ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 1

 YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH THESE RANDOM POSTS OF CARDS FROM THE BASEBALLCARDSTORE.CA FREE PROMOTION? OH HELL NAW. I GOT A MASSIVE PILE OF STUFF FROM THAT SITE AND THEY ARE FUN AND EASY POSTS TO WRITE SO YOU'RE STUCK WITH THESE FOR A LONG TIME. THIRTY-SIX POSTS LONG. AND THE PICTURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOOKEN AND CROPPEDED SO ALL THE ACTUAL HARD WORK IS DONE. I JUST NEED TO UPLOAD EM AND TYPE SOME NONSENSE NOW. WE DON'T HAVE A BLASTER THIS TIME, NO. THIS IS AN ONLINE MEGA BOX. SAME PRICE AS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL BOXES YOU CAN'T BUY AT TARGET BECAUSE THE FLIPPERS GOT TO THEM ALREADY EXCEPT WITH TEN TIMES THE CARDS. STRAP IN BECAUSE WE GOT SOME FUN STUFF COMING. ONCE AGAIN I WAS TOO LAZY TO ORGANIZE THE CARDS INTO ACTUAL THEMES AND MOSTLY AM JUST POSTING THEM AS THEY CAME OUT OF THE BOX. WE'LL START WITH A COIN BECAUSE THAT WAS RIGHT ON TOP

1990 TOPPS COINS DALE MURPHY

CATEGORY - BRAVES

I COMPLETELY IGNORED THESE COIN SETS AT THE TIME AND LATER ENDED UP WITH TWO COMPLETE SETS THAT WERE INCLIDED IN REPACK TINS. SO I PROBABLY HAVE ONE OR TWO OF THESE ALREADY BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDST OF A DIMEBOX FRENZY IF YOU SEE A MURPHY ODDBALL YOU GET IT. MURPH IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS I NEED TO GET IN TCDB IF FOR NO OTHER REASON I CAN SEE JUST HOW MANY 80S ODDBALLS OF HIS I DON'T HAVE

THIS IS THE 1990 VERSION OFTHE COINS, THERE WERE ALSO SETS IN 1987-1989. THAT'S TOO MANY COINS. I GOTTA FIND THREE MORE MURPHY COINS NOW. MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY CARDS I DON'T HAVE 

2022 PANINI CORNERSTONES JAZZ CHISHOLM

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR? PLAYER COLLECTION? I JUST LIKE JAZZ

CORNERSTONES IS A BASKETBALL PRODUCT THAT PANINI THREW OUT THERE FOR BASEBALL LAST YEAR. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PANINI'S LAST SET BEFORE GETTING FANATIC'D HAD THEY NOT JUST DECIDED 'SCREW IT, WHO NEEDS LICENSES' AND REBRANDED AS BOWMAN WITH LEGENDS. IT'S A WEIRD LOOKIN SET THO. SUPER THICK BUT WITH A CHEAP FEEL LIKE THE FRONT LAMINATION IS ABOUT TO PEEL OFF. VERY DARK BUT WITH ODD RAINBOW FOIL THAT SHOWS UP IN STRIPES. I FEEL LIKE THEY TRIED TO MAKE ZENITH BUT GOOBERED IT BADLY AND THREW ANOTHER BRAND NAME ON IT AT THE LAST MINUTE. COMPLAINTS ASIDE, I BOUGHT A FEW OF THESE OF PLAYERS I LIKE. JAZZ IS A PLAYER I LIKE

2005-06 TOPPS BASKETBALL BRIAN GRANT

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

MY BOOKMARKS ARE FILLED WITH CARDS I NEEDED FROM WANTLISTS THAT I MEANT TO BUY EVENTUALLY BUT NOW NEVER WILL. IT'S MOSTLY JUNKWAX ERA STUFF, SO NO BIG LOSS. THE STARS I BOUGHT. ALSO CARDS FROM EARLY 00S SETS YOU CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE. THOSE I GOT IMMEDIATELY. 05-06 IS ONE OF THOSE TOPPS BASKETBALL SETS WHERE MY COLLECTION IS QUITE SPARCE SO EVERY BIT HELPS

