UUHHHH ONLINE DIME BOX CARDS - PART 3

BRIEF ASIDE: FROZEN GRAPES ARE BETTER THAN ICE CREAM. I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO

IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I POSTED I'VE COMPLETELY MOVED MY OFFICE, BLOGGER IS NOW SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND I BOUGHT ANOTHER ORDER OF ONLINE DIME CARDS. WITH MY NEW OFFICE SETUP I CAN TYPE UP POSTS AT 4AM WHEN I'M BEING AN INSOMNIAC SO THERE MAY BE MORE FREQUENT POSTS. HOPEFULLY NOT TOO FREQUENT. DON'T EXPECT THE NEXT BATCH OF DIME CARDS TO BE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE, YOU STOLE ALL THE CARDS I REALLY WANTED. NO O-PEE-CHEE CHIPPERS OR VINTAGE BASKETBALL FOR YOU. OR ME. THIS WEEK'S BATCH IS TOP NOTCH THOUGH, I EVEN SCANNED ALL THE BACKS

1992 UPPER DECK MARK LEMKE GOLD HOLOGRAM

LEMKE!!! GOOD OLD MEMORIES OF THE 1991 WORLD SERIES WHERE THE LEMMER WAS CHEATED OUT OF A WORLD SERIES MVP. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I'VE SHOWED OFF A LEMKE DIME CARD YET. THERE'S A FEW OF EM SO GET READY. I LOW KEY AM TRYING TO COLLECT ALL THE LEMKES OUT THERE EVEN THE WEIRD STUFF LIKE ODDBALL PACIFIC PARALLELS AND IT'S GOING OK BUT LEMKES ARE KINDA SCARCE EXCEPT FOR 1989-1990 DONRUSS. THOSE ARE EVERYWHERE. ALL THE LEMKES I BOUGHT IN THIS BATCH WERE CARDS I DID NOT ALREADY HAVE

HOW THE HECKY DID I NOT ALREADY HAVE A 1992 UPPER DECK MARK LEMKE YOU ASK. WELL, I DID. BUT THIS ONE'S A BULLSHIT GIMMICK. LOOK CLOSELY. REALLY CLOSELY

I SAID VERY CLOSELY. SEE THAT HOLOGRAM? THE SLIGHTLY YELLOWISH COLOR? THAT'S A GOLD HOLOGRAM WHICH WAS FOUND IN SOMETHING LIKE ONE OUT OF EVERY 20 FACTORY SETS. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE SELLER NOTED THE HOLO HUE OR I WOULD NEVER HAVE FOUND THIS CARD EVER. UPPER DECK ALSO HAD HOLOGRAM LOGO STICKERS IN THIS COLOR, ANOTHER DUMB THING I COMPULSIVELY WASTE MY MONEY ON

2012 ALLEN & GINTER GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL MUSICAL MASTERS MINI INSERT

ALLEN & GINTER MINIS!!!!!!! MINI INSERTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I BOUGHT THE GUY OUT OF ALL THE INSERT MINIS SO NOW YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY. MOSTLY CLEARED HIM OUT OF MINIS ALTOGETHER ON THE SECOND ROUND AS WELL. I DON'T SEE MINI INSERTS CHEAP VERY OFTEN SO AM HAPPY TO HAVE THEM. HERE'S A MUSICAL CARD FROM THE FANTASTIC 2012 SET. GINTER STARTED SLOWLY SLIDING DOWN THE RAZORBLADE AFTER THIS SET

DAMN THESE CARDS ARE DESIGNED WELL. REALLY REMIND ME OF THE ORIGINALS EXCEPT FOR ALL THE LEGALESE GLORPING UP THE CARD. KINDA WANT TO PUT A BIG SPLOTCH OF GLUE RIGHT ON THE COPYRIGHT, PASTE THIS TO A SCRAPBOOK AND RIP IT OUT TO GET THAT ORIGINAL 1888 PAPER LOSS FEEL. I'M MORE OF A BACH AND BEETHOVEN KINDA GUY BUT HANDEL IS ONE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC'S HITMAKERS. YOU'VE HEARD HIM BEFORE

