2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 10: SHINY CHRONICLES DUMP

 I HAVE BEEN MORE SELECTIVE IN MY CHRONICLES PURCHASES LATELY BECAUSE I STEADFASTLY REFUSE TO GET A SOLID LIST OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP. THIS IS MOSTLY BECAUSE THE STUFF I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IS FROM THE SUBSETS I DON'T LIKE. THE IDEA OF A COMPREHENSIVE CHRONICLES BINDER WITHA PAGE PER DESIGN IS STARTING TO FADE DUE TO MY LAZINESS. THE SHINY CARDS ARE STILL GETTING BOUGHT THOUGH. HOO BOY ARE THEY GETTING BOUGHT. HERE'S A MASSIVE DUMP OF CHRONICLES SHINY BECAUSE I'M WAY BEHIND IN POSTING AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE THIS THREE DIFFERENT POSTS

2022 CHRONICLES BASE CLAYTON KERSHAW

A BASE CARD IS TECHNICALLY NOT SHINY, BUT WE LIVE IN A CENTURY WHERE TWO PITCHERS PER DECADE MAXIMUM ARE ALLOWED TO BE ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME. CLAYTON'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS FOR THE 00S SO THIS GETS HONORABLE SHINY STATUS

2022 CHRONICLES CLEARLY DONRUSS JOSE RAMIREZ

I CONTINUE TO BE HELPLESS IN THE FACE OF CLEAR CARDS

2022 CHRONICLES CERTIFIED FREDDIE FREEMAN

CERTIFIED IS LOW-RENT SHINY TO ME. IT'S THE LIGHT BLUE PROPERTIES ON THE CHRONICLES MONOPOLY BOARD. HOLOFOIL FREDERICK IS CLASSY THOUGH, HE ADDS A HOTEL ON VERMONT AVENUE

2022 CHRONICLES TITAN VIDAL BRUJAN, JAKE MEYERS, JAKE BURGER, CHAS MCCORMICK, COREY SEAGER, HANS CROUSE

THESE WERE MY FIRST TITAN CARDS FROM 2022. WHILE I PREFER THE 2021 DESIGN THESE ONES WITH A SPACEPORT WINDOW MOTIF ARE STILL PRETTY COOL. COREY SEAGER IS THE GEM AMONGST A PILE OF MOSTLY OK ROOKIE CARDS

2022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA CHRISTIAN YELICH, GARY SANCHEZ, BRANDON WOODRUFF

I'VE REALLY COME TO LOVE THE SPECTRA SET SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND A GOOD VARIETY OF ACTUAL GOOD BASEBALL PLAYERS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL CHRONICLES CHECKLIST OF THREE STARS AND EVERY ROOKIE THEY CAN FIND. I KEEP BUYING CHRISTIAN YELICH CARDS EVERY TIME I SEE THEM AND AS A RESULT I THINK I HAVE AT LEAST THREE DOUBLES OF HIS CARDS

2022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA ROBBIE RAY PRIZM

SPECTRA REALLY LOOKS GREAT ON THE PRIZM CARDS. THIS IS TRUE OF PRETTY MUCH EVERY CHROMIUM CARD EVER THOUGH. SEATTLE DONE ROBBIE DIRTY, TRADING HIM WHILE REHABBING TOMMY JOHN SURGERY

2019-20 CHRONICLES HOMETOWN HEROES KAHWI LEONARD

RANDOM HOOPS CARD OUTTA NOWHERE! I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE HOMETOWN HEROES HAS SOMEHOW SURVIVED. A LITTLE LESS HAPPY TO SEE IT ON CHROMIUM CARD STOCK BUT HEY I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET. I DON'T HAVE A TON OF KAWHI CARDS SO IT'S NICE TO GT A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER INTO THE COLLECTION

2022 CHRONICLES CONTENDERS OPTIC JAKE MEYERS

BORING OL CONTENDERS, HO HUM

2022 CHRONICLES CONTENDERS OPTIC PATRICK MAZEIKA PRIZM

SHINY OL CONTENDERS, A LITTLE BETTER

2022 CHRONICLES CONTENDERS OPTIC ALEJO LOPEZ UHH X-FRACTOR?

FLASHY SHINY OL CONTENDERS, NOW THAT'S THE TICKET. I ALSO GOT THE BASE VERSION OF ALEJO LOPEZ'S CARD SINCE HE ENDED UP IN THE BRAVES ORGANIZATION BUT NO ONE NEEDS TO SEE THAT 

