JOY OF A COMPLETED SET

LAST WEEK WAS ROUGH AND MY BRAIN REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING IT CONSIDERS WORK TODAY SO INSTEAD OF A REAL POST ENJOY THIS PIC OF THE LAST CARD I NEEDED FOR THE 1986-87 FLEER BASKETBALL SET.

FOUND ICEMAN AT ONE OF THE LAST CARD SHOWS I WENT THROUGH BEFORE THE WORLD ENDED. AS I RECALL IT WASN'T VERY EXPENSIVE EITHER. THANK GOODNESS I TRADED FOR ALL THE ROOKIES I NEEDED BACK IN THE 90S. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THIS ONE FINISHED ALTHOUGH I'M NOT 100% SURE I HAVE ALL THE STICKERS

GERVIN IN A BULLS UNIFORM IS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO ME. NOW I HAVE TO START SCROUNGING UP 87-88S ASSUMING THEY ARE NOT ALL PRICED LIKE 52 HIGH NUMBERS NOW

NON-SPORT FRANKENSET - CARD #12

i have untill next sunday to write this and i have time today buit am going to be lazy aso if you see this on sunday you will know i fuckwesd up[

I FUCKED UP

HERE'S A CARD

1984 FTCC STAR TREK III KLINGON BATTLE COMMANDER KRUGE

WHEN I FIRST PUT THIS SET TOGETHER I STILL LIKED STAR WARS WHICH EXPLAINS THE LUKE SKYWALKER CARD AT #1. SINCE THEN I'M JUST COMPLETELY DONE WITH THE WHOLE MESS AND HAVE SWITCHED MY ALLEGIANCE TO STAR TREK. NEW STAR TREK IS JUST AWFUL INSTEAD OF BEING AWFUL AND CAUSING INTERNET DRAMA. THIS SET ISN'T ABOUT FRANCHISES ANYWAY IT'S ABOUT CHARACTERS AND THERE'S NO BIGGER CHARACTER THAN CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. SO MANY GREAT CHARACTERS. JIM IGNATOWSKI, DOC BROWN, JUDGE DOOM, UNCLE FESTER, PROFESSOR PLUM, CYBERCHASE HACKER. IN STAR TREK HE GETS TO BE A HOT HEADED KLINGON COMMANDER WHO STRAIGHT UP KILLS PEOPLE RIGHT AND LEFT. THEN ASSHOLE KIRK KILLS THE DUDE'S DOG AND SHIT GETS REAL. GOTTA LOVE A CHARACTER THAT TRIES TO CHUCK CAPTAIN KIRK INTO A BIG POOL OF LAVA. THIS SET IS AMAZINGLY OLD SCHOOL DESIGN WISE. SCREENSHOT FROM THE FILM INSIDE A BIG CHUNKY BORDER ON SUPER THICK INDUSTRIAL GRADE CARDBOARD WITH MINIMAL INFORMATION ON THE BACK. THIS IS THE KIND OF SET CUSTOM CARD MAKERS DON'T HAVE THE CAJONES TO CREATE

COME THE EARLY 90S THERE WOULD BE STAR TREK TRADING CARDS EVERYWHERE LIKE DANDELIONS ON YOUR MANUCURED LAWN BUT IN THE 80S THERE WASN'T A LOT. THE VINTAGE SETS FROM 67 AND 76, SETS FOR THE FIRST TWO MOVIES AND A BUNCH OF PROMOS. NOT A LOT OF DEMAND EITHER SINCE THE SECOND AND THIRD MOVIE SETS WERE PRODUCED BY FTCC, OF WHICH I KNOW NOTHING. A GOOGLE SEARCH GETS YOU FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. ADD TRADING CARDS AND YOU FIND THEY ALSO DID A SET FOR THE WRATCH OF KHAN, AN ALIEN NATION SET THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AND ALSO APPARENTLY PRODUCED SETS FOR THE THREE STOOGES AND THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW I HAVE NEVER EVER HEARD OF. THE PACKS FOR ROCKY HORROR ALL LOOK TOO, LIKE SOMEONE REIMAGINING A TRADING PACK CARD FROM THE 80S. WHO KNOWS THE WHOLE DANG THING MIGHT BE FAKE. THE ENTIRE TRADING CARD INDUSTRY. I MEAN, THE HOTTEST COLLECTIBLE RIGHT NOW IS A LIMITED EDITION NBA GIF. WE'RE ALL LIVING IN A SIMULATION OF A HOLOGRAM AND I JUST WANT ONE FUCKING BLASTER OF '72 TIOPPS HERITAGE. GET ON IT COSMIC PROGRAMMER

