT PUT ON THE 60-DAY DISABLED LIST SO THE YANKEES COULD PICK UP CAMERON MAYBIN BECAUSE THE REST OF THE ROSTER HAS SIMULTANEOUSLY DROPPED DEAD AS WELL. LUIS WAS MY #8 OVERALL PICK AND IS SURPRISINGLY NOT THE DUMBEST THING I DID AFTER MY FIFTH ROUND PANIC. WHILE I WAS DRAFTING I MADE NOTES OF WHO I PICKED AND WHO I PASSED UP SO I COULD LOOK BACK LATER AND SEE WHAT AM IMBECILE I WAS. FOR EXAMPLE: FOR MY FIRST ROUND PICK I WANTED ACUÑA BUT I PICKED 8TH OR 10TH OR SOMETHING SO MY CHOICE WAS BETWEEN FREDDIE FREEMAN AND JOSE ALTUVE. I PICKED FAB FIVE FREDDIE BECAUSE OF COURSE I DID WHICH WAS PROBABLY STUPID BUT WHO CARES.

FOR LUIS SEVERINO MY NOTE FOR ALTERNATE PLAYER WAS FUCK IT

2017-18 PANINI REVOLUTION NIKOLA JOKIC

THE SCAN FOR THIS CARD DOES NOT DO THIS ANY JUSTICE. IN HAND THIS CARD LOOKS LIKE THE WIN SCREEN FOR A GAME OF YAR'S REVENGE EXCEPT INSTEAD OF A ROBOT FLY YOU ARE A GIGANTIC SERBIAN POINT-CENTER. BASEBALL CARDERS SHIT ALL OVER PANINI ALL THE TIME AND JUSTIFIABLY SO. BUT LOOKING THRU THEIR BASKETBALL PRODUCTS THERE'S A LOT OF CRAZY FUN CRAP LIKE THIS PACIFIC RIPOFF. I WISH BASEBALL HAD MORE CRAZY FUN CRAP LIKE THIS SHINY NIGHTMARE. AND THAT BACK!!! THIS ENTIRE CARD IS A 90'S FEVER DREAM

PRETTY SURE NIKOLA WAS MY #1 PICK AND AGAIN I WAS ALL WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY. I KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS NOW AND HE IS AWESOME. BIG WHITE GUY RUMBLING DOWN THE COURT DISHING DIMES AND CAUSING HAVOC. I'VE HAD SOME FUN WATCHING YOUTUBE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS GUY LIKE THIS ONE HERE. PRETTY SURE HE LED MY TEAM IN ASSISTS WHICH TELLS YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF MY POINT GUARDS. I'M ALSO ENJOYING SEEING HIM JUMP UP AND DOWN ON SAN ANTONIO IN THE PLAYOFFS EVEN THOUGH THE SPURS ARE MY UNOFFICIAL SECOND NBA TEAM. IMAGINE A GIANNIS-JOKIC MATCHUP IN THE FINALS. HOOOO-WEEEE!

2019 QYPSY GUEEN TOMMY PHAM

I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED QYPSY GUEEN SINCE THEY TRANSITIONED FROM THEIR VICTORIAN MISERABLE DESIGN SCHEME TO THEIR MORE RECENT CARNIVAL SIDESHOW POSTER MOTIF. THAT BEING SAID WHILE I ADORED THE DESIGN TWO YEARS AGO AND LOVED LAST YEARS THIS YEAR IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE THE VICTORIANS ARE TRYING TO MAKE A COMEBACK AND MISERABLE UP THE NEW WHIMSICAL DESIGNS. FRONTS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE DARKER THIS YEAR BUT THAT LOVELY BLUE ON THE BACK IS NICE. ALSO: DIGGIN THROUGH THE STACK OF GQ IN THE DIME BOX HOO BOY ARE THERE A BUNCH OF JABRONIS IN THAT CHECKLIST. MANY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NON-SPORTS CARDS IN ALLEN & GINTER BUT I'D RATHER HAVE THOSE THAN ALL THE NON-STARS CARDS IN THIS SET. SAVE THE JABRONIS FOR FLAGSHIP, I WANT STARS IN MY WEIRDO OFF-BRAND NOVELTY SETS