2021 CHRONICLES CRUSADE PURPLE SQUARES TREVOR ROGERS

I HOPE YOU LIKE PURPLE SQUARES BECAUSE I MANAGED TO GET TO A BUNCH OF THEM BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE ACTUAL NAME FOR THIS PARALLEL IS BUT I BET IT WAS AN EXCLUSIVE RETAIL INSERT IN FAT PACKS OR BLASTERS. NORMALLY I LIKE THE SHINY STUFF BUT I FEEL LIKE THE CRUSADE DESIGN IS TOO GOOD FOR SUCH FRIVOLITY AND THIS JUST DISTRACTS

2021 CHRONICLES PHOENIX PURPLE SQUARES LOGAN GILBERT, KRIS BRYANT

PHOENIX ISN'T A GREAT DESIGN TO BEGIN WITH SO THE PURPLE SQUARES ADD A BIT OF FLAVOR. I WASN'T EXPECTING LOGAN GILBERT TO BE THE BETTER PLAYER OF THIS PAIR BUT HE IS

2021 CHRONICLES OVERDRIVE PURPLE SQUARES PETE ALONSO, BRENT HONEYWELL, JAVIER BAEZ

PURPLE SQUARES IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT FOR THE VAPORWAVE SET THOUGH. THE WHOLE SET SHOULD BE LIKE THIS. THESE ARE GREAT CARDS TO JUST STARE AT UNTIL YOU COMPLETELY DISSOCIATE. OLD FRIEND JAVIER BAEZ POPS UP AGAIN, I'M PRETTY CERTAIN I HAVE MORE OF HIS CHRONICLES CARDS THAN ANY OTHER PLAYER

2022 CHRONICLES ESSENTIALS NICK LODOLO

I THOUGHT THIS WAS MY FIRST ESSENTIALS CARD UNTIL I SORTED THESE INTO THE CHRONICLES BOX AND DISCOVERED I ALREADY HAD ONE... OF WANDER FRANCO. SO GLAD I FINALLY HAVE A 2022 CHRONICLES ESSENTIALS CARD!

2022 CHRONICLES MARQUEE GLENN OTTO

THIS ACTUALLY IS MY FIRST MARQUEE CARD THOUGH. I ASSOCIATE THIS SET WITH THE CHEAPEST TRAE YOUNG CARDS IN THE HAWKS BOX AT THE LCS SO I'M A BIT CONFUSED SEEING A PITCHER ON THE CARD. IT DOESN'T HELP THAT THE BASEBALL IN THE DESIGN IS BASKETBALL COLORED

2020 CHRONICLES UNPARALLELED BOBBY BRADLEY

THIS IS THE FIRST UNPARALLELED CARD I'VE SEEN AND SINCE IT'S A RETAIL ONLY SUBSET IT'S PROBABLY NOT SUPER EASY TO FIND. IRONICALLY THE UNPARALLELED SET HAS SIX DIFFERENT PARALLELS

2022 CHRONICLES OBSIDIAN CHRISTIAN YELICH, SALVADOR PEREZ

OBSIDIAN IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE CHRONICLES SET AND I SNAP THEM UP IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SEE THEM. TOO QUICKLY IN FACT AS THIS YELICH IS ONE OF THOSE DOUBLES I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. I NEEDED SAL AT LEAST

2020 PANINI CHRONICLES OBSIDIAN JAVIER BAEZ

THE JAVY BAEZ CHRONICLES COUNTER GOES UP BY ONE AGAIN. THE 2020 OBSIDIAN DESIGN LOOKS FRIGGIN FANTASTIC. LOTS OF SHINY STRIPES EVERYWHERE. I'M BUMMED OUT I DIDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE IN 2020 NOW TO HUNT FOR PACKS OF CHRONICLES AT THE TARGET THAT BANNED TRADING CARDS BECAUSE OF IDIOT FLIPPERS CAUSING RIOTS

2021 OBSIDIAN FOOTBALL MEKHI SARGENT

NOT A CHRONICLES CARD, AND NOT A PLAYER I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, AND NOT A SPORT I EVEN REALLY COLLECT ANYMORE. BUT WHO CARES, OBSIDIAN RULES. THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST DESIGN OF THE BUNCH