CANADA BASKETBALL DOLLA PACK

I JUST MADE ANOTHER ORDER ON THAT DIME BOX WEBSITE SO I CAN POST THE DOLLAR PACK I GOT LAST TIME. I LIKED IT SO MUCH I DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW OFF HOW GOOD IT WAS BEFORE I BOUGHT MORE IN CASE YOU VULTURES BOUGHT THEM ALL OUT FROM UNDER ME. BUY THE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL AND HOCKEY ONES, I WANT MORE OF THESE EVENTUALLY

FRONT OF THE PACK: OMG JORDAN I'M RICH

BACK OF THE PACK: OMG SHINY STUFF

LET'S LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THIS THING

1996-97 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE ASSIGNMENT JORDAN GARY PAYTON

OK SO NOT A JORDAN. BUT THE CARD HAS AS MANY PICTURES AND MENTIONS OF JORDAN'S NAME AS PAYTON'S. GARY PAYTON IS A HALL OF FAMER TOO, THEY COULD HAVE AT LEAST PUT HIS NAME ON THE FRONT

1994-95 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE HAWKS TIP OFF DANNY MANNING SILVER SIGNATURE

ANOTHER EXTREMELY CONFUSING COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CARD, IT TOOK ME THREE LOOKS BEFORE I FINALLY FIGURED OUT THIS WAS A HAWKS CARD. EVERY YEAR I AM ON THIS BITCH OF AN EARTH I GET MADDER THAT THE HAWKS TRADED NIQUE FOR THIS STIFF. THE TEAM IS PLAYING GREAT WITH GREAT CHEMISTRY SO LET'S TRADE THE FRANCHISE FOR A BUM THAT IMMEDIATELY BOUNCED FOR PHOENIX. HAVEN'T LIKED LENNY WILKENS SINCE THEN EITHER, FIRST SEED IN THE EAST AND CHOKE TO INDIANA. DOMINIQUE IS STILL ON THE TEAM WE GO TO THE FINALS. AND GET DESTROYED BY HAKEEM, BUT WE GO TO THE FINALS

1990-91 FLEER ALL STARS CLYDE DREXLER

WAS NOT EXPECTING HALL OF FAMER INSERTS IN THE DOLLA PACK. NOT AT ALL. MAYBE SOME STAR BASE CARDS AND A NOBODY INSERT BUT NOT CLYDE. THIS WAS THE MOMENT I DIDN'T REGRET PICKING UP ANOTHER COUPLE OF PACKS

1997-98 HOOPS TALKIN' HOOPS ANTOINE WALKER

B I L L   W A L T O N 

OMG THIS PACK. IN OTHER NEWS I WANT TO BUILD THIS SET NOW

1992-93 TOPPS PAUL PRESSEY

FIRST LEGIT COMMON CARD AND IT'S STILL INTERESTING. HOW MANY COACH CARDS DO YOU SEE OUT THERE. YOU SHOULD SEE MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF COOL FORMER PLAYERS COACHING OUT THERE. ALSO: PAUL PRESSEY WAS THE MVP OF THE FIRST STATIS-PRO BASKETBALL SIM LEAGUE SEASON I COMPLETED. DUDE WAS A GOOD PLAYER

1996-97 TOPPS KERRY KITTLES

KERRY KITTLES ROOKIE CARD. THIS IS FROM THE SAME SET AS THE KOBE ROOKIE. THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME SHEET AS THE KOBE. EVERY TIME I TYPE KOBE ROOKIE THE VALUE OF THIS CARD GOES UP A TINY FRACTION, LIKE DOGECOIN. KOBE ROOKIE. ALSO A VILLANOVA LEGEND. GO WILDCATS

1990-91 HOOPS LARRY BIRD

OK SURE, 1990 HOOPS WAS PRINTED IN 1990 DONRUSS OR UPPER DECK QUANTITIES, BUT STILL IT'S LARRY FUCKIN BIRD. ALL LARRY JOE CARDS SHOULD BE WARMLY WELCOMED INTO YOUR COLLECTION. EVEN IF THE CHEATIN ROTTEN BASTARD KEPT RUINING MY HAWKS IN THE 80S, THE JERK

1993-94 TOPPS CHRIS WEBBER DRAFT PICK

ANOTHER STAR ROOKIE. THIS TIME OF A GUY WHO SHOULD BE GETTING AT LEAST SOME HALL OF FAME TALK. OK FINE HE CALLED TIMEOUT. HE WAS A BEAST AT HIS PEAK AND HIS COLLEGE CAREER WASN'T CHOPPED LIVER EITHER. NOT HIS FAULT HE GOT STUCK IN SACRAMENTO