1995 MEGACARDS CONLON COLLECTION GEORGE EARNSHAW

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

CONLON CARDS GOT LEFT IN THE BOOKMARKS THOUGH. I LASER FOCUSED ON THE MORE EASILY COMPLETABLE PACIFIC LEGENDS SET SO THESE TOOK A BACK SEAT. THIS CARD IS FROM THE 1995 HIGH NUMBERED SERIES WHERE SALES WERE IN THE DUMPER AND THEY PANICKED AND ADDED COLORED BORDERS AND FOIL STAMPING. OR MAYBE IT'S A PARALLEL? I DUNNO. I BARELY HAVE ANY OF THEM SO I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA. GEORGE WAS A REALLY GOOD PITCHER FOR A FEW YEARS AND THE BACK TELLS OF HIS WAR HEROICS

2020-21 HOOPS CAM REDDISH

CATEGORY - HAWKS

CAM DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THE HAWKS AND THEN DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT FOR THE KNICKS AND HE FOLLOWED UP HIS TIME IN NEW YORK WITH A STINT IN PORTLAND WHERE HE DIDN'T WORK OUT. NOW HE'S WITH THE LAKERS AND OF COURSE HE'LL PROBABLY GO OFF THIS YEAR. PICK HIM UP EARLY IN YOUR FANTASY DRAFTS, AND GIVE ME AN INVITE TO THE LEAGUE, I WANNA PLAY AGAIN THIS YEAR. YOU WILL SEE A TON OF BRAVES IN THESE POSTS BUT I SEEMED TO LIMIT MYSELF TO ONLY ONE HAWKS CARD PER PLAYER. CAM WILL PROBABLY END UP GETTING A PAGE IN MY HAWKS BINDER SO I DO NEED TO FIND AT LEAST 9 CARDS OF HIM AND THIS IS A START 

1992-93 UPPER DECK MCDONALD'S ED BELFOUR

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

I HOPE YOU LIKE ED BELFOUR (SORRY FUJI) BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE A LOT OF HIS CARDS. AFTER NOT GIVING A SINGLE SHIT ABOUT ANY OF MY HOCKEY CARDS FOR OVER A DECADE, SEEING A BUNCH OF OF THEM FOR FREE GOT ME TO LOOK THROUGH THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I ACTUALLY LIKED OUT OF THEM. THE RESULTS: TOPPS SETS, INSERTS, AND CARDS OF A FEW PLAYERS I LIKE. SPECIFICALLY: CHRIS CHELIOS, ED BELFOUR, PAUL COFFEY AND STEVE YZERMAN. HERE'S ONE OF MANY MCDONALD'S CARDS I NABBED, BACK WHEN THEIR SPECIAL PACKS CONTAINED BASICALLY REGULAR UPPER DECK CARDS. THIS CHANGED QUICKLY AND YOU WILL SEE SOME WILD SHIT FROM THE GOLDEN ARCHES VERY SOON

2013 PRIZM DRAFT PICKS JASON HURSH PRIZM

CATEGORY - BRAVES, SHINY

JASON WAS THE BRAVES' FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2013 AND I THOUGHT HE WAS ONE OF MANY PITCHING PROSPECTS THAT GOT TRADED OFF BUT I WAS INCORRECT. JASON PITCHED 11 GAMES FOR THE BRAVES IN THE DISMAL PERIOS OF 2016-2017. IT'S A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO HAVE A DRAFT PICK/PROSPECT CARD THAT ACTUALLY PLAYED FOR THE TEAM. THIS CARD IS REALLY SUPER EXTRA SHINY TOO, THOS DOT PATTERNIN THE BACKGROUND DOES A LOT OF WORK 