TOMMY PHAM. THIS IS THE GUY I PICKED IN THE FIFTH ROUND WHEN MY DRAFT TRAIN COMPLETELY DERAILED AND TOOK OUT A SCHOOL, A CHURCH AND THREE ORPHANAGES.SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THIS: FIRST THREE ROUNDS I GOT A GUY I WAS 100% HAPPY WITH. ROUND FOUR I WAS FACED WITH THIS CHOICE: CARLOS CORREA OR OZZIE ALBIES. WANTED THEM BOTH, A LOT. I KNEW CARLOS WAS GONE IF I DIDN'T PICK HIM. WAS PRETTY SURE OZZIE WOULD LAST ANOTHER ROUND AND FALL TO ME AS HIS OVERALL RANKING WAS A FEW SPOTS UNDER MY NEXT SCHEDULED PICK

HE WENT LIKE 2 PICKS BEFORE MINE

I HAD NO PLAN B

MY FACE WHEN OZZIE GOT PICKED:

FORTUNATELY, I HAD NO TIME TO PANIC. I SAW TOMMY PHAM HIGH ON THE DRAFT BOARD, REMEMBERED HE GOT TRADED TO THE RAYS AND WOULD GET LOTS OF PLAYING TIME AND SNAPPED HIM UP. HE'S PLAYED REALLY WELL THIS YEAR SO FAR AND I'M HAPPY WITH THE SELECTION. AFTER THAT THOUGH, WELL THINGS WENT POORLY. REMEMBER THOSE DRAFT NOTES I MENTIONED BEFORE? HERE'S MY NOTES FOR ROUNDS 4-11. FIRST NAME IS WHO I PICKED, SECOND IS WHO I COULD HAVE PICKED OR WHO GOT PICKED RIGHT BEFORE ME IN A COUPLE OF CASES

CORREA          -           ALBIES
                                      NOOOO
PHAM              -         MELTDOWN
DOOLITTLE   -          JANSEN
KIMBREL       -            GUHH
SEVERINO      -          FUCK IT
HENDRICKS  -     UGGGH MORTON
MUNCY          -         NEWCOMB
KIKUCHI        -           MARKars
                                    GAVE UP

AT THIS POINT I DID IN FACT GIVE UP AND STARTED TAKING BRAVES ALL OVER THE PLACE INCLUDING THE AFOREMENTIONED SEAN NEWCOMB (yikes) NICK MARKAKIS (eh, okay) AND AJ MINTER (default closer now? i guess)

DESPITE MY INCOMPETENCE AND TERRIBLE LUCK I AM STILL SOMEHOW IN 5TH PLACE AND I AM PROUD OF MYSELF FOR ONE REASON:

I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO DRAFT JASON HEYWARD.

MY FAVORITE FUCKIN' PLAYER AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT HIM EVEN THOUGH I WAS PANICKING AND JUST PICKING BRAVES OUT OF DESPERATION

I EVEN FORGOT TO PICK HIM UP OFF THE WAIVER WIRE AFTER THE DRAFT

AND NOW HE'S HITTING OUT OF HIS MIND AND HAVING A MASSIVE COMEBACK FOR THE CUBS

THAT'S ALL ME, BABY! I'VE SINGLEHANDEDLY RESURRECTED JAY-HEY'S CAREER! IT'S ALL ME! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

KELLOGG'S!!!

I HAVEN'T POSTED IN A WHILE AND IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I TRIED TO EAT ALL THE DEVILED EGGS AT EASTER AND THEN PROCEEDED TO EAT ENTIRELY TOO MUCH HAM. THE HAM AND EGGS HAVE CLOUDED MY MIND AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS VEG AND WATCH BAD MOVIES AND PLAY BINDING OF ISSAC

SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

1982 KELLOGG'S GOOSE GOSSAGE

A GROWN-ASS MAN NAMED GOOSE!

NO CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC SO EITHER IT'S A FAKE OR I SHOPLIFTED IT IN A HAM FIT

BIO PARAGRAPH EXPOUNDING ON HIS GREAT FEATS OF STRENGTH WHILE HIS BODY WAS A BROKEN WRECK

LOOKIT THAT WISPY MUSTACHE. IT LOOKS LIKE A LENTICULAR ARTIFACT BUT IT'S THERE

NO SOCIAL MEDIA IN 1982 SO GOOSE'S GROUCHY OLD MAN TAKES COULDN'T RUIN YOUR DELICIOUS KELLOGG'S BREAKFAST!