1993-94 STADIUM CLUB PATRICK EWING FREQUENT FLYERS

ANOTHER STAR SUBSET CARD. FROM WHEN STADIUM CLUB BECAME TSC AND THE TEXT ON THE BACK WAS FORESHADOWING THE NEXT HALF-DECADE OF EDGY SLANG NONSENSE ON THE BACK OF TRADING CARDS

1992 SKYBOX LENNY WILKINS USA BASKETBALL

WHY DID YOU TRADE NIQUE YOU ARROGANT ASS

I MEAN, FUCK YEAH 1992 SKYBOX SERIES 2 CARDS! I NEED MOST OF THIS SET AND I DESPAIR EVER FINDING A BOX OF THE STUFF EVER AGAIN SO I WILL TAKE ANY AND ALL CARDS I CAN FIND

2000-01 TOPPS GALLERY DENNIS RODMAN

GENERALLY THE WAY I JUDGE RANDOM DOLLA PACKS IS THUSLY: 50 CENTS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE OF OPENING SOMETHING UP AND GETTING TO BE SURPRISED WITH NEW CARDS. THEN PICKING OUT CARDS I WOULD ACTUALLY PAY MONEY FOR. RIGHT NOW THE ONLY ONE IN THIS PACK I WOULD HAVE PASSED OVER IN A DIME BOX IS THE PRESSEY AND THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE IT ALREADY. I PICKED UP A COUPLE RODMANS IN MY FIRST CARD ORDER, I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THIS ONE IF I FOUND IT ONLINE

2019-20 DONRUSS JOHN WALL

THE PANDEMIC FUCKED UP MY USUAL JUNK BOX SCROUNGING OF HOOPS AND DONRUSS BASE SETS SO I'M HAPPY TO GET SOME NEWER CARDS. ESPECIALLY OF PLAYERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOOD. I'M STILL NOT USED TO HIM BEING IN A HOUSTON UNIFORM THOUGH

2000-01 FLAIR SHOWCASE NEXT JONATHAN BENDER

THIS CARD CONFUSED ME AT FIRST, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS METAL OR FLAIR OR A BASE CARD OR WHAT WHEN I FIRST SAW IT. SHOWCASE WAS NOT MUCH ON MY RADAR IN THE EARLY 00S, ESPECIALLY INSERTS. JONATHAN BENDER WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PHENOM BACK WHEN THAT MEANT SOMETHING. UNFORTUNATELY THE CAREER GOT SIDETRACKED BY BAD KNEES

1992 FRONT ROW TOM GUGLIOTTA

NOW THIS IS THE STUFF I EXPECT IN REPACKS. OFF BRAND JUNK WAX BASKETBALL DRAFT PICKS. PURPLE GRADIENT BORDERS WITH A BRIGHT PRIMARY COLORED QUADRILATERAL NAMEPLATE! I SWOON FROM AN OVERDOSE OF EARLY 90S. AND TOM WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD PLAYER! THE FACT HE EVEN PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE PUTS HIM AHEAD OF ABOUT 80% OF ALL THE PLAYERS IN THOSE DRAFT PICK SETS.  THIS IS NOT A CARD I WOULD PICK OUT OF A DIME BOX BUT I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT IN MY HANDS

1997-98 BOWMAN'S BEST MARTIN MUURSEPP

ESTONIAN LEGEND ON A SHINY BOWMAN'S BEST CARD. PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR TWENTY YEARS AND TWO OF EM WERE IN THE NBA. CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN INSERT OR IF BOWMAN'S BEST SEPARATED THEIR BASE SET INTO VETS AND ROOKIES. BOWMAN BASKETBALL HAS DONE A LOT OF QUESTIONABLE THINGS DURING THE YEARS, THE CARD LOOKS NEAT THOUGH 

CAN ABSOLUTELY SAY THAT I ENJOYED THE HECK OUT OF THIS DOLLA PACK. WAY BETTER THAN THE ONES I USED TO FIND AT THE CARD SHOP OR DOLLAR TREE. NEXT BATCH I GOT ENOUGH PACKS TO SIMULATE A $5 TARGET OR WALGREENS JUNK BOX. LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING A COMPARISON TO THAT WHEN IT ARRIVES

HAPPY SCROUNGING EVERYONE

NON-SPORT FRANKENSET - CARD #11

EVERYONE LOVES GARBAGE PAIL KIDS. MAYBE NOT EVERYONE. PARENTS DON'T LOVE 'EM. TEACHERS DON'T LOVE 'EM. MY MOM'S BEST FRIEND WAS ABSOLUTELY SCANDALIZED BY MY STONED SEAN CARD WHEN I WAS A KID. I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I DON'T LOVE ALL OF THEM MYSELF. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THEM THAT ARE JUST GROSS WITHOUT REALLY BEING CLEVER. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY JOKES YOU CAN MAKE ABOUT EATING BOOGERS UNTIL IT DEVOLVES INTO LOL, BOOGERS. BUT A WHOLE LOT OF THEM ARE GREAT AND MAKE JOKES ABOUT SICK SHIT THAT I LIKE. HERE IS ONE OF THEM

