THIS SHOWED UP ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THE PLAN WAS TO TWEET OUT SOME CARDS BUT THEN SUDDENLY IT'S APRIL SO HEY BLOG POST
THESE WERE SENT BY @suterb42 ON TWITTER, GO SIGN UP FOR TWITTER AND FOLLOW HIM, HE'S COOL DON'T FOLLOW ANYONE ELSE THO MY GOD THAT SITE IS A TRASH FIRE NOW
1991 SILVERSTAR HOLOGRAM DAVID JUSTICE
HOLOGRAMS! AWW YEAH. NOTHING ELSE SCREAMS EARLY NINETIES MORE THAN HOLOGRAMS OTHER THAN MAYBE THAT BLUE AND PURPLE DIXIE CUP DESIGN. IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE AND WAS WONDERING WHAT THE HELL IT IS, BACK IN THE DAY ANYONE WOULD SELL ANY OLD DAMN THING WITH A TRADING CARD AND THIS ONE WAS PACKAGED IN A BLISTER PACKAGE WITH A GIGANTIC FAKE TICKET STUB SERIAL NUMBERED TO SOMETHING LIKE 100,000 AND IT SOLD FOR WHATEVER PRICE THE DEALER COULD STICK ON IT. THERE'S LIKE THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THESE!!! OMG SO RARE!!! NOW THERE'S ONLY THE SAME FOUR MIDDLE AGED GUYS AT EVERY CARD SHOW AND NONE OF THEM REMEMBER WHAT THE HELL THIS IS. BUT I REMEMBER!!!!! I REMEMBER THE PILE OF BIG-ASS BLISTER PACKS WITH A $20 PRICE TAG SITTING ON THE TABLE MARKED THIS TABLE - $1
I REMEMBER
2018 ARCHIVES DANSBY SWANSON
NOW THAT I CAN'T JUST DROP A TWENTY ON A BLASTER ANY OLD TIME I FEEL LIKE IT MY ARCHIVES COLLECTION HAS BEEN SUFFERING BUT I STILL LOVE THE DUMB THINGS. LAST YEAR WAS GREAT DESIGN WISE BETWEEN THE 59S AND 81S AND THE DANSBAE IS APPRECIATED. OK THE FONT'S A LITTLE OFF BUT THE ARTIFICIALLY AGED BACK IS DOPE. I ALSO DIG THE ANARCHIST CARTOON ON THE BACK. STEAL THIS CARD! DANSBY LOOKS LIKE HE'S FIGURING OUT HOW TO HIT WHICH WOULD BE A HELL OF A THING FOR THE BRAVES CHANCES THIS YEAR
1996 BOWMAN'S BEST ANDRUW JONES
SECOND YEAR ANDRUW BOWMAN'S BEST. I HAVE ABOUT EIGHT OF THESE NOW SO NOW I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE TO COMPLETE A PAGE OF THEM. I SHOULD PROBABLY PICK UP THE 95 VERSION ONE DAY NOW THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY DIRT CHEAP. THIS ONE LOOKS BETTER THAN THE 95 VERSION IN MY OPINION
1990 BOWMAN MARQUIS GRISSOM
ONE DAY I FOUND MY BOX OF 1990 BOWMAN CARDS, THEN I FOUND ANOTHER BOX. AND MORE 1990 BOWMAN IN A MONSTER BOX. I WASN'T LOOKING FOR 1990 BOWMAN. I DON'T EVEN LIKE 1990 BOWMAN. BUT I FOUND ALL THIS 1990 BOWMAN AND I SORTED IT ALL AND I ALMOST HAVE TWO SETS AND I MENTIONED IT ON TWITTER AND BILLY GOT ME CLOSE TO A FIRST SET. MAY I EMPHASIZE I DON'T LIKE 1990 BOWMAN, BUT WHEN A MAN'S GOTTA SORT, A MAN'S GOTTA SORT. THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER BOX OF THE STUFF HIDING AROUND SOMEWHERE TOO. HELLO THIRD SET! A SET'S A SET THO AND A MARQUIS ROOKIE IS ALWAYS GOOD
2015 QYPSY GUEEN JOHN SMOLTZ MINI VARIATION
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE VARIATION AND WHICH ONE IT THE BASE BUT IT'S COOL EVEN THOUGH THIS SET IS KINDA UGLY. 1970 TOPPS UGLY WHERE IT'S SORTA CHARMING, NOT EYE BLEEDING LIKE SOME OF THE TRAINWRECK NEWER DONRUSS DESIGNS OR ANYTHING BOWMAN HAD CRAPPED OUT THE PAST FEW YEARS
1991 UPPER DECK NOLAN RYAN HEROES
THESE THINGS ARE MORE COMMON THAN BASE CARDS AND I PROBABLY HAVE FOUR SETS BY NOW BUT THE BINDER FULL OF UPPER DECK INSERTS FROM 1990-1993 HAD A HOLE IN IT AND NOW IT DOES NOT
1992-93 TOPPS DOMINIQUE WILKINS ALL STAR
STILL TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS SET EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED DECADES AGO AND NOW I HAVE TO RESIST THE URGE TO PUT THIS CARD IN THE HAWKS BINDER. COMPLETE SETS, TEAM SETS, PLAYER COLLECTION. ALL NEW COLLECTORS, CHOOSE ONE ONLY. I BESEECH YOU, CHOOSE ONE. THE BACK REMINDS US OF THE RUPTURED ACHILLES THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE HAWKS. WRECKED A GREAT SEASON AND PROBABLY LED TO THE DISASTROUS MANNING TRADE. GAWD WE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE FINALS - NO -WE WOULD HAVE FUCKIN WON IT ALL. WHY DID THEY FUCK UP THE CHEMETRY IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS WE EVER HAD GRAAAAAH-