THE DRAFT FOLDER IS PRETTY FULL SO ONCE I UN-HAM MY BRAIN YOU'LL START TO GET THE GOOD STUFF ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS

AS LONG AS I DON'T LEARN HOW TO COOK HAMS LIKE MY MOM DOES, THEN IT'S HAM CITY, USA FOR ME. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HAM!

Cool Stuff #2 - Vinsanity

A SHORT ONE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE NO TIME BUT WANTED TO SHARE COME COOL STUFF

2018-19 PANINI CONTENDERS VINCE CARTER

MY FIRST VINCE CARTER CARD IN A HAWKS UNI AND I LOVE IT. GAZE UPON THAT GIMUNGOUS PAC-MAN LOGO EATING UP VINCE'S RIGHT LEG. IT'S REALLY REAL NOW. VINCE CARTER IS AN OFFICIAL HAWKS LEGEND JUST LIKE HALL OF FAMER SIDNEY MONCRIEF. NORMALLY WHEN HAWKS GET AGING STARS THEY ARE OLD AND BUSTED LIKE ELTON BRAND AND DWIGHT HOWARD BUT THIS TIME WE GOT VINCE FFREAKINN CARTER. IT WAS SUPER FUN WATCHING HIM THROWING UP THREES WITH MORE RECKLESS ABANDON THAN EVEN TRAE YOUNG AND DUNKING AND JUST BEING VINCE. I HOPE HE COMES BACK FOR ONE MORE YEAR

AH - THERE'S VINCE'S LEG. I'M PRETTY CLUELESS ABOUT PANINI PRODUCTS OTHER THAN MOST OF THEM ARE RIPOFFS OF OLD DONRUSS, PACIFIC OR IN THIS CASE PLAYOFF BRANDS. CONTENDERS ALWAYS HAS THAT TICKET STUB MOTIF THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT EATS UP TOO MUCH OF THE CARD REAL ESTATE BUT IN THIS CASE I KINDA DIG IT? PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HOPELESS LOGO FETISH. NO STATS BUT WHO NEEDS STATS WHEN THERE IS BASKETBALL-REFERENCE DOT COM. I WOULDN'T MIND BUILDING A SET OF THIS STUFF. WELL, MAYBE OPENING SOME PACKS. DOLLAR STORE PACKS.

I WON'T MIND WHEN ALL THE DIME BOX CARDS FROM THIS SET END UP IN A FIVE DOLLAR JUNK BOX AT MY LOCAL SHOP IS ALLS I'M SAYING

IT'S NICE TO BE HAVING FUN WITH THIS AGAIN, MORE POSTS IMMINENT!

THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT 2018 TOPPS THANKS TO A PACKAGE FROM GROGG

I BOUGHT ONE PACK OF 2018 TOPPS. IT WAS A WAL-MART RACK PACK AND THE REASON I BOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I SAW AN ENDER INCIARTE CARD ON THE BACK

I DIDN'T LIKE IT

LIKE, A LOT

THE ENDER HAD A ROLLER MARK ON IT AS WELL

DIDN'T BUY ANOTHER FLAGSHIP PACK ALL YEAR. STILL HAVEN'T BOUGHT ANY THIS YEAR. HAVE MOSTLY NOT PICKED UP ANY TOPPS AT ALL OTHER THAN A FEW PLAYERS I LIKE OUT OF DIME BOXES LIKE JASON HEYWARD AND ADRIAN BELTRE. THEN @GROGG ON TWITTER (YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIM IF YOU LIKE BASEBALL) SENT ME A GINORMOUS PACKAGE FULL OF GOODIES AND INSIDE THE PACKAGE WAS WHAT APPEARED TO BE MOST OF A BOX OF 2018 TOPPS SERIES 1

GROGG HAS A TRADITION OF RIPPING OPEN A BOX OF SERIES 1 TOPPS SO HE CAN FEEL ALIVE KNOWING BASEBALL IS NEAR. GROGG ALSO HAS A MASSIVE VINYL RECORD COLLECTION AND A SMALL APARTMENT AND WHEN NEW WAX COMES IN, SOMETHING GOTTA GO. THE CARDS NOW HAVE A NEW HOME AND I NOW AM UNWITTINGLY BACK IN THE TOPPS FLAGSHIP COLLECTING GAME



I..... HAD FUN SORTING ALL THESE CARDS. I ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT 2018 TOPPS. HERE IS WHAT I LEARNED.