2022 CHRONICLES BASE CORBIN BURNES

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

I WENT APESHIT PICKING UP CHRONICLES ON THIS BINGE AND THERE WAS STILL A TON OF CARDS I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO. MY FIRST FOCUS WAS STARS AND COOL LOOKING SETS. CORBIN WON A CY YOUNG SO HE'S A STAR. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS

2022 CHRONICLES PHOENIX JOSIAH GRAY

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

JOSIAH GRAY WAS AN ALL-STAR THIS YEAR! YES, FOR WASHINGTON, BUT IT STILL COUNTS. I LIKE THAT HE'S A PRETTY GOOD PITCHER BUT MY BRAVES STILL HIT HIM HARD. NOW THAT I SAY THIS HE WILL ALCANTARA OUR ASSES IN 2024. PHOENIX IS STILL NOT MY FAVORITE CHRONICLES DESIGN BUT IT'S CHROMEY SO IT MADE THE CUT IN MY CARD CHOICES MORE OFTEN THAN NOT

2022 CHRONICLES ELITE KYLE MULLER

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES, BRAVES

I PROBABLY COULD HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE 2022 CHRONICLES KYLE MULLER RUN BUT I VERY QUICKLY GOT MULLERED OUT. THESE ELITE CARDS ARE TOO SHINY TO IGNORE. DONT' GET ME WRONG, THEY ARE VERY VERY BORING, BUT DAMN THEY SHINY

2020 DONRUSS RONALD ACUÑA JR.

CATEGORY - RONALD!!!!!

YEAAAHHHHHHHH FREE RONALD! ALL RONALDS ARE GOOD RONALDS. I NEVER READ INSTRUCTIONS SO FOR A WHILE MY ORDERS WERE BASICALLY 40 CARDS ALL AT ONCE WITH SHIPPING SO I WOULD HAVE A BACKLOG OF CARDS I WANTED TO PICK UP ALL OPEN IN TABS READY TO BE PUT IN MY CART. THEN WHEN A CARD I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT POPPED UP I FRANTICALLY CLICKED ADD TO CART 40 TIMES AND HOPED NO ONE SNIPED ME BEFORE I COULD PAY. THIS STRATEGY WAS TERRIBLE AND I LOST WELL OVER HALF OF THE 'CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT' CARDS* I WAS SHOOTING FOR. AFTER MISSING OUT ON A TON OF ALLEN & GINTER MINIS** I QUIT DOING THIS BUT RONALD HERE ABSOLUTELY ANCHORED ONE OF MY 40 CARD ORDERS

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, POSTS WILL USUALLY BE ABOUT 11-12 CARDS EACH BECAUSE I CAN KNOCK OUT A POST LIKE THAT IN AN HOUR. THERE'S A FEW OUTLIERS THAT ARE WAY SMALLER OR LARGER FOR THEMATIC REASONS. UP NEXT: LEGENDS AND HOX

*SURPRISINGLY, I AM STILL ALIVE

**PUTTING A CARD IN MY CART AND THEN HAVING SOMEONE SNATCH IT FROM AWAY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PAY FOR SHIPPING DOUBLY SCREWED ME AS I THEN HAD TO REMOVE THE CARD FROM THE ORDER, FIND A REPLACEMENT CARD TO KEEP THE ORDER AT 40 CARDS, AND THEN TRY TO PAY AGAIN ONLY TO FIND THAT TWO MORE CARDS GOT SNATCHED AWAY. AFTER LOSING A DOZEN MINIS TWO OR THREE AT A TIME LIKE THIS I GAVE UP AND STARTED PUTTING IN A BUNCH OF SMALL 5-10 CARD ORDERS TRIGGERED BY AFOREMENTIONED 'CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT' CARDS. I FELT BAD BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING WAY MORE WORK FOR STEVEN AND NANCY BUT IN REALITY I WAS BUYING WAY LESS CARDS THEY PUT ON THE SITE THREE YEARS AGO AND COULDN'T FIND ANYMORE AND WAS BUYING MORE NEW STUFF SO WHO KNOWS IF I WAS MORE OR LESS ANNOYING