ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 3

ON TODAY'S BATCH WE START OFF SENSIBLE, GO OFF THE RAILS A BIT AND THEN GET IT TOGETHER RIGHT AT THE END

1986 TOPPS CHRIS BAHR, DENNIS HARRAH, WAYNE WILSON

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I MIGHT BE FORGETTING SOMETHING BUT I THINK 1986 TOPPS FOOTBALL WAS THE FIRST FULL UNOPENED BOX I EVER BOUGHT. THIS DOES NOT MEAN IT WAS A SET I COMPLETED, OH NO. THE COLLATION MONSTER BIT ME HARD. LUCKILY A LOT OF THE DOUBLES I PULLED WERE OF JERRY RICE AND STEVE YOUNG. THESE THREE CARDS GET ME DOWN TO NEEDING JUST TWENTY MORE FOR THE SET. THE ONLY BIGGIE LEFT IS THE REFRIGERATOR PERRY ROOKIE CARD. THEN I NEED TO FINISH THE 1000-YARD CLUB INSERTS. AND THE BOX BOTTOM CARDS. FIRST THINGS FIRST THOUGH

2001 UPPER DECK EVOLUTION E-CARD BRIAN GILES

CATEGORY - INSERT

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ME PICKING UP ANY OLD INSERT I COULD FIND. UPPER DECK EVOLUTION WAS ONE OF A MILLION 2000'S ODDBALL SETS WITH A 90 CARD CHECKLIST AND AN ADDITIONAL 30 SHORT PRINTED ROOKIES. ESPECIALLY INSIDIOUS SINCE IT WAS THE YEAR OF PUJOLS AND ICHIRO. THESE EVOLUTION INSERTS HAD A SCRATCH OFF CODE ON THE BACK THAT YOU COULD ENTER INTO A WEBSITE AND 'EVOLVE' THE CARD INTO A RELIC CARD. IT WAS STUPID HARD TO EVOLVE ANYTHING IN THIS SET BUT I REMEMBER REDEEMING SOME HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL CODES FOR SOMETHING. WHAT IT WAS I'LL NEVER REMEMBER

2004 IN THE GAME HEROES AND PROSPECTS PAUL COFFEY

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

WHEN I WAS DIGGING THROUGH MY HOCKEY CARDS LOOKING FOR CHELIOS CARDS I FOUND A GINORMOUS PILE OF PAUL COFFEY CARDS I HAD COLLECTED. CHELIOS AND COFFEY WERE MY DUDES BACK IN THE 90S AND SINCE I HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO ADD BELFOUR TO MY HOCKEY PLAYER COLLECTION IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TO ADD COFFEY AS WELL. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POSTS RECENTLY ABOUT PLAYER COLLECTING WHERE YOU GET A CARD FOR EACH TEAM THE PLAYER WAS ON AND THIS HERE CHECKS OFF THE KITCHENER RANGERS FOR PAUL. THIS IS A NIFTY SET, ARMED WITH A PLAYER'S ASSOCIATION LICENSE AND A COUPLE MINOR LEAGUE LICENSES, IN THE GAME PUT TOGETHER A LARGE MINOR LEAGUE SET TOGETHER WITH A BUNCH OF CURRENT STARS AND LEGENDS WITH MINOR LEAGUE PHOTOS. BABY COFFEY HERE IS ABOUT TO ENTER A 21-YEAR CAREER AND COLLECT A FEW CUPS

1988-89 ESSO NHL ALL-STAR COLLECTION MIKE BOSSY

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

AFTER PICKING UP THE PAUL COFFEY ESSO STICKER IN THE PRECIOUS ORDER I COULDN'T PASS UP ON THIS MIKE BOSSY STICKER. 80'S ODDBALLS ARE JUST SO GOOD NO MATTER THE SPORT. I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THE ISLANDERS. THEY ENTERED THE LEAGUE THE SAME TIME MY ATLANTA FLAMES DID AND HAD THEMSELVES A DYNASTY AS SOON AS THE FLAMES LEFT. THEY'VE BEEN KINDA DISMAL EVER SINCE THOUGH AND EVEN LEFT NASSAU FOR BROOKLYN. YOU MAY SEE MORE OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. A LOT MORE

2021 CHRONICLES LIMITED KYLE LEWIS

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

WHAT HAPPENED TO KYLE LEWIS. FROM A ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD TO INJURIES TO ARIZONA'S TRIPLE-A TEAM. HE LOOKED SO GOOD AT MERCER AND NOW HE'S A NON-TENDER CANDIDATE. HMMM. BRAVES DO NEED SOMEONE IN LEFT FIELD...

1986 TCMA ALL-TIME BREWERS HARVEY KUENN

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

THESE TCMA CARDS ARE VERY NOSTALIC FOR ME. I REMEMBER GETTING A FEW IN COLLECTOR'S KITS AND THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS THAT OLD-SCHOOL TEAMS GOT PLAYERS LIKE ROBERTO CLEMENTE AND CARL YASTRZEMSKI IN THEIR CHECKLISTS WHILE EXPANSION TEAMS THAT HAD BARELY EXISTED WHEN THIS SET CAME OUT GOT SCHLABOTNIKS LIKE DAN MEYER AND PAUL SCHALL. HARVEY KUENN IS NO SCHLABOTNIK. A SOLID FIFTEEN  YEAR MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER AND THE ONLY GUY TO MANAGER THE BREWERS TO THE WORLD SERIES. DEFINITELY AN ALL-TIME BREWER

1990-91 O-PEE-CHEE ART ROSS TROPHY WINNER

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

IT'S REALLY HARD TO PASS UP A WAYNE GRETZKY O-PEE-CHEE CARD ESPECIALLY WHEN HE IS POSING WITH A GIGANTIC TROPHY THAT LOOKS LIKE A DALEK ARISTOCRAT

1983 O-PEE-CHEE BRUCE BENEDICT, GLENN HUBBARD, CLAUDELL WASHINGTON

CATEGORY - BRAVES

A TON OF 1983 O-PEE-CHEE CARDS GOT POSTED TO THE SITE AND WHILE I REALLY WANT ALL OF THEM A MORE REASONABLE GOAL IS A TEAM SET. MY O-PEE-CHEE COLLECTION IS KIND OF NEGLECTED SINCE THEY ARE NOT SUPER COMMON IN GEORGIA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHICH BRAVES I NEED SO I PRETTY MUCH GRABBED ANY I COULD GET. THESE ARE THREE GOOD ONES FROM THE 1982 DIVISION WINNING TEAM. FOREVER CATCHER BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE BENEDICT WAS BEHIND THE PLATE A DOZEN YEARS FOR THE BRAVES. GLENN HUBBARD IS BEST KNOWN FOR A CARD WITH A SNAKE BUT WAS A SECOND BASE IN ATLANTA FOR A DECADE AND WAS ALSO A DIAMOND KING. CLAUDELL WON A WORLD SERIES WITH OAKLAND BUT SPENT THE MOST TIME IN ATLANTA. I STILL REMEMBER AMAZED BY THE CRUDE 'IN CLAUDELL WE TRUST' ANIMATION ON THE OLD ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY SCOREBOARD. ALL THREE OF THESE DUDES WERE ALL-STARS FOR THE BRAVES! THIS ISN'T THE LAST OF THE 0-PEE-CHEE CARDS, I PICKED UP SOME MORE YOU'LL SEE LATER

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