OK I'VE COMPLAINED A LOT ABOUT THE DESIGN EVEN THOUGH IT'S BETTER THAN 2016 AND 2017 (blecch). THE ESPN GRAPHICS THAT GOT SNAPPED BY THANOS IS OK AND THE WATERSLIDE MOTIF IS, UH, DIFFERENT I GUESS. FULL BLEED BORDERS ARE BORING. THE TINY BIT OF FOIL IN THE LOGO IS USELESS EXCEPT TO DIFFERENTIATE THE SET FROM OPENING DAY AND EVEN THEN THESE THINGS LOOK A LOT LIKE OPENING DAY. BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DESIGN THAT REALLY BUGGED THE CRAP OUT OF ME AND I COULD NEVER PUT MY FINGER ON IT.

THEN I LOOKED THROUGH MOST OF SERIES ONE AND IT FINALLY HIT ME

ALL THE TEAM LOGOS HAVE THIS BULLSHIT JJ ABRAMS LENS FLARE ON THEM
UGH I HATE IT
STILL BETTER THAN THE LONDON FOG AND STEEL GIRDER CRAP FROM '16 AND '17 THO

THE BACKS ARE FINE. SWOOPY THING, BIO, HASHTAG, FLAVOR TEXT, STATS. ALL I CARE ABOUT IS "CAN I READ THE FUCKING CARD NUMBER"

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT YES, I CAN READ THE FUCKING CARD NUMBER, ALTHOUGH BETTER ON THE BRIGHT COLORS THAN ON YELLOWS AND GRAY. IT WOULD BE UTTERLY FABULOUS IF THEY WOULD DITCH THE UNNECESSARY SERIES 1 LABEL AND MADE THE NUMBER BIGGER BUT THESE THINGS ARE DESIGNED BY INCONSIDERATE WHIPPERSNAPPERS WHO CAN STILL SEE OUT OF THEIR EYES

THE FALSE FOIL FUTURE STARS BANNER IS KINDA QUAINT. I DIG IT. THANKFULLY THERE ARE NO BULLSHIT JJ ABRAMS LENS FLARES ON THE ROOKIE CUP

TAKING THE ESPN THANOS WATERSLIDE BULLSHIT JJ ABRAMS LENS FLARE DESIGN AND JUST SHOVING IT OVER TO THE RIGHT ON HORIZONTAL CARDS LOOKS LIKE CRAP. IT SEEMS LAZY AND IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP. I DON'T LIKE IT. BOOOO, TOPPS , BOOOO. DESIGN BETTER CARDS

LIKE YOU DID IN 2019

UM, SO THANKS FOR THAT. SOMEONE'S FINALLY LISTENING

NOT A BIG COMPLAINT, BUT I PREFER LEAGUE LEADER CARDS WITH MULTIPLE PLAYERS ON THEM. AL/NL LEADER OR TOP 3 IN THE LEAGUE. I CAN SEE PEOPLE LIKING THIS BETTER TOO. IT'S PERSONAL PREFERENCE REALLY

THERE WAS ONE DOUBLE IN THE PILE I RECEIVED, BUT! IS NOT A DOULBE AT ALL!! IS A SUPER RARE SHORT PRINT VARIATION!!! ONE OF ABOUT A HUNDRED OF THEM IN THE SERIES. I DON'T KNOW IF GROGG NOTICED THIS THE FIRST TIME AROUND BECAUSE I SURE DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL I HAD THE WHOLE BOX SORTED

I FRICKIN LOVE THIS CARD. I'M GLAD I HAVE TWO OF THEM

SOOOOO

THIS IS A GOLD PARALLEL. THIS... IS HOW TOPPS DECIDED TO GET AROUND THE WHOLE 'LACK OF BORDER' DILEMMA. THIS LOOKS GOOFY. I DON'T LIKE. IT'S IN MY TOPPS GOLD PARALLEL FRANKENSET BINDER BUT I AIN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT. YES I HAVE A TOPPS GOLD PARALLEL FRANKENSET, DOESN'T EVERYONE?