2021 CHRONICLES OBSIDIAN CHRISTIAN YELICH

FINISHING UP WITH YET ANOTHER YELICH CARD. THESE 2021 OBSIDIAN CARDS ARE PROBABLY THE ONES THAT KICKSTARTED MY CHRONICLES OBSESSION WHEN I FOUND SOME IN A QUARTER BOX ONE FATEFUL DAY. I STILL THINK THIS IS THE BEST OF THE BASEBALL DESIGNS BUT I'VE ONLY SEEN THREE OF THEM SO FAR

UP NEXT: BACK TO NORMAL WITH SOME CHAOS

2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 9: SOME NICE CHAOS

WE'VE GOT A NICE MIX OF NONSENSE TODAY INCLUDING SOME WEIRDO NON-SPORTS STUFF. I'LL LEAD OFF WITH SOME SHINY

2022 BOWMAN CHROME CORBIN CARROLL TOP 100

CATEGORY - SHINY

THESE INSERTS MUST'VE BEEN TWO PER BOWMAN CHROME PACK BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A TON OF THEM ON THE SITE AND FLOATING AROUND BARGAIN BOXES IN THE WILD. I'VE PICKED UP A FEW BRAVES AND JUMPED ON THIS CARD OF THE AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. CORBIN HAS COMPLETELY SUCKED THIS YEAR BUT IT STILL REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF HE IS PAT LISTACH OR JULIO RODRIGUEZ BUT IT'S HELLA SHINY AND I DIDN'T PAY BOWMAN CHROME PACK PRICES FOR IT

1998 STUDIO CAL RIPKEN JR. CHECKLIST

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I LOVE LATE 90S STUDIO SETS BUT I'M BECOMING CONVINCED THAT I'M NEVER FINISHING ANY OF THESE SETS EVER. I NEED TOO MANY AND THEY ARE TOO HARD TO FIND. PICKING OFF HALL OF FAMERS IS EASY THOUGH. THIS RIPKEN IS A CHECKLIST, WHICH WERE NOT NUMBERED FOR SOME REASON. MAYBE AS A TRIBUTE TO EARLY 80S DONRUSS, PERHAPS?

1991 UPPER DECK JEFF BAGWELL

CATEGORY - ROOKIE SUPERSTAR

I DON'T CARE IF THERE ARE EIGHT BILLION COPIES OF THIS CARD OUT THERE, IT'S A FRIGGIN JEFF BAGWELL ROOKIE CARD. AND ARGUABLY HIS MOST ICONIC RC ALTHOUGH I'LL HEAR ARGUMENTS FOR STADIUM CLUB. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S WORTH LESS THAN A BUCK, A GOOD CARD IS A GOOD CARD

1999 TOPPS JUAN GONZALEZ PICTURE PERFECT?

CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

IT STILL BURNS MY ASS NOT KNOWING WHAT TINY THING GOT CHANGED ON ALL THESE CARDS FOR THIS INSERT SET'S GIMMICK. I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THE ANSWERS ON VARIOUS BLOG POSTS BUT THERE REALLY SHOULD'VE BEEN AN ANSWER CARD INSERT. NOWADAYS THERE WOULD BE AN SSP CASE HIT VARIATION WITH THE UNALTERED CARD. ADDED VALUE!

1999 UPPER DECK SCOTT ROLEN, SAMMY SOSA WONDER YEARS

CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

UPPER DECK WENT DAY-GLO FOR A COUPLE YEARS IN THE LATE 90S AND I KINDA LOVE IT. THIS INSERT SET SEEMS LIKE A REJECTED DESIGN FROM 1998 UPPER DECK RETRO BUT I'M OK WITH THAT. MY MAIN FOCUS ON UPPER DECK INSERTS ARE FINISHING UP SETS FROM 1991-1993 BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW LATER INSERT SETS I'M WORKING ON AS WELL

1994 COMIC IMAGES MAXFIELD PARRISH TOYLAND

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS

BOUGHT THIS 100% JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS SHERLOCK HOLMES ON THE FRONT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE ACTUAL MAGAZINE ONLINE (ALTHOUGH PRINTS OF THIS COVER ARE FOR SALE ALL OVER THE PLACE) BUT I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT THE STORY PRINTED INSIDE WAS THE ADVENTURE OF THE BRUCE-PARTINGTON PLANS. THIS WAS ADAPTED IN THE JEREMY BRETT GRANADA SERIES SO I MAY NEED TO TRACK DOWN A COPY TO WATCH THIS WEEK IF THE BRAVES STINK UP A GAME THIS WEEK