2019 ALLEN & GINTER PECOS BILL'S LASSO INCREDIBLE EQUIPMENT INSERT

REMEMBER WHEN I THEORIZED THAT THE FRED MCGRIFF CARD WAS MY FIRST ONE FROM 2019 GINTER? I'VE SORTED THROUGH SOME CARDS SINCE THEN AND DETERMINED THIS IS INCORRECT. HANK AARON WAS MY FIRST 2019 GINTER CARD AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. HERE'S ANOTHER FULL SIZED INSERT FOR MY NEWLY-ORGANIZED BINDER. IN 2018 TOPPS INCLUDED A GIGANTIC INSERT SET OF BASEBALL EQUIPMENT CARDS SO IN 2019 THEY WENT BACK TO THE WELL AND DID A SET OF MYTHOLOGICAL/LEGENDARY ACCESSORIES. I'M GETTING SUPER DEJA-VU RIGHT NOW. DID I WRITE THIS EXACT SENTENCE IN THE LAST POST? FUCK IT, IT'S A GREAT SENTENCE. READ IT AGAIN

I DID WRITE THAT BEFORE. I REMEMBER GUSHING ABOUT THE PALM FRONDS NOW. AH SCREW IT, EVEN THE BEST SITCOMS HAD A CLIP SHOW EPISODE. SO PECOS BILL WAS THE HOOTENIST TOOTENIST SHOOTENIST BOBTAIL WILDCAT IN THE WEST. HE WAS THE FASTEST GUN NORTH SOUTH EAST AAAAAAAAND WEST OF THE PECOS. WAIT NO, THAT WAS YOSEMITE SAM. EH, WHO CARES THAT AIN'T NO RATTLESNAKE ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD EITHER

1992 COMIC IMAGES FANGORIA - ISSUE #7 THE SHINING

THERE IS/WAS A COMPLETE OR MOSTLY COMPLETE COMIC IMAGES SET OF FANGORIA ON THE SITE.  WAIT, I HAVEN'T LINKED THE SITE ON THIS POST YET HAVE I. HERE YA GO: BASEBALLCARDSTORE.CA. DON'T BUY THE CARDS I WANT. I LOVE HORROR MOVIES AND I ALMOST BOUGHT THIS COMPLETE SET ONCE EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. FANGORIA IS GORY. LIKE, A LOT GORY. IT'S RIGHT IN THE NAME FOR THE LOVE OF PETE. AND WHILE I DO LIKE GORE ON OCCASION, IT AIN'T MY FAVORITE THING. AND HOO BOY FANGORIA REALLY LIKES THAT GOOPY SQUICKY GORY. SO IN LIEU OF COLLECTING THE ENTIRE DRIPPY VISCERAL MANGLED INFECTED SET I PICKED OUT MY FIVE FAVORITE CARDS. THE SHINING IS MY FAVORITE KUBRICK FILM. WAIT - NO. THAT'S DOCTOR STRANGELOVE. IT'S MY FAVORITE STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION THEN. I SUPER DIG THIS COVER WITH THE CLASSIC NICHOLSON KUBRICK SHOT. PLUS TWO OUT OF THREE SIDE FEATURES ARE ALIENS AND THE BLOOD COMES FROM TOM SAVINI WHO DOES CLASSY GORE. AND SHELLY DUVALL IS GREAT, WHERE'S HER FANGORIA COVER

AS WITH MOST EARLY 90S COMIC IMAGES SETS THE BACK IS EXTREMELY MINIMAL. TWO COLORS.GIGANTIC TITLE LOGO. A SMALL FACTOID THAT RARELY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FRONT. ANNE RICE STROKES HER READERS' EGOS ON THE BACK OF THIS CARD. GOTTA RESPECT THE SAVVY BUSINESS MIND ON ANNE. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THESE BACKS ARE HALF ASSED THOUGH. EACH CARD BACK HAS A 4 PANEL FILMSTRIP DESIGN WITH UNIQUE IMAGES IN EACH PANEL SHOWING OFF A HORROR SCENE. THIS ONE IS PANNING BACK FROM A MONSTER ON THE ROOF OF A DECAYING GOTHIC MANSION. KINDA WISH I BOUGHT THE SET NOW JUST FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS

1992 COMIC IMAGES FANGORIA - ISSUE #50 FREDDIE

BLOOD DRENCHED ISSUE! FREDDY KRUEGER IS THE MOST ADORABLE GHASTLY IMMOLATED MONSTROUS CHILD MURDERING NIGHTMARE DEMON EVER. SERIOUSLY, ONLY THE FUCKED UP 80S COULD HAVE TURNED THIS INTO A BELOVED  FILM SUPERSTAR. FREDDY'S A LEGEND AND THIS IS A HELL OF A COVER. LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE COVER I SEE THAT THERE'S AN ARTICLE ON ANGELO ROSSITTO IN THE ISSUE AND NOW I HAVE TO TRACK DOWN A COPY OF THIS SOMEHOW. ANGELO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CLASSIC HORROR ACTORS. HE APPEARED IN MOVIES FROM 1927 TO 1987 (!!!) AND FEATURED IN SUCH INFAMOUS CLASSICS AS FREAKS, THE CORPSE VANISHES, MESA OF LOST WOMEN, INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN AND DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN. YOU WANT GOOD MOVIES? HE'S IN THE WIZARD OF OZ, DOCTOR DOOLITTLE AND MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME. HOW ABOUT TELEVISION? HE APPEARED IN GUNSMOKE, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, BARETTA, THE ROCKFORD FILES AND AMAZING STORIES. OH, AND ALSO H.R. PUFNSTUF AND LIDSVILLE. 'THAT WEIRD MOVIE WITH BELA LEGOSI AND ANGELO ROSSITTO' IS A LEGIT HORROR GENRE IN ITSELF. I LOVE ANGELO ROSSITTO, WHERE'S HIS FANGORIA COVER

COMIC IMAGES HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO INCLUDE A TOPICAL TIDBIT ON THE BACK OF FREDDY'S CARD. I'M LAUGHING TOO HARD TO TYPE OUT WHAT ROBERT SAID BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HE HAD FUN. NOT SURE WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN THE FILMSTRIP THOUGH. LOOKS LIKE A DOUR VERSION OF HAROLD LLOYD'S SAFETY LAST

1992 COMIC IMAGES FANGORIA - ISSUE #109 THE ADDAMS FAMILY

*SNAP* *SNAP*

THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST NON-GLOOPY COVER IN THE ENTIRE SET AND THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I LOVE ALL ITERATIONS OF THE ADDAMS FAMILY FROM THE ORIGINAL COMICS TO THE TV SHOW TO THE MOVIE REBOOT SHOWN HERE. I EVEN LOVE THE FREQUENT CHEAP HANNA BARBERA  KNOCKOFFS. I MUST ADMIT I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEW REBOOT WITH POE DAMERON BUT I LOVE IT ANYWAY. UNCLE FESTER IS WHAT I WANT TO BE IF I GROW UP. THE REST OF THE COVER IS PRETTY INTERESTING AS WELL. 13TH YEAR OF FANGORIA. BUNCHA NEW CLIVE BARKER STUFF WHICH COULD BE ANY YEAR IN THE 80S OR 90S, REALLY. THE PIC WITH THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS LOOKS TO ME LIKE STEVE MARTIN COSPLAYING A ZOMBIE AND I CAN'T GET THAT IMAGE OUT OF MY HEAD. THERE'S A WHOLE MESS OF FORGETTABLE STUFF. FREEJACK WITH... ANTHONY HOPKINS AND MICK JAGGER?? WHAT THE HELL IS BORROWER AND WHY DID IT FINALLY ARRIVE? SHOCK ROCK? TEENAGE WEREWOLF? WHAT EVEN IS THIS STUFF. FREDDY'S DEAD, THAT I GET

THE BACK PIVOTS TO DRACULA, WHICH I'M PRETTY OK WITH. I HEARD CHRISTOPER LEE'S VOICE READING THE ENTIRE QUOTE IN MY HEAD. CHRISTOPER IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THERE HAS BEEN NO EXACT ADAPTATION OF BRAM STOKER'S NOVEL BUT SOME HAVE COME CLOSE. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW CLOSE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND JAMES ROLFE'S VIDEO ANALYZING JUST HOW FAITHFUL DRACULA FILMS ARE TO THE BOOK. OR JAMES ROLFE'S VIDEOS IN GENERAL, I'M HAVING TO FORCE MYSELF NOT TO WATCH THE VIDEO SO I CAN FINISH THE POST

