ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 30

SO MUCH FOR SPEEDRUNNING THE REST OF THIS BOX LOL. HERE'S A FEW GINTER MINIS WHICH ARE STOOPID HARD TO FIND UNDER THE BEST CONDITIONS. WE'LL START OUT WITH AN ICKY BUG

CATEGORY: MINIS, INSERTS

2015 ALLEN & GINTER A WORLD BENEATH OUR FEET - CALLETA SILKMOTH CATERPILLAR

AROUND 2014 MY SUPPLY OF ALLEN & GINTER PACKS AND CHEAP SINGLES DRIED UP QUICKLY SO I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO COLLECT DIFFERENTLY SINCE THEN. WHILE I AM WORKING ON COMPLETING A FEW OLDER GINTER MINI SETS THE MAIN GOAL GOING FORWARD SINCE 2014 HAS BEEN TO GET JUST ONE DAMN MINI INSERT CARD AS A TYPE CARD FOR EACH SET. I COULD DO THIS QUITE EASILY IF I WENT ONLINE BUT I USUALLY FOCUS ON OLD AND ODDBALL CARDS WHEN I BUY ON COMC. THIS MEANS I HAVE TO RELY ON FATE DROPPING SOME MINIS IN MY LAP. THIS TIME SHE DROPPED A BUG IN MY LAP, WHICH IS USUALLY PRETTY GROSS BUT THIS LITTLE GUY IS KINDA CUTE. I WANT IT OFF MY LAP THOUGH, SHOO

I REALLY LIKE HOW THE NUMBERING PREFIX FOR THIS SET IS BUG-. TOPPS GETS IT RIGHT SOMETIMES. THIS TURNED OUT TO NOT BE MY FIRST BUG CARD AS I ALREADY HAD FIVE OTHER CRITTERS BUT I WILL NEVER TURN DOWN A MINI INSERT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE ONE ALREADY

2019 ALLEN & GINTER IN BLOOM - BUTTERFLY BUSH

THIS ONE DID WIND UP BEING MY FIRST TYPE CARD FOR THIS SET. I GOT THIS ONE MIXED UP WITH AN OLDER SET THAT HAD WILDFLOWER SEEDS EMBEDDED INTO THE CARD SO IF YOUR COLLECTION GETS WIPED OUT IN A FLOOD YOU'LL AT LEAST GET SOME FLOWERS GROWING OUT OF YOUR BINDER. THERE ARE A LOT OF GINTER INSERTS SO I'M NOT SURPRISED THEY ARE RECYCLING SUBJECTS NOW

THIS WAS A REALLY PRETTY CARD, THEN I TURNED IT OVER TO DISCOVER THAT THIS BUSH IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES WIPING OUT THE ENVIRONMENT. I WISH THIS REALLY DID HAVE SOME SEEDS IN IT SO I COULD PLANT IT IN AN ATTEMPT TO CROWD OUT ALL THE WEEDS IN MY YARD WITH PRETTY BUTTERFLY FLOWERS

2020 ALLEN & GINTER 9 WAYS TO FIRST - FIELDER'S CHOICE 

THERE'S NOT A TON OF GINTER MINI INSERTS WITH A BASEBALL THEME BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING MORE OF THAT THING RECENTLY. THIS SET SHOWS OFF ALL THE WAYS A BATTER CAN GET ONTO FIRST BASE. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THEY GOT IT RIGHT OR FORGOT ONE BUT IT'S A NEAT LITTLE SET

I ALREADY HAD HIT BY PITCH SO NO TYPE CARD THIS TIME. I DON'T MIND BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE A FUN ONE TO BUILD

2022 ALLEN & GINTER BEARING FRUIT - LUCUMA

I ONLY HAD ONE OTHER MINI INSERT FROM 2022 AND IT WAS THE PRICKLY PEAR FROM THIS SET. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A LUCUMA IS SO LET'S FLIP THE CARD AND FIND OUT

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WILL PROBABLY NEVER EAT ONE SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. MY ALLEN & GINTER CARD FROM THE 1800S WITH A FRUIT THEME IS A QUINCE, ANOTHER FRUIT I WAS WHOLLY UNFAMILIAR WITH SO THIS ONE PAIRS NICELY WITH IT. AS A CARD, NOT A FOOD, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT EITHER TASTE LIKE

2022 ALLEN & GINTER DUCKS - SCOTER

QUACK! IT'S A DUCK! I LIKE HOW ON ALL THE OTHER INSERTS THERE'S THIS LARGE ELABORATE SET NAME PLASTERED ON THE CARD WHILE HERE IT'S JUST A DUCK. NO TITLES, JUST DUCKS. WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE? DUCK CARDS NEED NO LABELS

THERE'S NOT EVEN A TITLE ON THE BACK, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A GINTER CARD. SOME OF THE BEST DESIGNS ON ANY GINTER CARD IS THE ELABORATE TITLE ON THE BACK BUT NOT HERE. DUCKS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

QUACK.

2022 ALLEN & GINTER BASEBALL LEXICON - WEB GEM

THIS IS ANOTHER BASEBALL THEMED MINI SET BUT THIS ONE'S A LITTLE MORE ABSTRACT. BASEBALL TERMS ARE DEPICTED LITERALLY ON THE CARD WHICH WORKS REALLY WELL FOR CAN OF CORN OR GOLDEN SOMBRERO BUT NOT SO MUCH FOR WORM BURNER OR PICKLE. THE WEB GEM HERE IS PROBABLY THE PRETTIEST CARD IN THE SET AND MAKES A NICE TYPE CARD

 I CAN HEAR THE BACK OF THIS CARD EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T WATCHED BASEBALL TONIGHT IN MAYBE A DECADE. THIS WILL LOOK GOOD IN THE BINDER BUT I HAVE NO ROOM CURRENTLY AND WILL NEED TO PICK UP SOME NEW PAGES TO PUT ANY CARDS FROM AFTER 2018 IN THERE. I MAY HAVE AN LCS POST COMING UP SOON

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