2022 TOPPS MIGUEL CABRERA 3000 HITS CHECKLIST

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

IS ANYONE GOING TO REMEMBER JUST HOW GOOD MIGGY WAS OR WILL KIDS LOOK AT HIS STATS 30 YEARS FROM NOW AND GO HOLY CRAP LIKE EVERYONE DID WITH FRANK ROBINSON AFTER HE'D BEEN RETIRED FOR DECADES

1997 ULTRA FRED MCGRIFF

CATEGORY - BRAVES

THIS SET IS SO PERFECT AND I AM SO, SO SAD THAT MOST OF MY SET GOT FUSED INTO A BRICK. I'D GLADLY BUILD THIS SET AGAIN IF I COULD FIND A BOIG PILE OF THEM. JUST LOOK AT THIS CARD! IT'S GORGEOUS! THE WHOLE SET IS LIKE THIS!

1994 FPG KEN KELLY COLLECTION 2 THE MURKY DEATH

CATEGORY - NON-SPORT

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE SETS I LIKE MOST OF MY NON-SPORT FANTASY ART PICKUPS COME DOWN TO "DOES THIS CARD LOOK COOL". EVEN THEN, IF I'M RUNNING OUT OF CARDS FOR THE WEEK I HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES AND PASS ON COOL ONES UNLESS SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL POPS OUT AT ME. THERE ARE LIKE 18 DIFFERENT THINGS ON THIS CARD THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE TIPPING POINT FOR THIS CARD FALLING INTO MY CART. THIS TIME IT'S NOT UNDERWATER ZOMBIES OR CONAN THE SWIMBARIAN WEILDING A GODDAMN ANCHOR BUT THE SHARK WATCHING THIS INSANE SCENE WITH A "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE??" LOOK ON HIS FACE. RIGHT THERE WITH YA, BUDDY

1991 COMIC IMAGES FRANK FRAZETTA SUN GODDESS

CATEGORY - NON-SPORT, FRAZETTA BOOBIES

FRANK FRAZETTA IS THE UNDISPUTED KING OF TRASHY FANTASY PULP NOVEL COVER PAINTINGS. THIS PAINTING IS EXTRA ICONIC AS IT WAS THE COVER FOR BOTH VAMPIRELLA AND CREEPY MAGAZINES. THERE ARE A THOUSAND MORE PRINTS AND POSTERS OF THIS ARTWORK THAN THERE WAS FOR EVERY COLLIERS PRINT EVEN MADE COMBINED. THERE'S EVEN COLLECTOR STATUES OF THE THING. ODDLY ENOUGH THE BACK OF THE CARD DOESN'T MENTION THIS PAINTING AT ALL BUT HIS FAMOUS FUNNIES BUCK ROGERS COMIC COVERS. MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS CARD ISN'T THE OBVIOUS BUT INSTEAD THAT DOOFY LOOK ON THE SABRETOOTH TIGER'S FACE. FRAZETTA'S EXPRESSIONS ARE SOME OF THE BEST

1999 UPPER DECK SANDY ALOMAR JR 10TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, INSERT

THIS IS ANOTHER UPPER DECK INSERT SET I'M COLLECTING ALTHOUGH IN THIS CASE IT'S BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY ACCUMULATED SO MUCH OF IT THAT I MAY AS WELL FINISH IT OUT. IT IS A PRETTY NICE LOOKING SET WITH SOME NODS TOWARD THE ORIGINAL 1989 RELEASE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT PICKING ONE INSERT SET PER YEAR FROM UPPER DECK TO BUILD BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TWO FROM 1999 JUST IN THIS POST. THEY'RE BOTH FROM SERIES ONE SO I CAN'T TRY TO GET AWAY WITH ONE SET FROM SERIES ONE AND TWO. DECISIONS, DECISIONS