2007-08 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS ALL NEW SERIES 7 GAIL FORCE WIND

FART JOKES. AAAAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA. SO MUCH BETTER THAN BOOGER JOKES OR PUKE JOKES. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THIS PARTICULAR CARD CRACKS ME UP EVERY TIME I SEE IT BUT IT DOES. THE SURPRISED AND CONCERNED LOOK ON THE FACE KILLS ME. A VERY PROFESSIONAL METEOROLOGIST EXPLAINING THE SUNNY BUT SLIGHTLY COOL TEMPERATURES IN EASTERN TENNESSEE BLASTS OFF AND ACCIDENTALLY CAUSES THUNDERSTORMS IN WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA. THE MASSIVE BLOW OUT LITERALLY BUTTERFLY EFFECTS THE ACTUAL DAMN WEATHER IN REAL TIME. NOW THAT'S A MAJESTIC FART. I'M CERTAIN GAIL (OR HER COUNTERPART STORMY HEATHER) KEPT IT TOGETHER AND CALMLY EXPLAINED TO THE AUDIENCE TO EXPECT PRECIPITATION ON THE COAST. WHILE FACING FORWARD THE WHOLE TIME OF COURSE. THAT SUIT HAS HAD ITS LAST BROADCAST

THE BACK OF THE CARD SHOWS OFF A BIT OF THE PURPLE BORDER PUZZLE OF OFFENSE SPENCE/REBOUND ROY. THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE WHOLESOME CARDS IN THE ENTIRE SET AS BOOGERS AND GUTS AND VARIOUS CRONENBERGIAN BODY HORRORS ABOUND IN THIS SERIES. ALONG WITH A COUPLE MARVEL PARODIES. MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT ON SEEING THESE SEND UPS ON SPIDER-MAN AND THE SILVER SURFER WAS THAT DISNEY GONNA SUE BEFORE I REALIZED THIS SET MAY HAVE BEEN RELEASED BEFORE IRON MAN. IT'S HARD TO CONCEIVE OF A WORLD WHERE DISNEY SUPERHEROES AREN'T STOMPING ALL OVER AMERICAN CULTURE BUT IT REALLY WASN'T ALL THAT LONG AGO WHEN SUPERHEROES WERE STUPID. OH THE GOOD OLD DAYS

BUT ANYWAY. 

FARTS

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 7: TOM TERRIFIC

HEEEEEERE WEEEEEEE GOOOOOOOOO

THE ONLY ACTUAL BASEBALL CARD I GOT DURING THE BLACK FRIDAY SALE

1972 TOPPS TOM SEAVER

KEPT MY STREAK OF ADDING AT LEAST ONE 1972 CARD A YEAR ALIVE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IT'S BEEN GOING BUT I REALLY LIKE THIS SET A LOT SO IT'S AT LEAST IN DOUBLE DIGITS. GOOD CARD TO PICK UP TOO, TOM TERRIFIC. IT DON'T LOOK TERRIFIC, BUT THAT'S HOW I LIKE 'EM. BAD CORNERS, CREASES, THE ENTIRE PICTURE IS FRAMED IN SCRIBBLES

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THIS ABSOLUTELY WON'T FORMAT RIGHT WHEN I PUBLISH IT BUT THE JANK MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVE ANYWAY

OH WAIT THERE'S MORE

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I HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA WHAT ANY OF THIS MEANS.

BEST GUESS: KID USED THIS CARD TO RECORD THE RESULTS OF A TABLETOP GAME. THE Ws AND Ls WORK OUT TO 13-15 AND TOM NEVER HAD THAT RECORD IN REAL LIFE. 4-3 AND 5-5 COULD BE GAME SCORES. Sh? NO IDEA. WiPo SOUNDS LIKE ADVANCED METRICS YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP ON FANGRAPHS AND HAVE A THOROUGH KNOWLEGE OF CALCULUS TO UNDERSTAND. THIS KID WAS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