NO
DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST
WE HAVE TRAE NOW
TRAE WILL LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND
2018 TOPPS UPDATES AND WHATEVER IT'S ALL STILL TRADED TO ME RONALD ACUÑA RC(???)
IS THIS ACUÑA'S OFFICIAL ROOKIE CARD? OR IS IT THE SP BULLSHIT FROM SERIES TWO? ARE NONE OF THEM ROOKIES? IS ANYTHING REAL??? I DON'T CARE! I'M GOING TO HAVE A GIGANTIC PILE OF ACUÑA BASE CARDS SURROUNDING ME ON MY DEATH BED EVEN IF I HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE QUARTER BO- NO THE FIFTY CENT BOX SO WHAT DO I CARE ABOUT BLASTED ROOKIES WHEN I LOVE LOWLY BASE CARDS WITH ALL OF MY SOUL
THIS ONE GOES TOWARD THE TOPPS TEAM SET BINDER WHICH I HAVE BEEN SORELY NEGLECTING THIS DECADE. BILLY SENT A BUNCH OF 2018 BRAVES AND MIRACULOUSLY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THEM DESPITE PICKING UP A FEW AT A CARD SHOW RECENTLY. I SHOULD JUST BUY ALL THE TEAM SETS ONLINE LIKE A SENSIBLE PERSON BUT NOPE GOTTA PICK EM UP HERE AND THERE LIKE AN IDIOT. I HAVE MY FUN THO
1987 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS SERIES 7 HAVE A NICE DAVE
I AM BLESSED WITH A VERY COMMON NAME THAT IS GOOD FOR RHYMING RESULTING IN A TON OF GPKS WITH MY MONIKER ON THEM. THIS AND NEW WAVE DAVE BEING POSITIVELY ICONIC ONES AT THAT. THE FRONTS GET A LOT OF LOVE ALREADY SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE BACK.
JOLTED JOEL MADE HIS APPEARANCE IN GPK SERIES 2 AND GETS A DOSSIER FOR SERIES 7. THIS PIC IS SOMEHOW BOTH LESS AND MORE VIOLENT THAN HIS ORIGINAL CARD. JOEL LOOKS HAPPY TO BE ELECTROCUTED AS HE JAMS OUT BUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CRUMBLING MUSIC HALL ARE WORRYING. PERHAPS THIS INSPIRED DETHKLOK SOMEHOW. I LIKE HOW THE 'B' VERSION OF THE CARD IS AN ALIAS AND NOT THE CANONICAL NAME. TWO LEGIT ROCK REFERENCES ON THIS CARD: 1) PINKFLOYD NJ, INTERESTING BECAUSE MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON CAME OUT A FEW MONTHS AFTER THIS SET WAS RELEASED. 2) "SIDE 1" OF STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN TAKING A YEAR AND 8 MONTHS TO PLAY. I REMEMBERED AS A KID GETTING THE JOKE ABOUT IDIOT GUITARISTS NOODLING ZEPPELIN FOR DAY BUT WAS HIGHLY OFFENDED ABOUT THE SIDE 1 AND 2 SHIT. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN IS A SONG NOT AN ALBUM YOU RUBES. OK FINE I GUESS 'THE WHO' IS ANOTHER REFERENCE BUT IT FEELS MORE LIKE AN ABBOTT & COSTELLO REFERENCE OR A RIPOFF ABBOTT & COSTELLO REFERENCE TO ME.
THE FAVORITES ARE A MIXED BAG. I DIG THE ODDBALL SANDWICH FIXINS BUT INGESTING IT INTRAVENOUSLY SEEMS A BIT PERVERSE EVEN FOR THIS TRASH SET. FAVORITE SONG SEEMS LIKE THE WRITER RAN OUT OF IDEAS AND JUST GAVE UP. I KNOW THIS FEELING WELL. PICKING HEAVY METAL AS FAVORITE MAGAZINE IS A PRETTY OBVIOUS MUSIC JOKE, BUT. I BET IT INTRODUCED A LOTTA KIDS TO A COOL COMIC MAG WITH HORRIFIC VIOLENCE AND EXPOSED BOOBIES ON EVERY PAGE. DITTO FOR ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. PARENTS YELLED ABOUT THE GROSS OUT PICS ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD BUT THE REAL SUBVERSIVE SHIT WAS ON THE BACK.
JOE'S FAVORITE TV SHOW BEING 'NAME THAT TUNE' INSTEAD OF MTV IS A DEAD GIVEAWAY THAT SOME 50 YEAR OLD SUIT HAD FINAL APPROVAL ON EVERYTHING. I MEAN COME ON
DEAR GOD I SPENT AN HOUR WRITING UP THAT ONE CARD THIS IS WHY I STOPPED BLOGGING REGULARLY. FUCK IT, THE #1 CARD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
o hai mark
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One hour on one card. Yeah... I've been there.
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