1996 SCORE VINNY CASTILLA DUGOUT COLLECTION

CATEGORY - SHINY

AS MUCH AS I LOVE SCORE, I KINDA HATE THEIR FOILBOARD PARALLELS. THEY DON'T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT , THEY DING UP LIKE CRAZY AND I'LL NEVER BUILD A SET OF THEM SO THEY JUST CLUTTER UP THE PLACE. THAT BEING SAID, VINNY CASTILLA AND DEION SANDERS IN A CLOUD OF DUST IS TOO DAMN GOOD TO PASS UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS BUT I LIKE IT

2000 TOPPS NOMAR GARCIAPARRA PERENNIAL ALL-STAR

CATEGORY - INSERT WANTLIST, SHINY

GOOD GRAVY THIS CARD IS SHINY. I FEEL LIKE I'M CLOSE TO ACTIALLY COMPLETING THIS INSERT SET BUT I JUST LOOKED AT MY WANTLIST AND DISCOVERED THE LAST TIME I UPDATED IT I PUT THAT I HAVE EIGHT OUT OF TEN CARDS BUT I NEED THREE CARDS. SOMEWHERE I DONE GOOFED AGIN

UP NEXT: I HOPE YOU LIKE CHRONICLES

2023 COMC BINGE - PART 14: HEY TEK

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE I ONLY PICKED UP ONE JASON HEYWARD CARD IN MY BLACK FRIDAY BINGE. THE FIRST ORDER I EVER MADE ON COMC WAS MADE UP OF MOSTLY J-HEYS. I GUESS I JUST HAVE TOO MANY PLAYER COLLECTIONS NOW, PLUS NEW HEYWARD CARDS ARE STARTING TO BECOME SCARCE NOW THAT HE'S MORE OR LESS A FOURTH OUTFIELDER TYPE. POOR JASON, GETTING CROWDED OUT BY RONALDS AND TRAES. EVEN WORSE I BOUGHT THIS SAME CARD LAST YEAR

2014 TOPPS HIGH TEK JASON HEYWARD MICROCHIP PATTERN

FROM BLAST PATTERNS TO MICROCHIPS. I LIKE THIS DESIGN MUCH BETTER. MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S PHOTOGRAPHED INSTEAD OF SCANNED BUT IT LOOKS WAY COOLER THAN EXPLOSIONS GOING EVERYWHERE AND CLASHING WITH THE COMET SHARDS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. I LOVE CLEAR CARDS AND I LOVE HOLOFOIL AND I REALLY LOVE CLEAR CARDS WITH HOLOFOIL SO THIS IS A NO BRAINER PICKUP FOR ME. I'M GLAD I DID, THERE ARE NO MORE COPIES OF THIS CARD ON COMC AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYONE DUMPING A PILE OF DECADE OLD FRINGEY ODDBALL SET CARDS ON THE SITE ANY TIME SOON 

MY TCDB LIST IS ALREADY HOPELESSLY OUT OF DATE AND I'M CERTAIN THAT I'VE ALREADY PUT SOME CARDS IN THE BINDER THAT DID NOT GET INTO THE DB. I DID PUT THIS ONE IN THOUGH ALTHOUGH IT TOOK SOME DIGGING TO DETERMINE THAT WHAT COMC CALLED THE MICROCHIP PATTERN TCDB CALLED THE PIPES PATTERN. THIS WAS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO PICTURE FOR JASON'S CARD. SADLY MY SCANNER IS KAPUTT AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE PEOPLE UPLOADING JANKY OFF KILTER PHOTOS TO THE SITE SO IT WILL REMAIN PICTURELESS FOR THE TIME BEING. I NOW HAVE 215 CARDS (THAT I'VE BOTHERED TO ENTER) FOR 4.7% OF ALL HEYWARD CARDS. LORD HOW I WISH I COULD FILTER OUT ALL THE SHORT PRINTED AND SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS AND GET A NICER NUMBER. I'M STILL IN THE TOP TEN OF COLLECTORS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO ENTER IN THEIR CARDS ON THE DB WHICH IS NICE, BUT I'M FALLING BEHIND THE CUBS COLLECTORS QUICKLY. JASON'S GOING INTO THE HALL WITH A CUBS HAT AND I'VE ACCEPTED THIS