SO I KNOCKED OUT A HALL OF FAMER OFF MY 72 WANTLISTS BY PURCHASING THE CHEAPEST CARD AVAILABLE RIGHT? WELL... NO. THERE WAS A CHEAPER SEAVER CARD WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND IT LOOKED TO BE IN IDENTICAL CONDITION EXCEPT FOR THE SCRIBBLES. I PAID A PREMIUM TO HAVE WRITING ON THE CARD. THIS IS HOW DISEASED MY COLLECTING BRAIN IS NOW. THAT OTHER CARD IS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER 72 SEAVER CARD OUT THERE SAVE FOR CONDITION. THERE IS NO OTHER TOM SEAVER CARD LIKE THIS ONE ANYWHERE EVER. EVEN IF YOU TRY TO FORGE ONE JUST LIKE IT THE HIGH LEVEL OF CHICKEN SCRATCH WRITING WILL NEED A MASTER ARTIST TO COPY SUFFICIENTLY. IT'S A NON FUNGIBLE TOMSEAVER, COMPLETELY UNIQUE. THIS IS WHAT I LIKE NOW. WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO GET THIS THING GRADED

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 6: DRACCA

 MONSTER CARDS. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. HERE'S A PARTICULARLY GRISLY ONE IN BOTH SUBJECT MATTER AND CONDITION. 

1961 NU-CARDS HORROR MONSTER GREEN SERIES - HORROR OF DRACULA

YOU KNOW HOW I'M A BIG FAN OF DRACULA. I STAN THE BITEY BOI. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY VINTAGE MONSTER CARDS IN MY COLLECTION SO I WAS HUNTING FOR SOME GOOD CHEAP ONES. THIS ONE WAS GOOD - A CARD OF HAMMER'S HORROR OF DRACULA! AND IT WAS CHEAP - CHECK OUT THAT WALLET CARD CONDITION! BUT I WAS CONFUSED. THAT SURE AIN'T CHRISTOPHER LEE THERE IN THAT COFFIN. BUT THE PHOTO LOOKED REALLY FAMILIAR SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOME OFF-BRAND DRACULA AND EVEN WATCHED THE FILM THE VAMPIRE'S COFFIN BECAUSE THE LEAD VAMPIRE FROM THAT FILM LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE THIS GUY, BUT TO NO AVAIL. I FINALLY HAD TO DO A REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH TO DISCOVER THAT THIS PHOTO REALLY WAS FROM THE HAMMER FILM. IT'S A MAKEUP TEST FOR JONATHAN HARKER THAT WAS NOT USED IN THE FILM BUT WAS USED IN PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AND ENDED UP IN A BUNCH OF MONSTER MOVIE MAGS. SADLY NO CUSHING OR LEE BUT A VINTAGE TRADING CARD OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MONSTER MOVIES EVER MADE? YES PLEASE!

THE BACK OF THE CARD FOLLOWS THE TRADITIONAL MONSTER CARD FORMULA:

• ONE COLOR INK ONLY. INKS ARE EXPENSIVE. IF IT'S HARD TO READ, GET BETTER EYES
• THE BORDER IS MADE UP OF HAND DRAWN ART OF CREEPY CHARACTERS. QUALITY CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM JACK DAVIS TO THIS
• THERE MUST BE A TERRIBLE JOKE OR PUN ON THE BACK. PREFERABLY ABOUT MURDER. THE KIDS LOVE THE MURDER. THIS SET GETS EXTRA POINTS FOR STRAIGHT UP ADMITTING THE JOKES ARE HORRIBLE

AND THERE YOU HAVE A MONSTER CARD!

I'VE READ MANY ARTICLES ABOUT VINTAGE MONSTER CARDS SO I RECOGNIZED THIS RIGHT AWAY WITH THE PUKE GREEN BORDER AND COOL SKULL NUMBER, I REMEMBERED ONE OF THE ARTICLEs DESCRIBED THEM AS CHEAPLY MADE AND OFTEN FOUND IN TERRIBLE CONDITION AND YEP, THAT'S THIS. ANY ITEM FROM THE GLORY DAYS OF FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND IS COOL IN MY BOOK, THE CHEAPER THE BETTER. THERE'S ALSO A WEIRD BLUE BOOTLEG VERSION OF THESE CARDS AND THE ZINE-LEVEL QUALITY OF THE THINGS IS GIVING ME BAD IDEAS THAT I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO EVEN BE CONSIDERING, I AM NOT YET DONE WITH THE MONSTERS THOUGH SO STAY TUNED

NON-SPORT FRANKENSET - CARD #10

 IT'S BEEN 18 MONTHS SINCE THE LAST POST FROM THE NON-SPORT FRANKENSET BUT I FOUND THE IMAGE FOLDER AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO WITH MYSELF SO BACK TO INFLICTING THESE ON YOU

IF YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE WHO READ EVERY POST, MY CONCEPT OF A FRANKENSET IS THIS:

