2024 ONLINE BLASTER(S) - NEW BATCH

    IT'S ANOTHER SHIPMENT FROM BASEBALLCARDSTORE.CA! I'M STILL WORKING ON POSTING STUFF FROM FOUR BOXES AGO SO I THINK THIS KILLS ANY CHANCE OF ME ACTUALLY POSTING EVERY CARD FROM THESE BOXES UNLESS I MAKE THIS MY FULL TIME JOB. I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW MY FULL TIME JOB IS 100 PERCENTING STARSTRUCK VAGABOND. JUST GOT ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS! ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WHEN RECEIVING A PACKAGE IS SEEING THE PACKAGING. THIS BOX USED TO HOUSE A 1993 TOPPS SERIES TWO SET. THIS ONE COST TWENTY BUCKS! I AM NOT SURE IF THAT IS A GOOD PRICE OR NOT, WHICH SERIES IS JETER IN

HERE'S ALL THE CARDS. ALMOST HALF OF THEM WERE WANTLIST STUFF WHICH I HAVE ALREADY CATALOGUED. AT LEAST I'M GETTING SOMETHING DONE COLLECTING-WISE. OF THE REMAINING CARDS I GRABBED FIFTEEN CARDS THAT LOOKED INTERESTING ENOUGH TO SHOW OFF IMMEDIATELY IN CASE THE REST DON'T GET POSTED UNTIL 2027. NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST CARDS BUT THE ONES THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE. LET'S GO

1994 LEAF LIMITED DAVID JUSTICE GOLD ALL-STARS #09431/10000

CATEGORY - BRAVES, INSERT

QUITE A FEW OF THESE CARDS WERE SPECIFICALLY HELD FOR ME INCLUDING THIS LEAF LIMITED INSERT. THIS FIRST LEAF LIMITED SET IS STUNNING AND THE INSERT SET IS BASICALLY THE BASE CARDS WITH GOLD TINT AND A SERIAL NUMBER. I BELIVE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OF THESE I'VE GOTTEN AND PRIME DAVE JUSTICE IS A NICE ONE TO HAVE

THE BACK EVEN HAS GOLD FOIL FOR THE CARD NUMBER, THAT'S SUPER CLASSY. IT ALSO HAS THE OLD STYLE SERIAL NUMBER BEFORE LEAF WENT TO THE GOLD FOIL STAMPING THEY USED FOR YEARS. THIS STYLE NUMBERING ISN'T ON A TON OF CARDS, IT'S NICE TO SEE IT

2021 METAL UNIVERSE CHAMPIONS JALEN JOHNSON

CATEGORY - HAWKS

I RECENTLY ACQUIRED A BOX OF 2022 METAL UNIVERSE AND IT WAS PRETTY GREAT! THAT'S ONE OF THOSE POSTS LANGUISHING IN THE DRAFT FOLDER BUT I'LL GET IT WRITTEN EVENTUALLY. THIS IS THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S VERSION OF METAL UNIVERSE AND WHILE I FEEL THE DESIGN IS OBJECTIVELY WORSE IT IS STILL A NICE LOOKING CARD AND HAS THE OLD-SCHOOL METAL FEEL. IT DOES CAPTURE THAT LATE 90'S SKYBOX JANK REALLY WELL. THE 2021 SET BEATS 2022 IN THAT THE HAWKS' REPRESENTATIVE IS FUTURE ALL-STAR JALEN JOHNSON INSTEAD OF CURRENT ROCKETS' BENCH PIECE AJ GRIFFIN. THIS CARD IS SO NICE I BOUGHT IT TWICE

2022 TOPPS HANK AARON DIAMOND GREATS DIE CUT

CATEGORY - BRAVES, INSERT

HANK AARON DIE-CUT INSERT! NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT TO SAY OTHER THAN THAT. HANK AARON DIE-CUT INSERT!! 