THIS IS A RAINBOW FOIL PARALLEL. I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T BE EVIDENT IN THE SCAN BUT IT KINDA IS? THESE ARE DUMB AND STOOPID AND USELESS UNLESS YOU GET A COOL PLAYER. ALEX BREGMAN COUNTS AS A COOL PLAYER

SO HERE'S THE BIG ONE. 1983 TOPPS IS ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SETS EVER. THE PREVIOUS RETRO SETS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD  SO I HAD HIGH HOPES. WHICH WERE MOSTLY DASHED BY THE CARD STOCK. THE FRONTS LOOK PRETTY GOOD THOUGH! ALTHOUGH THEY SCREWED UP THE YELLOW ON THE PIRATES CARDS AGAIN

THE BACKS LOOK... OK. CARD NUMBER IS TOO SMALL. THE FAKE PRINTED CARDBOARD ON GLOSSY STOCK IS JUST WEIRD. THE REST IS... OK. I WOULDN'T LEAVE THESE CARDS BEHIND IN A QUARTER BOX IS WHAT I'M SAYIN. 50 CENT BOX, MAYBE

THESE ARE DUMB
TOPPS Y U FUCK UP BORDERS
NO BORDERS ON BASE SO YA GOTTA RUIN '83
BLUE LOOKS NICE ON A BRAVES CARD THO
BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT

B-E-S-U-R-E-T-O-D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E

I COUNT THIS AS AN AARON JUDGE ROOKIE CARD. IT'S GOT THE LOGO! I DON'T MAKE THE RULES

THIS IS A HUGE INSERT SET OF SEEMINGLY RANDOM STUFF INCLUDING HOLIDAYS, LEGENDS AND ROOKIES THAT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BUT I KINDA LIKE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BULLSHIT JJ ABRAMS LENS FLARES ON ANY OF THE LOGOS. GOT A TIM RAINES WITH A GORGEOUS EXPOS LOGO IN MY DIME BOX POST FOLDER I'M DYING TO SHOW OFF

AN UNSCRATCHED HOME RUN CHALLENGE CARD. I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE CARDS WORK AND IT'S EXPIRED ANYWAY. LOOKS LIKE A BOWMAN DESIGN THAT GOT ABANDONED HALFWAY THROUGH

THIS DESIGN IS BAD. NOT TOPPS FIRE BAD, BUT CLOSE

THIS DESIGN'S JUST KINDA MEH. FIELDING AWARD, YAAAAY. I APPARENTLY ALSO NEED TO CLEAN MY SCANNER

OF COURSE THE ONLY TWO INSERT SETS I LIKE ARE THE 100 CARD MONSTROSITIES

 A CRUMMY COMMERCIAL. I HAVE EXACTLY ZERO SERIES TWO BUT I'M SURE I CAN BUILD MOST OF A SET OUT OF DIME BOXES, NICKEL BOXES, PENNY BOXES AND PILES OF BULK JUNK. THIS IS ALSO A CLINT FRAZIER ROOKIE CARD AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. LISTEN THE LOGO DOES NOT LIE

THERE'S WAY MORE WHERE THIS CAME FROM, I GOT AT LEAST TWO MORE POSTS OUT OF THIS GOODIE BOX. THANKS FOR SPRING CLEANING GROGG!

KELLOGG'S!!

I PLANNED TO DO A REAL POST YESTERDAY BUT I CRASHED AND SLEPT MOST OF THE DAY BECAUSE ALL WORK AND NO SLEEP MAKES JUNK A DULL BOY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO HERE'S THAT LAST MINUTE NO THOUGHT NEEDED WHAM BANG SLAMMEROO POST EVERYBODY LOVES - KELLOGG'S!!