A CARD SET NUMBERED 1 TO WHATEVER, 9, 33, 88, 132, 660, 792, WHATEVER YOU FEEL YOU CAN SCROUNGE TOGETHER, BASED ON A BRAND OR THEME OR SPORT OR AND OLD THING YOU LIKE PUT IN A BINDER LIKE IT WAS A REAL SET AND NOT SOME HOMEBREW SHENANIGANS. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY BEN HENRY'S BEST OF THE 80S SERIES HE CAME UP WITH LIKE 14 YEARS AGO NOW? JIMINY CHRISTMAS. I USED APPRORIATED REIMAGINED RIPPED OFF THE IDEA FOR MY OWN PURPOSES, SPECIFICALLY MAKING MY OWN TOPPS HERITAGE SET WHEN I HAD A HISSY FIT UPON REALIZING I WOULD NEVER FINISH ANY HERITAGE SET EVER. I'VE ACCUMULATED SEVERAL MORE SETS SINCE INCLUDING TOPPS GOLD BORDER, HERITAGE CHROME, GINTER AND TOPPS206 MINIS AND PANINI GOLDEN AGE. THIS IS THE NON-SPORTS VERSION I COBBLED TOGETHER FROM THE DOUBLES OF A GIANT NON-SPORT COMMON LOT I BOUGHT ALONG WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE ODDBALL CARDS. HERE'S A SCAN OF THE FIRST PAGE FOR THE FIRST 9 WHICH WERE POSTED IN 2019

 

HERE IS CARD NUMBER 10

1996 JPP/AMADA GODZILLA CHROMIUM - GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS

GO GO GODZILLA. NOTHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT A CHROMIUM CARD OF GOZILLA'S ORIGINAL 1954 MOVIE POSTER. WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT JPP AMADA CARDS AND ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SET ONLINE IN ENGLISH CONFUSES THIS SET FOR THE 1998 AMERICAN GODZILLA CHROMIUM TRADING CARD SET FROM THE SAME COMPANY. THIS IS FROM THE GOOD SET, I ASSURE YOU. BEHOLD THIS AMAZING CARD AND STAGGER FROM THE REALIZATION THAT IT LOOKS 10 TIMES BETTER IN PERSON

I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ENGLISH REMAKE OF A 1995 JAPANESE LANGUAGE SET BUT I'M NOT SURE. THE BACK CANNOT MATCH THE MAJESTY OF THE FRONT OBVIOUSLY BUT YOU MUST APPRECIATE JUST HOW 'IT'S THE MID-90S AND I HAVE A COMPUTER' THIS BACK DESIGN IS. THAT WHITE WITH BLACK SHADOW OUTLINE ALMOST COMIC-SANS BUT NOT QUITE TEXT PLOPPED ON A BACKGROUND OF TOKYO BURNING IS DOING TERRIBLE THINGS TO THE PART OF MY BRAIN THAT PROCESSES AWKWARD NOSTALGIA. COMBINED WITH THE ZILLA MUGSHOT AND AWESOME VINTAGE LOGO THIS CARD BACK HAS A NICE CHEEZY VIBE GOING. THINK IT CAN'T BE ANY BETTER THAN THIS? THINK AGAIN, THERE IS ALSO A PARALLEL BLANK BACKED STICKER SET OF EVERY CARD IN THE SET. OPEN THE RIGHT PACK AND YOU CAN STICK THE '54 POSTER RIGHT ON YOUR TRAPPER KEEPER

CLEANING UP ONLINE DIME BOX CARD PURCHASES 4/4

 FINALLY THE LAST OF THESE POSTS. IT'S GETTING HARDER TO FIND GEMS ON THAT SITE SO MIGHT JUST BE WANTLIST SCROUNGING FROM NOW ON

2014 PRIZM WORLD CUP JACK WILSHIRE

ABSOLUTE ARSENAL LEGEND

WHAT DO WE THINK OF TOTTENHAM? SHIT!

WHAT DO WE THINK OF SHIT? TOTTENHAM!

THANK YOU

LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE I BOUGHT A LOT OF THIS SET BUT PRICES ON BOXES GOT REAL HIGH REAL QUICK. THANKFULLY I JUST WANTED THE TRASH FILLER CARDS INSTEAD OF SUPER MOJO HITZZZZ. I KNOCKED OFF A BIG CHUNK WITH THIS ORDER BUT STILL HAVE A FEW TO GO. JUST LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHER SETS I INSIST I'M COLLECTING AND NOT HOARDING

2017 ALLEN & GINTER WORLD'S FAIR STATUS OF LIBERTY

2017 WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY 'I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BE RIPPING A BUNCH OF GINTER PACKS' DECLINE INTO MISERY BUT THANKS TO JUNK BOXES AND DIME CARDS I'M STILL ABLE TO SCROUNGE A FEW TOGETHER. I PICKED UP A LARGE PORTION OF THIS WORLD'S FAIR INSERT SET AND HAD TO SHOW OFF DECAPITATED LIBERTY AS IT IS EASILY THE MOST INTERESTING