1993-94 STADIUM CLUB ATLANTA HAWKS SUPER TEAM

CATEGORY - HAWKS

THE SUPER TEAM GIMMICK FROM STADIUM CLUB WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED. EACH TEAM GOT THEIR OWN SUPER TEAM CARD AND IF THEY WON THE DIVISION, CONFERENCE OR NBA TITLE, YOU WIN SOME CARDS. THE HAWKS DID INDEED WIN THEIR DIVISION THIS YEAR BUT WENT NO FURTHER AS THEY TRADED NIQUE AND BROUGHT A CURSE UPON THE FRANCHISE THAT HAS YET TO BE BROKEN. THE CARDS HAVE A SPECIAL DIVISION WINNER STAMP ON THEM AND ARE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE IF YOU CAN FIND THEM

1994 COMIC IMAGES GIL ELVGREN'S CALENDAR PINUPS 2 TRYING IT ON FOR SIGHS

CATEGORY - NON-SPORT, CHEESECAKE

I HAVE A PROMO CARD FOR THIS SET THAT I PICKED UP QUITE A WHILE AGO BUT NEVER SAW ANY OF THE BASE CARDS UNTIL A COUPLE POPPED UP ON THE SITE. I LOVE OLD PINUP ART AND AM HAPPY TO FIND THESE WHEN I CAN. IF YOU'RE SURPRISED THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF IS ON A TRADING CARD MAY I REMIND YOU THAT THE 90S WERE A WILD TIME AND THERE'S WAY MORE SETS LIKE THIS THAT YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE

1998 STUDIO MIKE CAMERON GOLD STUDIO PROOF #141/300

CATEGORY - INSERT

I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE MY PURSUIT OF COMPLETING STUDIO SETS AFTER ABOUT 1994 HAS ENDED BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF EACH WITH THE INSERTS. I HAVE A FEW PRESS PROOFS FROM 1996 AND 1997 BUT NOT MUCH FROM 1998 AND ZERO GOLDS. THESE WERE PRETTY TOUGH TO PULL AND MIKE 'FOUR HOMERS' CAMERON IS A GOOD ONE TO GET

UNLIKE PREVIOUS PRESS PROOF CARDS THE 1998 VERSION ACTUALLY HAD SERIAL NUMBERS ON THEM. THE 300 CARD PRINT RUN WAS THE SECOND LOWEST BEHIND THE SILVER ONES FROM 1996, WHICH WERE ONLY INSERTED IN MAGAZINE PACKS AND LIMITED TO 100. IT CONFUSED ME FOR A LONG TIME WHY I COULDN'T FIND ANY 1996 SILVERS SO IF YOU SEE ONE IN THE WILD GRAB IT

1993 TOPPS FINEST KEVIN BROWN

CATEGORY - HIGH-END

I CONTINUE TO PICK UP SOME FINEST WHEN I CAN AND HAVE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A NINE CARD GROUP OF MY BEST FROM EACH SET RELEASED. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO GET SOME PLASTIC SHEETS TO PUT THEM IN BUT THAT'S THE EVENTUAL PLAN. I WILL PICK UP 93S ANY TIME I SEE THEM THOUGH AND SNAGGED THREE MORE IN THIS BATCH THAT I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE. I WAS PLEASED TO FIND THAT THE KEVIN BROWN CARD HAD SOME WONKY FOIL THAT CUT OFF RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE PLAYER NAME LEAVING A WHITE STRIP AT THE BOTTOM. THESE 90S GOOFS DELIGHT ME AS IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND MORE MODERN EXAMPLES OF PRINTING ERRORS AND THIS ONE ADDED TO A SMALL PILE THAT I'VE FOUND SO FAR

1993-94 ARENA SPORTS MANON RHEAUME

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION, ODDBALL

ANOTHER STRANGE ONE FOR MY GROWING MANON RHEUME COLLECTION, THIS CARD IS FROM A GROUP OF ARENA SPORTS CARDS THAT WERE RELEASED IN 1993-94 THAT ALL HAVE THIS GOLD CRACKED ICE FOIL ON THEM. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED AS SOME HAVE CARD NUMBERS AND OTHER LIKE THIS ONE WERE 'LIMITED' TO 15000 CARDS BUT I KEEP SEEING THEM TURN UP SO OFTEN I KINDA WANT A BIG PILE OF THEM NOW. I PREFER MANON CARDS WHERE SHE IS IN AN ATLANTA KNIGHTS SWEATER BUT I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET 