1975 KELLOGG'S BAKE MCBRIDE

YEAAAAAH BAKE

1974 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BIG OLD CRACK BETWEEN SUPER AND STARS SO YOU KNOW IT'S LEGIT

"BAKE" RIGHT IN THE FAUX SIGNATURE

GOING TO COLLEGE IN THE OFFSEASON BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS IMPORTANT

LUCKY CARD NUMBER 13, OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED

THIS IS MY VERY FIRST 1975 KELLOGG'S CARD, NOW THE ONLY KELLOGG'S SET I DON'T HAVE AT LEAST ONE CARD FROM IS THE 1972 ACTIVE PLAYER SET. NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO COLLECT 'EM ALL BUT I WOULDN'T MIND A BINDER PAGE FROM EACH YEAR AT LEAST. YAAAAAAAAYY KEEELLLLOOOOGGGG'S

ALSO: THORZUL WILL RULE IS DEAD, LONG LIVE DEATH STARE CARDS

ALSO ALSO: BE NICE TO NIGHT OWL CARDS HE'S DEALING WITH SOME STUFF RIGHT NOW. HOPE THE KELLOGG'S CAN GIVE YA A SMILE

Dime Box Junk - $1.70

THE HAWKS LOST THE LAST GAME OF THEIR SEASON LAST NIGHT ON A BUZZER BEATING 3-POINT FOUL AND YES IT WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY FOR THAT SEASON TO END. LET'S LOOK AT SOME DIME BOX BASKETBALL CARD PICKUPS IN HONOR OF THEIR 50TH SEASON IN ATLANTA WITH NO CHAMPIONSHIPS OR FINALS APPEARANCES

1981-82 TOPPS JACK SIKMA & SUPER ACTION

VINTAGE TOPPS BASKETBALL IN A DIME BOX IS AN INSTANT BUY - NOT EVEN GOING TO CHECK MY WANTLISTS - GIMME ALL OF IT.

SIKMA'S A HALL OF FAME CENTER FROM ILLINOIS-WESLEYAN, PLAYED WITH THE SONICS AND THE BUCKS SO ENJOYED AN ALL-GREEN NBA CAREER. APPARENTLY THE HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEMENT WAS 5 DAYS AGO AND I HAD NO CLUE. I WOULDA BEEN CROWING ABOUT ATLANTA HAWKS LEGEND SIDNEY MONCRIEF GOING INTO THE HALL ON TWITTER OTHERWISE

SO THE BRIEF PERIOD OF TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS FROM THE LATE 60S TO THE EARLY 80S WAS FILLED WITH LUDICROUS GIMMICKS AND THIS SET IS NO DIFFERENT. THE BASE SET WAS 66 CARDS IN SIZE AND THEN TACKED ON ANOTHER 44 CARD SET FOR THE EAST, MIDWEST AND WEST MARKETS. THE 'HIGH NUMBERS' CONTAINED ADDITIONAL PLAYERS AND THESE ACTION CARDS FROM PLAYERS IN THE MAIN SET. THIS SOUNDS CONFUSING AS HELL BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY 198 CARDS FOR THE SET AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE BENCH PLAYERS GET SOME CARDS WHO WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE

1994-95 UPPER DECK SPECIAL EDITION DOC RIVERS & JEFF HORNACEK GOLD

UPPER DECK BASKETBALL SETS FROM 1993 TO ABOUT 1996 ARE CONFUSING AS HELL. THERE'S REGULAR SETS, SPECIAL EDITION SETS, SP SETS, SPECIAL EDITION INSERTS, IT'S ALL A BIG MESS. BUT THESE ARE FOILY AND SHINY AND THAT STUFF TURNS BRAINS TO MUSH WHEN DIGGING THRU DIME BOXES SO I HAVE THESE NOW

DOC RIVERS WAS MY FAVORITE HAWKS PLAYER NOT BORN IN FRANCE* WHEN I WAS A KID SO ANY SHINY CARDS WITH HIS MUG ON IT IS COMING HOME WITH ME. THE HORNACEK, WELL, GOLD CARDS ARE HARD TO PULL OK

I SHOULD PUT TOGETHER A '90S BASKETBALL PARALLEL FRANKENSET, I'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THIS STUFF AND NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM

1997-98 TOPPS ALLEN IVERSON BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME PARALLEL

I COMPLAIN ABOUT PARALLELS 24-7-365 AND THEN I PICK THEM UP AT CARD SHOWS LIKE I'M SNARFING DOWN BAR PEANUTS. WELL, YEAH. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN PULLING USELESS PARALLELS OUT OF A PACK OF EXPENSIVE CARDS AND SNAGGING A HALL OF FAMER PARALLEL FROM A TIME PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE - MAYBE TWO - PARALLEL SETS IN A PRODUCT