COLLOSSAL NOGGIN IS SUPER DISRESPECTFUL AS IS THE SCARE QUOTES AREOUND LADY LIBERTY. SHE HELPED THE GHOSTBUSTERS DESTROY PINK SLIME DAMMIT SHE DESERVES BETTER THAN THAT 

2013 PANINI FEARLESS BRIAN MCCANN

THING ABOUT PANINI PRISM INSERTS IS THEY ALL LOOK PRETTY COOL AND YOU CAN FIND THEM PRETTY EASILY BUT I WILL NEVER TRY TO COMPLETE A SET SO THEY JUST SORT OF CLUTTER UP MY INSERT BOXES SHOVED IN WITH DONRUSS BECAUSE WHERE ELSE COULD I PUT THEM. BUT A BRAVES CARD? EASY PEASY, THAT GETS SHOVED IN THE BOX WITH ALL MY BRAVES PLAYERS. ORGANIZATION! I APPRECIATE THIS CARD FOR THE SUPER ZOOMED IN PHOTO THAT IS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE EDGE OF THE CARD AND FOR THE WONKY ETCHING ON THOSE FLAMES. THAT LICK OF FLAME ON THE TOP OF THE BALL LOOKS ESPECIALLY AWKWARD 

THE BACK: JUST LIKE THE FRONT EXCEPT TEXT AND EASIER TO SEE. THIS WAS THE IMAGE THAT BLOGGER DECIDED TO EAT WHEN I WAS MOVING AROUND THE PICS TO PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACE. PRETTY SURE A DEMON HAS TAKEN OVER THIS WEBSITE AND IT DEMANDS TRIBUTE. THIS IS WHERE I WAS PLANNING TO EMBED MY FAVORITE PINK FLOYD SONG BUT EMBEDDING IS A PAIN NOW TOO SO LINKED IT IS

1993 TOPPS MELVIN NIEVES ROOKIE

28 YEARS LATER I STILL AIN'T FINISHED THIS DAMN SET DESPITE OPENING PACKS AND BOXES AND FISHING THEM OUT OF REPACKS. I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF I NEVER COMPLETE ANY SETS BECAUSE THEN I'D LOSE ALL INTEREST IN THE SET. I STILL EXAMINE EVERY 1989 TOPPS CARD I COME ACROSS HOPING IT'S THAT #$%^& CRAIG MCMURTRY CARD THAT IS INEXPLICABLY MISSING FROM THE BINDER. I COMPLETED THE 2000 SET YEARS AGO AND I JUST SHOVE THOSE GRAY THINGS ASIDE WITHOUT A THOUGHT

AIIGHT LETS CHECK OUT THESE TOP PROSPECTS

JEROMY BURNITZ - PLAYED 14 YEARS, WAS REALLY GOOD FOR MILWAUKEE, WAS EVEN AN ALL-STAR. BUT WAS ALSO A MET SO 

MELVIN NIEVES - HAS MORE BASEBALL CARDS AS A BRAVE THAN GAMES PLAYED FOR THE BRAVES. PLAYED TWO FULL SEASONS FOR DETROIT. NEGATIVE WAR

RICH BECKER - A FEW DECENT YEARS WITH MINNESOTA THEN BOUNCED ALL OVER THE PLACE. MET AND TIGER.  ENTIRE CAREER EARNINGS IS LESS THAN WHAT CHASE ANDERSON IS GETTING FROM THE PHILLIES THIS YEAR

SHON WALKER - PITTSBURGH'S 1ST ROUND PICK, NEVER MADE IT PAST HIGH A BALL. HIGHER WAR THEAN MELVIN

2013 GARBAGE PAIL MINI MECHANIC AL

THIS CARD IS FANTASTIC. TRASH MECHA VS GARBAGE GODZILLA. HELICOPTERS. PEOPLE FLEEING. BUILDINGS CRUMBLING LIKE GINGERBREAD HOUSES. ONLY PROBLEM IS THIS IS FROM TEH TIME PERIOD WHERE TOPPS WAS DOING A MINI VERSION OF EVERYTHING IN THE 75 TOPPS SIZE. THE SMALLER CARD SIZE DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE ART ON THESE CARDS. I'M GONNA STICK TO STANDARD SIZE GPKS FROM NOW ON

I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT A LOT OF THE GAG COMICS ON THE BACK OF GPKS ARE TERRIBLE. THIS ONE IS NOT. AN EVIL WITCH SUMMONING A GOT-DAMN DEMON FROM HELL TO DO THE DISHES IS A CLASSIC JEST. ONE OF MY FAVORITE FRONT-BACK COMBOS EVER