THE GARGAMEL AS DRACULA CARTOON IS MAKING ME LAUGH TOO MUCH, I HAVE TO MOVE ON

1992 COMIC IMAGES FANGORIA - ISSUE #37 GREMLINS

GREMLINS, THAT WHOLESOME CHRISTMAS FILM WITH THE CUTE FLUFFY MONSTERS. ANY OTHER MAGAZINE WOULD PUT A MOGWAI ON THE COVER BUT NOT FANGORIA. GOTTA SHOW THAT NASTY UGLY WEIRDLY SHINY GREMLIN. I THINK I'VE FINALLY STARTED TO UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE SUCH AN IRRATIONAL DISDAIN FOR STEVEN SPIELBERG, DISMISSING HIS MOVIES AS MANIPULATIVE NONSENSE AND CLAIMING HIS BEST FILM IS 1941*. IT'S BECAUSE AS AN IMPRESSIONABLE YOUTH LITERALLY EVERY OTHER MOVIE RELEASE WAS LOUDLY TRUMPETED AS STEVEN SPIELBERG'S $MOVIE IN ALL THE ADVERTISING. I WAS LIKE GODDAMN, STEVE MAKES AN ASSLOAD OF MOVIES DOESN'T HE. THEN LATER ON I FOUND OUT IT WASN'T STEVEN SPIELBERG WHO MADE GREMLINS, IT WAS JOE FUCKING DANTE. STEVEN SPIELBERG DIDN'T MAKE POLTERGEIST, IT WAS TOBE FUCKING HOOPER. STEVEN SPIELBERG DIDN'T MAKE ANIMANIACS IT WAS, UM, WHOEVER THE FUCKING ANIMATOR WAS. STEVEN SPIELBERG IS NOT A GODDAMN ANIMATOR. NOW I ASSOCIATE STEVEN SPIELBERG WITH LIES AND BETRAYAL. AND A JAPANESE SUB ATTACKING HOLLYWOOD. ANYWAY, JOE DANTE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE AND IS A WAY BETTER DIRECTOR THAN STEVEN SPIELBERG. DID STEVIE EVER MAKE A MOVIE AS GOOD AS THE 'BURBS? HELL. NO. WHERE'S JOE DANTE'S FANGORIA COVER

ALSO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY GOOPY COVER BUT IT'S MOSTLY AWESOME GOOP. RICK BAKER'S DEMON BABY FROM IT'S ALIVE IS THE PERFECT MIXTURE OF INCREDIBLY UNSETTLING AND KINDA KILARIOUS. THAT'S A TYPO BUT I'M KEEPING IT. I WOULDA BOUGHT THIS CARD JUST FOR BLOODY ASH FROM EVIL DEAD ALONE. I'LL ACCEPT BUCKETS AND BATHTUBS FULL OF GORE IF BRUCE CAMPBELL IS ATTACHED TO IT. I HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA WHO OR WHAT LUMPY IS AND I DON'T THINK I WANNA KNOW. ASSUMING IT IS NOT THE FAT KID FROM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER ALTHOUGH I CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE JUDY TURNING INTO A SLASHER LATER IN LIFE

SAW THE TITLE OF THE BACK QUOTE AND GOT EXITED AND STARTED READING IN VINCENT PRICE'S VOICE. AND WAS HORRIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT IT WAS COKED-UP ERA STEPHEN KING WHINING ABOUT HOW FAMOUS HE WAS. YOU WERE THE MOST FAMOUS AUTHOR ON THE PLANET BY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE UNTIL THAT HORRIBLE POTTER WOMAN** SHOWED UP, OF COURSE PEOPLE IN A RANDOM ASS MALL IN MAINE ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE YOU. YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT, STEPHEN. TO BE FAIR STEPHEN KING HAS CERTAINLY SEEMED TO HAVE BECOME SUPER CHILL SINCE THE 90S. THE WITCH ANIMATION MADE ME HAPPY. WITCHES ARE COOL AS HELL. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS WITCH

THIS IS GOOD MUSIC FOR THE NEXT CARD, HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS

1992 COMIC IMAGES FANGORIA - ISSUE #1 GODZILLA

G O D Z I L L A

HOOOOOOOOOLLLLLYYYYYY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

I WANT THIS COVER AS A POSTER. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY FOR SALE LIKE A HALF DOZEN PLACES ON TEH INTERWEBS BUT I'M MOSTLY BROKE AND JUST WANT TO DREAM. 