BESIDES THIS IS A SECOND-YEAR CARD OF ALLEN FRIGGIN IVERSON, THE MAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY DRAGGED A TEAM TO THE FINALS. SOME PARALLELS ARE GOOD

2008-09 TOPPS TREASURY COURTNEY LEE SHINY RC SERIAL NUMBERED REFRACTOR THING

TOPPS TREASURY WAS A ONE-SHOT PRODUCT FROM TOPPS WHERE THE GIMMICK WAS A RIP CARD PER BOX AND SOME RIP CARDS HAD ACTUAL MONEY IN THEM. IMAGINE SPENDING $70 ON A BOX AND OPENING A RIP CARD AND YOU GET A $50 BACK. THE CARDS WERE SORTA SILLY LOOKING AS THEY HIT HARD ON THE CURRENCY THEME BUT THERE WERE BIRD AND MAGIC CARDS ALL OVER THE PLACE SO IT WAS MOSTLY A FUN PACK TO RIP

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A PARALLEL OR IF THE BASE ROOKIES WERE ALL LIKE THIS OR WHAT BUT COURTNEY PLAYED A FEW YEARS IN THE LEAGUE SO YOU'D THINK IT'D BE WORTH MORE THAN A DIME. WHERE MY WESTERN KENTUCKY SUPERCOLLECTORS AT

2001-02 FLEER SHOEBOX WALLY SZCZERBIAK

MILDLY OBSESSED WITH THIS SET BECAUSE FLEER DID NOT PRODUCE A FLAGSHIP OR FLEER TRADITION BASKETBALL SET THAT YEAR FOR SOME REASON. FLEER IS BASKETBALL CARDS AS FAR AS MY NOSTALGIA-ADDLED BRAIN IS CONCERNED SO THIS DISTURBS ME GREATLY. THIS SHOEBOX COLLECTION SET IS THE CLOSEST THING TO A TRADITIONAL FLEER SET FROM THAT YEAR AND HAS A REALLY NICE MINIMALIST DESIGN GOING FOR IT SO I'VE DUBBED IT THE OFFICIAL FLEER SET OF 01-02. I LOVE IT SO MUCH I ONLY BOUGHT ONE (1) PACK OF IT BACK IN THE DAY AND NOW I DESPERATELY WANT THE SET BUT CANNOT FIND

I HAVE NO MEMORIES OF SZCZERBIAK OTHER THAN 'WALLY WORLD' AND A BILLION TIMBERWOLVES ROOKIE CARDS.

WITH THE SEASON OVER I HAVE DECIDED TO ROOT FOR THE BUCKS SINCE THEY STOLE GIANNIS AND OUR COACH FROM THE HAWKS SO IT'S BASICALLY AN ATLANTA TITLE IF THEY WIN. I NEED SOMETHING TO DISTRACT ME WHILE I WAIT ANXIOUSLY FOR THE DRAFT LOTTERY. WE'RE TOTALLY GETTING ZION, I BELIEVE THIS. I BELIEVE IT

NEXT TIME: SOMETHING OTHER THAN DIME BOX CARDS MAYBE

* ANYONE MENTIONING BORIS DIAW IS BANNED FOR LIFE. THERE IS NO WAY TO BAN PEOPLE IN BLOGGER BUT I'LL REMEMBER DAMMIT

KELLOGG'S!

SOME DAYS YOU JUST CAN'T WRITE A POST! NO TIME NO MOTIVATION FEEL BAD WRITERS BLOCK CAUGHT A CASE OF THE LAZIES

DON'T DESPAIR! THERE'S A SIMPLE WAY TO PROVIDE CONTENT EVERYONE WILL LOVE WITH MINIMAL EFFORT

1974 KELLOGG'S DICK ALLEN

3-D SUPERSTAR DICK ALLEN

FUNKY BORDER

FUNKY UNIFORM

WIGGLY BLURRY BACKGROUND

JUST ENOUGH CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC SO YOU KNOW IT'S LEGIT