2011 GOODWIN CHAMPIONS ADDIE JOSS MINI

I LOVE GOODWIN CHAMPIONS AND HAVE A LOT OF CARDS FROM THE EARLY SETS BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN A BASE CARD OF THE STUFF SINCE 2016 EVEN THOUGH I KNOW FOR A FACT IT'S STILL BEING PRODUCED. OH WELL. 98% OF COLLECTORS HATE ART CARDS BUT I LOVE THEM AND IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW BAD ADDIE LOOKS ON THIS CARD I BESEECH YOU TO GO FIND THE ORIGINAL PHOTO THIS IS BASED ON. MY BOY HERE LOOKS LIKE IF LURCH WAS A ROMERO ZOMBIE. DUDE LOOKS ROUGH EVEN FOR 1910

A SAD END FOR ADDIE AND I FEEL BAD FOR THE ZOMBIE JOKE NOW. I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SCROUNGE AT LEAST A FEW GOOD MINIS OFF THE SITE ALTHOUGH I HAVE TOO MANY LOOSE MINIS NOW AND NO PLASTIC SHEETS FOR TEHM TO BE PUT INTO

ALLEN & GINTER SOME WAR BULLSHIT

I DON'T LIKE WAR AND I REALLY DON'T CARE FOR TRADING CARDS ABOUT WAR AND IF I WASN'T TRYING TO BUILD ALL THE GINTERS I WOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED WITH THESE CARDS

JUST FUCK WARS, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. SUCH A FUCKING WASTE

201? OPENING DAY FRANCHISE FLASHBACK JULIO TEHERAN

OK FINE OPENING DAY INSERTS ARE SUPER GREAT AND PROBABLY BETTER THAN THE FLAGSHIP INSERTS. THIS DAY-GLO MARQUEE SURROUNDING JULIO WEARING THE THROWBACK NEGRO LEAGE ATLANTA BLACK CRACKERS UNIFORM IS SUPER AWESOME. HAPPY TO SEE TEHERAN GET SIGNED BY DETROIT, I HOPE HE HAS A GOOD YEAR

HONUS BONUS NONSENSE YONDER ALONSO SILVER

HONUS BONUS ADS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR MONTHS BUT I NEVER EVER SAW A SINGLE PACK OR EVEN CARD UNTIL I SAW A HEAVILY DISCOUNTED BOX AT A CARDS HOW TWO YEARS LATER. I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THE GAME WAS OR HOW IT WORKED BUT IT'S TOO LATE NOW ANYWAY. THIS IS A SPECIAL SILVER PARALLEL CARD AS YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE IT IS SO UGLY

THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS CARD IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE HONUS BONUS CARD IN MY COLLECTION AS A KEEPSAKE OF SUCH A HORRIBLE FLOP. IT FITS IN NICELY WITH MY DONRUSS TOP OF THE ORDER AND UPPER DECK FLYBALL GAME FAILURE CARDS. I HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN SILVER YONDER HERE WHO WAS ON THE BRAVES ROSTER WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND A PLAIN ADAM DUVALL CARD. ALONSO WAS WAIVED BY THE TIME I RECEIVED THE CARD AND DUVALL HIT A BUNCH OF BOPS LAST YEAR FOR THE BRAVES SO CONSIDER THIS ANOTHER GAME CARD FAIL

201? PRIZM TEAM MVP FELIX HERNANDEZ

DESPITE THE CARD BEING LITERALLY TWO INCHES AWAY FROM ME AT THE MOMENT I AN TOO LAZY TO CHECK THE BACK AND FIND OUT THE YEAR THIS CARD IS FROM. 2013 PROBABLY. OF ALL THE PAIN THE PANDEMIC HAS INFLICTED ON ME I FEEL THE MOST REGRET THAT IT STOLE FELIX HERNANDEZ REGULAR SEASON STARTS FOR THE BRAVES AWAY FROM ME. I DID GET MY TOPPS CARD THOUGH AND IF I HOLD THE CARD BY THE TOP CORNER AND SQUINT I CAN PRETEND KING FELIX IS WEARING THAT BRAVES UNI AND HURLING A MASTERPIECE IN MAY. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE DREAMS

AND THERE WE GO ANOTHER CARD SERIES COMPLETED ON THIS BLOG AND NOT ABANDONED TO THE DRAFT FOLDER VOID. MY LATEST CANADA CARD PICKUPS ARE BEING SHOWN OFF IN A TWITTER THREAD IF YOU WANT MORE. MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER ORDER? OR MAYBE I SHOULD SORT THE STUFF I GOT