2013 PANINI COOPERSTOWN CARLTON FISK COLGAN'S CHIPS

CATEGORY - INSERT

I'VE BEEN A FAN OF FISK SINCE I WAS A KID AND I THINK HE WAS THE FIRST PLAYER I EVER COMPLETED A FULL TOPPS RUN OF HIS CARDS SO I LIKE TO FIND NEAT CARDS OF HIS WHEN I CAN. I REALLY LIKED THESE COLGAN'S CHIPS INSERTS THAT CAME IN COOPERSTOWN PACKS IN 2013. I DID NOT LIKE THE $3.99 PRICE TAG HOWEVER SO ONLY GOT A COUPLE OUT OF PACKS. THEY SEEM TO BE EASY TO FIND IN BARGAIN BOXES THOUGH AS ROUND CARDS ARE WEIRDLY UNPOPULAR FOR SOME REASON

1991 MONSTER IN MY POCKET COATLICUE

CATEGORY - NON-SPORT, MONSTERS

MONSTER IN MY POCKET CAME OUT AT THE EXACT WRONG TIME FOR ME. TEN YEARS EARLIER AND I WOULD HAD A GIANT PILE OF THE THINGS. TWENTY YEARS LATER AND I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT BLIND BAGS LIKE MAD. THESE CAME OUT IN THE EARLY NINETIES WHERE I WAS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN TOYS. I WANTED AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS SET FOR MY MONSTER BINDER AND TWO HEADED SNAKE LADY WAS THE ONE I GOT. I LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS CARD. THESE WERE APPARENTLY PRODUCED BY TOPPS EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY INDICATION ON THE CARDS ARE COPYRIGHT MORRISON ENTERTAINMENT GROUP. ONE OF THE ARTISTS, JENICE HEO, WON A GRAMMY FOR THE PACKAGING OF A NEIL YOUNG BOX SET. COATLICUE HERSELF IS AN AZTEC GODDESS WHO WEARS A NECKLACE MADE OF HUMAN HANDS, HEARTS AND SKULLS AND A SKIRT OF LIVE SNAKES

CHECK OUT THIS PRETTY LADY WITH THE IMPECCABLE FASHION SENSE. I'M GLAD I PICKED THIS CARD INSTEAD OF A BORING OLD ZOMBIE. ALTHOUGH TRUTH BE TOLD I'D LIKE TO RIP A FEW PACKS OF THESE THINGS, IT'S GOT A GREAT CHECKLIST OF FUN BEASTIES

2000 FLEER ULTRA JD DREW CRUNCH TIME

CATEGORY - INSERT

I AM NOT A HUGE JD DREW FAN BUT I AM A FAN OF SCARCE FLEER ULTRA INSERTS. THESE CRUNCH TIME CARDS WERE FOUND ONE IN SEVERNTY-TWO PACKS IN 2000 AND THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF ONE DESPITE RIPPING QUITE A FEW PACKS BACK THEN. THE FRONT HAS A TEXTURED MATE FINISH AND EMBOSSING ON THE SEAMS

YOU CAN SEE THE EMBOSSING ON THE BACK GOING AROUND JD'S HEAD. THIS WAS A VERY GOOD DOLLAR BIN PICKUP FOR ME

1989-90 7TH INNING SKETCH OHL DENNIS SCOTT

CATEGORY - TRAINER

I'VE BEEN A SOMEWHAT ADDICTED TO PICKING UP MINOR LEAGUE TRAINER CARDS LATELY. I'VE BOUGHT SEVERAL FROM THE SITE AND PICKED UP A FEW OUT IN THE WILD AS WELL. THIS 7TH INNING SKETCH SET HAD SEVERAL GREAT CANDIDATES BUT I SETTLED ON DENNIS HERE JUST BECAUSE HE LOOKS SO HAPPY. PLUS JUST THINKING ABOUT NIAGARA FALLS MAKES ME GIGGLE. THE BACK IS GREAT TOO