AUTHENTIC FOOD RESIDUE ON THE BACK

STATS AND LOGOS EVERYWHERE

THERE IS NO NEED TO WRITE ABOUT IT, JUST BASK IN THE GLORY THAT IS 70'S ODDBALL TRADING CARD GOODNESS

Dime Box Junk - WRASSLIN' EDITION - $1.00

IT'S WRASSLEMANIA DAY WOOOOOOOO

I DON'T REALLY WATCH WRESTLING BUT LITERALLY EVERYONE I FOLLOW ON TWITTER DOES SO I NOW HAVE OPINIONS ON THE MATTER. THESE CARDS ARE MOSTLY FROM WHAT WILL NOW BE CALLED THE MOSSI DIME BOX. ENJOY THE SCRIPTED GRAPPLING PERFORMANCE ENTERTAINMENT CARDS

UM... I MEAN ANIME WRESTLING IS REAL

1989 CLASSIC WWF ANDRE THE GIANT

I DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT ANDRE. EVERYONE LOVES ANDRE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CARD
NEVER EVER SAW THIS SET BEFORE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE UNIQUE LOGOS FOR EACH WRASSLER. THE PICTURE QUALITY IS PRETTY GOOD TOO
AM IN LOVE WITH THE MINIMALIST BACKS TOO. BIG BOLD HIGH-CONTRAST CARD NUMBER. ANDRE'S NAME IS TRADEMARKED BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS. NO LIKES, ONLY HATES. I LOVE THAT ANDRE HATES DAMIEN THE PYTHON. THIS CARD IS WONDERFUL

1987 TOPPS WRESTLEMANIA III GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE STICKER

TOR JOHNSON!!! GEORGE SHOULDA STARRED IN A REMAKE OF THE BEAST FROM YUCCA FLATS, IT WOULDA BEEN A HOOT. I BOUGHT A BOX OF WRESTLEMANIA III CARDS BACK IN THE '80S BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAP SO I ALREADY HAVE THIS CARD. YEAH I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CHEAP BASTARD, IT WAS A FUN RIP FOR 7 1980S DOLLARS. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WRESTLING AT THE TIME OTHER THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED SNAKE AND ANDRE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS BUT I DID REMEMBER LAUGHING AT GEORGE CHEWING ON THE TURNBUCKLES. HE'S NOW IN MY SMALL CIRCLE OF FAVE WRESTLERS, AS IS EVERYONE IN THIS POST

1991 CHAMPIONSHIP MARKETING WCW "NATURE BOY" RICK FLAIR

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1990 i have no idea what this thing is MACHO KING RANDY SAVAGE

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SET THIS IS FROM AND WAS UNAWARE MACHO MAN WAS ROYALTY AT SOME POINT IN HIS CAREER. THIS IS KINDA SPORTSFLIXY BUT IS ALSO SMALLER THAN A NORMAL CARD. IT IS VERY NEAT THO AND NEATO IS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY FOR A DIME BOX CARD. MR. POFFO HAS RETROACTIVELY BECOME MY FAVORITE WRASSLIN' SUPERSTAR SO FINDING A LENTICULAR MOVEY ODDBALL CARD OF HIS IS A NICE SURPRISE

2016 TOPPS WWE BATISTA

I HAVE NEVER SEEN DAVE BAUTISTA DO ANYTHING WRESTLING RELATED EVER BUT I FUCKIN' LOVE SPECTRE AND HIS CHARACTER IN THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY MOVIES MAKES ME LAUGH MOST OUT OF THE CREW AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE MOVIES WHERE HE PLAYS BIG GRUMPY HEART OF GOLD CHARACTER TYPES. I FOUND THIS CARD AT THE LAST MINUTE AND PANICKED AND FORGOT TO ROTATE THE SCAN BUT WHO CARES. THE 2016 TOPPS DESIGN LOOKS BETTER ON WRESTLING CARDS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY USE PYROTECHNICS AND SMOKE MACHINES OCCASIONALLY.

THAT FUCKIN' FIGHT SCENE IN THE TRAIN THOUGH!!! SPECTRE IS AWESOME, SCREW THE BOND SNOBS

ENJOY READING THIS AFTER THE BIG WRASSLIN SHOW BECAUSE I WAS LAZY THIS MORNING AND DIDN'T WRITE!