DIME BOX HOOPY HOOPZ - $5.00

THE ATLANTA HAWKS ARE PLAYING AN ACTUAL GAME TONIGHT AND IT'S ON THE RADIO AND THEY'RE PLAYING THE PELICANS AND THAT CHUMP ZION AND HAWKS ARE GONNA WIN BY 90 POINTS AND TRAE'S WINNING THE MVP AND THEY GOING 81-1 AND SWEEPING THE PLAYOFFS AND BASKETBALL IS GREAT EXCEPT FOR THAT BULLSHIT CHINA THING AND I'M SO HAPPY I HAVE A NON-STRESSFUL SPORTING EVENT TO LISTEN TO AGAIN NOW THAT WE'RE KNEE DEEP IN PLAYOFF SZN

HERE'S SOME DIME BOX HOOPY HOOPZ CARDS IN CELEBRATION

1997-98 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE MOOKIE BLAYLOCK MINIATURES

DIE-CUT MOOKIE STANDUP. IT TOOK ME ENTIRELY TOO LONG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY THIS CARD WAS. 'MINIATURES' IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I SAW THIS THING BUT TO BE FAIR THE LATE 90S WERE A WEIRD DAMN TIME FOR CARDS AND THIS CAME OUT BEFORE T-206 AND 75 TOPPS SIZED MINI CARDS STARTED SHOWING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AS PARALLELS. I NEED TO FIND A SECOND ONE TO PUNCH OUT AND STAND UP BECAUSE I NEED A MOOKIE MINI ON MY DESK

1997-98 FLEER TRADITION SHAQUILLE O'NEAL GOUDEY GREATS

SPEAKING OF MINIS FLEER WAS NOT SHY ABOUT INSERTING GOUDEY STYLE INSERTS IN THE 90S, ANOTHER WAS THEY PIONEERED A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT BECAME STANDARD PRACTICE IN THE '00S. THIS FIFTEEN CARD SET LOOKS AMAZING, HAD GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND FEATURES NATE ARCHIBALD WHICH IS FANTASTIC. A DUDE AT THE CARD SHOW HAD ALMOST THE ENTIRE SET IN THE DIME BOX AND I CHOSE TO SHOW OFF SHAQ BECAUSE SHAQ

1991-92 UPPER DECK DERRICK COLEMAN HOLOGRAM

IT'S SO FUCKING WEIRD TO ME THAT HOLOGRAMS ARE THIS QUAINT RETRO SHIT NOW. I MEAN, UNLESS IT'S TUPAC OR SOME OTHER DEAD DUDE DOING A CONCERT WHEN YOU THINK OF HOLOGRAMS IT'S LIKE 'OH YEAH THAT EARLY 90S FAD. THIS MAKES ME SAD. WE NEED MORE HOLOGRAMS IN THE WORLD IN 2019. SOMETHING TO DISTRACT US FROM THE FACT WE GOT THE HORRIBLE DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY COLLAPSE FUTURE INSTEAD OF THE JETSONS STAR TREK FLYING CAR FUTURE. DERRICK COLEMAN WAS A BEAST BEFORE THE INJURIES AND IS FIRMLY IN MY 'PLAYERS I'M SURPRISED THEY AREN'T A HALL OF FAMER' GROUP ALONG WITH SHAWN KEMP AND LARRY JOHNSON SINCE I'M PERMANENTLY STUCK IN 1993

1992-93 UPPER DECK BASKETBALL HEROES HEADER CARD

I LOVE THE UPPER DECK HEROES CARDS AND WAS DISMAYED WHEN I LEARNED THE HEADER CARDS ARE ALL SHORT PRINTED. WITH EARLY 90S UPPER DECK THIS MEANS THERE ARE ONLY 1.2 MILLION OF THEM INSTEAD OF 47 MILLION OF EACH CARD. THE WILT CHAMBERLAIN SET WAS BY FAR THE BEST LOOKING HEROES SET WITH ITS CHIPPY BLACK BORDERS AND SPOT GLOSS. WAY BETTER THAN THE JERRY WEST, LARRY BIRD AND MICHAEL JORDAN SETS. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT UNTIL I LEARNED JUST NOW THAT THERE WAS A JULIUS ERVING HEROES SET IN 99-00. HOLY CRAP THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC! I NEED TO SCROUNGE MORE DIME BOXES IN SEARCH OF THOSE

1996-97 TOPPS DAVID ROBINSON SEASON'S BEST

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE OTHER DAVID ROBINSON SEASON'S BEST CARD WHICH HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DESIGN AND WAS CALLED EN FUEGO OR SOME SHIT LIKE THAT. THIS SET IS A CLUSTERFUCK. A SHIMMERING GLORIOUS OVERDESIGNED CLUSTERFUCK. GOD THE LATE 90S WERE A GOLDEN AGE OF RIDICULOUS TRADING CARDS. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE MOST STEADY, DOWN-TO-EARTH NBA SUPERSTAR EVER IN THIS CACOPHONIC FEVER DREAM OF CARD DESIGN. EVEN THE BACK IS INSANE. IT LOOKS LIKE DAVID IS ABOUT TO BE BOARDED UP UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS BY THE SUBJECT OF AN EDGAR ALLEN POE SHORT STORY. WHERE IS THE AMONTILLADO? DAVID SORROWFULLY ASKS MONTRESOR

BY THE TIME I FINISHED THIS POST THE BRAVES LOST AND THE HAWKS LOST AND EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE

EXCEPT DIME BOX CARDS

DIME BOX CARDS ARE COOL