TRAINER AND COACH CARDS JUST GET A GIGANTIC TEAM LOGO AND THIS ONE OF THE NIAGRA FALLS THUNDER IS MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST BORING LOGOS I'VE EVER SEEN. THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS JUST AMAZING. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THE MANUFACTURER OF HOCKEY CARDS HAS A BASEBALL PUN FOR A NAME. THERE ARE ALSO NO SKETCH CARDS IN THIS PRODUCT AS FAR AS I'M AWARE

2022 TOPPS CHROME JOSE ALTUVE HEART OF THE CITY

CATEGORY - INSERT

GREAT GOOGELY MOOGELY I LOVE THIS INSERT SET. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE AN ALTUVE AND HONESTLY I MIGHT TRACK DOWN A FEW MORE NOW SINCE THEY ARE NOT THAT EXPENSIVE. THANK GOODNESS FOR CHROME BREAKERS WHO ONLY WANT AUTOGRAPHS. I'VE ONLY BEEN TO HOUSTON ONCE SO AM NOT OVERLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SKYLINE BUT I HOPE IT MAKES HOUSTON RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE I DO WHEN I SEE FREDDIE FREMAN'S CARD

1987 PROCARDS JOHN SMOLTZ

CATEGORY - BRAVES

THIS IS ANOTHER CARD THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY RESERVED FOR ME WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NABBED OFF THE SITE IN ABOUT THREE SECONDS OTHERWISE. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO SMOLTZ CARDS OF HIM IN THE TIGERS ORGANIZATION. YOU CAN'T SEE JOHN'S EYES ON THIS ONE BUT I LOVE THAT GLENS FALLS TIGER LOGO. THERE'S AN EVEN BETTER LOGO ON THE BACK

QUINCY'S! BASEBALL CARDS AND COMICS! AND UHHH GIFTS? AND GREETING CARDS? NOW THAT'S A CARD SHOP! THERE WERE SO MANY BASEBALL CARDS SOLD IN SHOPS THAT WERE DEFINITIVELY NOT A BASEBALL CARD SHOP BACK IN THE DAY AND I MISS THOSE PLACES. I CAN ALMOST SEE THE BOXES OF CARD PACKS NEXT TO THE LONG BOXES OF COMICS BY THE HUGE RACK OF HALLMARK CARDS IN MY MIND

1980 TOPPS WACKY PACKAGES 4TH SERIES RERUN BEANBALL

CATEGORY - NON-SPORT

I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD OR MAYBE FOURTH DIFFERENT COPY OF THIS CARD I HAVE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PARTICULAR WACKY PACKAGE CARD. IT'S NOT JUST THE BASEBALL CARD PACK THEME. IT'S NOT JUST THE TOPPS NON-SPORTS ARTISTS COMPLETELY DUNKING ON THE SPORTS CREW. IT'S NOT EVEN JUST THAT THE FICTIONAL TEAM IS VERY CLOSELY COPYING BRAVES' UNIFORMS. IT'S THAT GORILLA PLAYING BASEBALL. I LOVE GORILLAS AND I LOVE BASEBALL, IT'S A PERFECT MATCH. IT DOES RAISE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH. WHY IS A GORILLA PLAYING BASEBALL? WHY IS THE TEAM NAMED THE APES, IT IS A NAPOLEON LAJOIE SITUATION? WHY IS THE GORILLA USING A RUBBER BAT WITH A HOLE IN IT? WHO WOULD BE STUPID ENOUGH TO THROW AT A GORILLA'S HEAD? IMAGINE THE ENSUING BRAWL! ESPECIALLY IF THE ENTIRE TEAM IS MADE UP OF APES. IMAGINE A BENCH CLEARED OF CHIMPS, GORILLAS, GIBBONS AND ORANGUTANS ALL BEATING UP THE NEW YORK METS. SOMEONE MAKE A MOVIE OF THAT AND SAVE THE THEATER INDUSTRY

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