DAMN, THIS IS AN INSANELY AMAZING ISSUE BEYOND THAT GODZILLA GOODNESS ON THE COVER. LOOK AT THAT ARTICLE LINEUP! DAWN OF THE DEAD! DOCTOR WHO! BATTLESTAR GALACTICA! !!!!!CHRISTOPHER LEE INTERVIEW!!!!! THE CREATURE FROM TEH BLACK LAGOON! A PREVIEW OF FRICKIN ALIEN! JUST IMAGINE BUYING THIS OFF THE RACK BACK IN THE DAY BECAUSE GODZILLA AND ALSO LEARNING ABOUT ALIEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING IN COLLEGE COURSES

ANOTHER RELEVANT QUOTE ON THE BACK! STARLOG GOES GOOPY. CONSIDERING THE WRETCHED VIOLENCE OF THE STUFF IN THIS MAG I FIND IT AMUSING THE FIRST EDITOR WROTE HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS. THEN AGAIN THAT FILM IS SOME SUBVERSIVE BODY HORROR SHIT DISGUISED AS A KIDDIE FLICK NOW THAT I COME TO THINK OF IT. THERE'S A GALLERY OF THIS CARD SET ONLINE WHICH IS HOW I WAS ABLE TO PICK OUT MY FAVES. GO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE THE GROSS STUFF FOR YOURSELF. AS FOR ME I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A CINEFANTASTIQUE TRADING CARD SET

DANG, I ALMOST RECOGNIZE THE ART STYLE FROM THIS DUDE WITH CANDLE COMIC. THE NAME OF THE ARTIST IS RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE BUT I CAN'T QUITE PLACE IT. I'D BET MONEY THEY WORKED WITH JOVIAL BOB STINE AT SOME POINT IN THEIR CAREER

2016 ALLEN & GINTER JASON HEYWARD A&G MINI

FROM GOOOOODDDZIIIIILLLLLAAAA TO JAAAAAAYYYYY-HEEEEEEEEYYYY

CAN'T PASS UP A HEYWARD MINI. THANKFULLY IT'S A CUBS CARD AND NOT A (blecch) CARDINAL. 2016 WAS A GOOD DESIGN AS WELL. BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE

ALLEN & GINTER BACK BAY-BEE! UNFORTUNATELY OLD PLANTER HAS BEEN PUT TO PASTURE BUT THIS STYLIZED T-A-G LOGO IS PRETTY DOPE. I HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT IF THIS IS GOING IN THE HEYWARD BINDER OR THE FRANKENSET YET. ASSUMING OF COURSE I DON'T ALREADY HAVE THIS CARD WHICH IS A BIG ASSUMPTION HONESTLY

2010 TOPPS MARK FIDRYCH YO MOMMA CARD

ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE IN A POST FULL OF HIGH NOTES. I DIDN'T SCAN THIS BACK SO WE CAN ALL PRETEND IT'S ACTUALLY FROM 1977. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE FONTS, JUST ENJOY THAT ROOKIE CUP AND ALL STAR BANNER

*WHICH IT IS. HIS BEST FILM BY FAR. AND THE BEST WAR MOVIE EVER, ACTUALLY 

DON'T @

**WHILE I DO NOT REGRET READING THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS, JK ROWLING IS IRL DOLORES UMBRIDGE AND I DO REGRET STANDING IN LINE AT MIDNIGHT AND GIVING HER 25 BUCKS A POP FOR THE DOORSTOPS

***TOM RUEGGER. 

TOM RUEGGER MADE ANIMANIACS. ALONG WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF TALENTED ANIMATORS. NOT FREAKIN STEPHEN 'SLAPS HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING' SPIELBERG

GRAAARGH