2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 12: 2000'S (MOSTLY) WANTLIST STUFF

NOT AS MUCH RECENT WANTLIST STUFF IN THIS SHIPMENT ALTHOUGH IF I GET INSPIRED BY THE END OF THE POST I MIGHT DIG SOME MORE OUT OF THE BOXES THAT HAVE ARRIVED SINCE THIS ONE AND TACK IT ON TO THE END OF THE POST. LET'S MAYBE WRITE THE POST FIRST BEFORE GETTING AMBITIOUS THOUGH

1999 UPPER DECK CENTURY LEGENDS ROGERS HORNSBY

CATEGORY - THESE ARE ALL WANTLIST CARDS I DON'T KNOW WHY I COPIED THE CATEGORY UNDER EVERY CARD

THIS IS TECHNICALLY A 90S CARD BUT IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SET FROM THE 2000S WHAT WITH THAT DECADE'S OBSESSION WITH LEGENDS SETS. THIS FITS MORE IN THIS POST ANYWAY, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO PAD IT OUT A LITTLE. THIS SET SEEMED TO KICK OFF THE LEGENDS SET CRAZE EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T EVEN THE FIRST LEGENDS SET FROM UPPER DECK. IT WAS A DAMN GOOD LEGENDS SET THROUGH WITH SPORTING NEWS BRANDING, TWO-TONE FOIL STAMPING AND TOP 50 LEGENDS AND CONTEMPORARIES SERIES WITH A FEW SUBSETS FOR GOOD MEASURE. THERE'S A FEW CARDS MISSING DUE TO LICENSING ISSUES WHICHIS A SHAME BECAUSE IT SCREWS UP THE DIVISIBLE BY NINE 135 CARD SET SIZE

2001 TOPPS LANCE BERKMAN

CATEGORY - STILL WANTLIST

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND CARDS FROM THIS SET THAT I ACTUALLY NEED OUT IN THE WILD AND IT'S NICE TO GET A SEMI-STAR LIKE BERKMAN. ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY EASY TO FIND THEM IF I JUST BOUGHT THEM ONLINE FROM SPORTS LOTS OR COMC OR SOMETHING BUT WHAT'S THE FUN IN THAT. IF THE CARDS DON'T FIND ME, TO HELL WITH THEM

2001 TOPPS VLADIMIR GUERRERO A LOOK AHEAD

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, INSERT

I BOUGHT ENOUGH PACKS OF 2021 TOPPS THAT I ACCUMULATED ENOUGH INSERTS TO HAVE A REASONABLE CHANCE OF COMPLETING SOME OF THE SETS, BUT NOT ENOUGH SO THAT DOING SO WOULD NOE BE AN ENORMOUS PAIN IN THE ASS. ONCE I HAVE TIME AND POSTAGE MONEY PERHAPS I'LL JOIN THE CROWD TRADING ON TCDB AND FINISH OFF ONE OR TWO THAT WAY. UNTIL THEN, I'LL TAKE ALL THE HALL OF FAME FOILBOARD INSERTS I CAN GET. THIS SET IS A MONSTER WITH SEVEN HALL OF FAMERS, A-ROD, NOMAR AND RICK ANKIEL

2001 UPPER DECK RAFAEL FURCAL

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I AM SO CLOSE TO PULLING ALL THE BRAVES OUT OF MY UPPER DECK SETS AFTER 1993 AND DUMPING THEM ALL COMPLETELY OUT OF MY LIFE. THAT DAY IS NOT TODAY HOWEVER AND THIS CARD OF RAFFY LOOKS GREAT

2001 STUDIO FRANK THOMAS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST SUPERSTAR

I'M DEFINITELY NEVER COMPLETING THIS SET BUT A COUPLE BINDER SHEETS FILLED WITH STARS WOULD LOOK GREAT

2002 UPPER DECK PIECE OF HISTORY PEDRO MARTINEZ, NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I LOVE THIS DUMB SET EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOT A RIDICULOUS DESIGN, IS 10% SHORT PRINTS AND HAS A BUNCH OF SERIAL NUMBERED CRUMMY PROSPECT CARDS. I DUNNO MAN, I'M A SUCKER FOR HORIZONTAL SETS I GUESS. THE INSERTS FROM THIS SET ALL LOOK PRETTY COOL THOUGH IN THE SAME UGLY WAY THESE LOOK. SEE FOR YOURSELF, INSERT CARDS HSOULD HAVE MORE LISTS

2003 LEAF JEFF BAWELL PASSING THROUGH TIME

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

21ST CENTURY LEAF IS ANOTHER THING WAAAAAAY DOWN ON MY PRIORITY LIST BUT THIS ONE IS COOL FOR THE BACK

HELL YEAH 1993 LEAF REPRINT. WITH A CARD NUMBER ON IT. AND A BUNCH OF LEGALESE. AND THE HOLOFOIL BITS SIMULATED IN INK. EVEN SO, IT STILL HITS THE COLLEGE DAYS COLLECTING NOSTALGIA PRETTY HARD 

2022 TOPPS CORBIN BURNES, TYLER STEPHENSON, JORGE ALFARO "GOLD" 

CATEGORY - NOT REALLY WANTLIST, BUT KINDA

A WHILE BACK I PUT TOGETHER A FRANKENSET OF THE TOPPS PARALLEL SERIAL NUMBERED TO THE YEAR OF RELEASE. I CAN NO LONGER CALL THEM GOLD PARALLELS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS BRONZE AT BEST. I AM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO HALFWAY COMPLETING THE SET AND I HAD TO CONTINUE THE SET TO INCLUDE THE UPDATE SETS BECAUSE THOSE PARALLELS ARE WAY EASIER TO FIND THAN SERIES ONE OR TWO AND I KINDA WISH I COULD FIND SOMEONE TO JUST BUY THE WHOLE DAMN BINDER SO I COULD BUY CARDS I ACTUALLY WANT. NEVERTHELESS, I KEEP PICKING THESE UP WHEN I SEE THEM. I THINK THESE ARE MY FIRST 2002 PARALLELS AND HOO BOY THEY'RE UGLY 

THEM SERIAL NUMBERS ARE NICE THOUGH

UP NEXT: CHAOS I THINK. POSTING IN GENERAL HAS BECOME CHAOS, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT HAPPENS.