AND HERE'S THE BINDER PAGE OF TEK CARDS I PROMISED IN THE LAST POST. THERE'S ALSO A CAMEO APPEARANCE FROM THE FIRST PAGE OF THE 2015S WHERE J-HEY CARDS TRANSITIONED FROM BRAVES TO -UGH- CARDINALS. THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER REASON I'D LIKE TO FILL UP THIS PAGE AS A TRIBUTE TO THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF HEYWARD CARDS. I'M FINDING OUT IT WILL BE WAY EASIER TO GET A PARALLEL SERIAL NUMBERED UNDER 100 AND AN AUTOGRAPH TO FILL OUT THE BOTTOM ROW THAN IT WILL BE TO FIND THE RARER ZIG ZAG AND SHATTER STRIPES PATTERNS. THIS IS ONE REASON WHY I STILL HAVEN'T PICKED UP THE MOST COMMON BASE CARD, I WANT TO HAVE AN OPTION TO PICK UP A CHEAP HEYWARD IN A PINCH. PLUS THE MOMENT I BUY IT I WILL FIND A PILE OF THEM IN A DIME BOX. I'LL BUY THEM ALL ANYWAY BUT STILL

APRIL 2024 CARD SHOW PART 4: EVEN MORE DIME BOX

BACK TO THE DIME BOX PICKUPS, THIS POST IS NOT THE DISASTER THAT THE LAST POST WAS AND I DID NOT BUY ANY UNEXPECTED DOUBLES IN THIS BATCH. I LITERALLY DON'T NEED ANY OF THESE CARDS AT ALL, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOUBLES. THEY'RE ALL FUN THOUGH 

ATLANTA BRAVES LEGEND BILLY HAMILTON IN A REDS UNI BUT A BRAVES BORDER. COLORED BORDERS ON ARCHIVES CARDS ARE USELESS BUT I LIKE BILLY AND I LOVE THE 1953 DESIGN AND IT'S A DECENT LOOKING CARD EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KID IN 1955 GOT A HOLD OF SOME OF HIS OLDER BROTHER'S CARDS AND TOOK A BLUE MARKER TO THEM. WHICH WOULD BE QUAINT ON AN ACTUAL 1953 CARD BUT REQUIRES SOME IMAGINATION ON A NEW CARD

ALSO SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS IN A DIME BOX ARE PRETTY COOL. IF 200 PEOPLE DECIDE THEY ABSOLUTELY MUST BUILD THE 2016 ARCHIVES BLUE BORDERED PARALLEL SET IMMEDIATELY, THIS SUCKER WILL MAKE ME A FORTUNE

SPEAKING OF SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS HERE'S A 2005-06 SPX SPXCITEMENT VETERANS INSERT OF RICHARD JEFFERSON NUMBERED TO 999. THIS INSERT WAS THE BOOBY PRIZE OF 05-06 SPX AS YOUR BIG HIT OF THE PACK WAS SOME DUDE INSTEAD OF A SPXCITEMENT ROOKIE OR AN AUTOGRAPH OR A RELIC CARD. AS MID-00S 'HIGH END' DESIGNS GO IT'S NOT ATROCIOUS AND RICHARD JEFFERSON WAS A HELL OF A PLAYER SO IT'S A PRETTY GREAT DIME BOX PICKUP

NOT A BIG FAN OF HADER, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT HE'S ON MY FANTASY TEAM BLOSING UP MY ERA WITH NO SAVES TO SHOW FOR IT. NOT A FAN OF CHROME EITHER, BUT REFRACTORS? I LOVES THEM SHITS. IF ANYONE LIKED JOSH HADER THIS CARD WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST DREGS OF THE DIME BOX SO I APPRECIATE THE SHINY FALLING INTO MY LAP

HOORAY! I CARD I ACTUALLY NEED! FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS OF NEED! I WAS FULLY ON BOARD WITH THE HERITAGE/TOPPS206/ARCHIVES RETRO BOOM IN 2002-03 WHICH CAUSED MY BASKETBALL PURCHASES TO DROP PRECIPITOUSLY. ESPECIALLY FLEER TRADITION WHICH WAS A COMPLETE KNOCKOFF OF THE 1989-90 FLEER SET, A SET I ALREADY HAD. AS A RESULT I NEVER PULLED ONE OF THESE ROAD TO THE NBA INSERTS SO THIS IS A NEW-TO ME CARD. AND IT'S A CARD OF SHEED WHICH IS ALWAYS WELCOME

OK, SO I LIED, I THINK THIS CARD IS A DOUBLE AS I HAVE A FEW OF THESE ALREADY AND I'M PRETTY SURE CAMP IS ONE OF THEM. I'M NOT PASSING UP A HOSTESS CARD IN A DIME BOX THOUGH! THIS SET IS EXTRA ODDBALL SINCE IT WAS ONLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE SOUTH. I GOT TO OPEN A COUPLE PACKS OF IT OUT OF BOXES WHEN I WAS A KID AND IT'S NOT A SUPER EASY SET TO FIND, EVEN DOWN HERE

AMD LOOK AT THOSE GORGEOUS BLUE 1985 BACKS. 80S TOPPS BACKS WITH DIFFERENT COLORS THAN THE BASE CARDS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN LIFE

RANDOM METAL UNIVERSE CARD OUT OF NOWHERE. I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE WERE SO MANY HERITAGE CARDS IN THE BOX THAT I MENTALLY DISCARDED THEM SINCE THERE WERE TOO MANY TO BUY BUT I ASSURE YOU IF THE BOX WAS FILLED WITH METAL CARDS I WOULD HAVE MADE AN OFFER FOR THE WHOLE BOX AND ENDED MY SHOW ON THE SPOT. THERE WAS ONLY THIS ONE LONELY CHRIS WARREN CARD THOUGH. I'M GLAD I FOUND IT BECAUSE DALLAS GETTING A GIANT TRAFFIC JAM AS THEIR REGIONAL THEMED BACKGROUND IS HILARIOUS. I DROVE THROUGH THAT MESS ON A BUSINESS TRIP ONCE AND IT'S APPROPRIATE. I KINDA WANT TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THESE BACKGROUNDS AS THESE 1998 METAL CARDS KEEP CROSSING MY PATH AND EACH BACKGROUND IS WEIRDER THAN THE LAST

HERE'S THE ONE HERITAGE CARD THAT CAME HOME WITH ME. DUE TO AN EXCESS OF SHORT PRINTS I'VE SOURED ON THE BASE SET OTHER THAN A FEEBLE ATTEMPT AT SOME TEAM SETS BUT THE INSERTS STILL HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART. OR A PLACE IN MY FART AMIRIGHT

THE 2015 TOPPS FOOTBALL SET IS HISTORIC NOT ONLY FOR BEING THE LAST FLAGSHIP FOOTBALL SET BEFORE PANINI GOT THE EXCLUSIVE BUT ALSO FOR BEING THE FIRST TOPPS FLAGSHIP SET WHERE THEY COMBINED FULL BLEED BORDERS WITH A HORRIFICALLY OVERCOMPLICATED UGLY DESIGN. THIS IS FROM THE TOPP 60 SUBSET RANKING THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE NFL. MATT'S RANKING OF 51 IS ESPECIALLY FUNNY CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED IN SUPER BOWL LI. IN A STRANGE COINCIDENCE, THIS EXACT SAME CARD SHOWED UP ON BASEBALLCARDSTORE DOT CA WHEN I GOT HOME FROM THE SHOW

SEPARATED 1981 SCRATCH OFF PANELS HAVE LONG BEEN THE HIDDEN GEMS OF THE DIME BOX AND I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO FIND ONE LAST EXAMPLE. MICKEY RIVERS IS ONE OF THOSE REALLY GOOD PLAYERS NO ONE CARES ABOUT ANYMORE. DUDE PLAYED FIFTEEN YEARS AND LED THE LEAGUE IN STEALS! WHO CARES HE WASN'T RICKEY HENDERSON, NO ONE IS. I'M ALSO JUST FINDING OUT NOW THAT MICKEY WAS DRAFTED BY THE BRAVES AND THEN TRADED TO THE ANGELS FOR HOYT WILHELM. STEALTH BRAVES LEGEND 

LAST CARD IN THIS BATCH IS A 2010 TOPPS PRO DEBUT INSERT OF TODD FRAZIER. OF ALL THE CARD I DON'T NEED I PROBABLY DON'T NEED THIS ONE THE LEAST BUT IT'S A NEW-TO-ME INSERT SO MY MAGPIE BRAIN HAD TO GRAB IT. LIKE MICKEY, TODD IS ANOTHER REALLY GOOD PLAYER THAT IS PRETTY MUCH FORGOTTEN WHICH IS SAD SINCE HE ONLY RETIRED THIS DECADE